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Musa al-Sadr

1928 - 1978

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Musa Sadr al-Din al-Sadr (Arabic: موسى صدر الدین الصدر; Persian: موسی صدرالدین صدر‎‎; 4 June 1928 – disappeared 31 August 1978) was a Lebanese-Iranian Shia Muslim cleric, politician and revolutionary In Lebanon. He founded and revived many Lebanese Shia organizations, including schools, charities, and the Amal Movement. Born in the Chaharmardan neighborhood in Qom, Iran, to a Iranian-Lebanese father and a Lebanese mother he underwent both seminary and secular studies in Iran. He belongs to the Al-Sadr family from Jabal Amel in Lebanon, a branch of the Musawi family which traces its roots to Musa Ibn Jaafar, the seventh Shia Imam. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Musa al-Sadr is the 158th most popular social activist (down from 132nd in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Iran (down from 141st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Musa al-Sadr ranks 158 out of 840. Before him are Ilya Ulyanov, Bertha Pappenheim, Frances Willard, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Judas of Galilee, and Soh Jaipil. After him are Abimael Guzmán, Hilda Gadea, Amal Clooney, David Lane, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and Gangubai Kothewali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Musa al-Sadr ranks 78. Before him are Carl Woese, Tommaso Buscetta, Hans Modrow, Gustav Leonhardt, Lina Wertmüller, and Capucine. After him are Gaston Thorn, Tony Richardson, Seki Matsunaga, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Elias James Corey, and Manfred Rommel. Among people deceased in 1978, Musa al-Sadr ranks 46. Before him are Ed Wood, Étienne Gilson, Claude François, Norman Rockwell, Ida Noddack, and Charles Boyer. After him are Keith Moon, Hannah Höch, Giovanni Gronchi, Mark Robson, Misao Tamai, and Ignazio Silone.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Musa al-Sadr ranks 154 out of 631. Before him are Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985), Pacorus I (-63), Mithridates V of Parthia (100), Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252), Arses of Persia (-360), and Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897). After him are Arsaces II of Parthia (-300), Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236), Suleiman of Persia (1647), Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203), Vologases III of Parthia (100), and Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iran

Among social activists born in Iran, Musa al-Sadr ranks 3. Before him are Shirin Ebadi (1947), and Babak Khorramdin (798). After him are Narges Mohammadi (1972), Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), Mahmoud Taleghani (1911), Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963), Massoud Rajavi (1948), Mina Ahadi (1956), Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967), Maryam Namazie (1966), and Zahra Eshraghi (1964).

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