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Queen Noor of Jordan

1951 - Today

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Noor Al Hussein (Arabic: نور الحسين; born Lisa Najeeb Halaby; August 23, 1951) is an American-born Jordanian philanthropist and activist who was the fourth wife and widow of King Hussein of Jordan. She was Queen of Jordan from their marriage on June 15, 1978, until Hussein's death on February 7, 1999. Noor is the longest-standing member of the Board of Commissioners of the International Commission on Missing Persons. As of 2023, she is president of the United World Colleges movement and an advocate of the anti-nuclear weapons proliferation campaign Global Zero. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Queen Noor of Jordan is the 285th most popular nobleman (down from 191st in 2019), the 1,668th most popular biography from United States (down from 982nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Queen Noor of Jordan ranks 285 out of 1,415Before her are Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Arsinoe I, and Fumihito, Prince Akishino. After her are Thomas, Count of Savoy, Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Theobald III, Count of Champagne, Godfrey the Bearded, and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Queen Noor of Jordan ranks 68Before her are Willy van de Kerkhof, Nicu Ceaușescu, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Blaise Compaoré, Sergei Skripal, and Patrick Allen. After her are Marvin Heemeyer, Mark Harmon, Fernando Lugo, Álvaro Colom, Jarmila Kratochvílová, and Jaco Pastorius.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Queen Noor of Jordan ranks 1,668 out of 20,380Before her are Aaron Burr (1756), George Akerlof (1940), Frank Jarvis (1878), Herbert Blomstedt (1927), Ron Jeremy (1953), and Dwight Schultz (1947). After her are Rosemary Kennedy (1918), Eric Johnson (1954), Rubin Carter (1937), Ken Thompson (1943), Marvin Heemeyer (1951), and Garry Marshall (1934).

Among NOBLEMEN In United States

Among noblemen born in United States, Queen Noor of Jordan ranks 3Before her are Liliʻuokalani (1838), and Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (1920). After her are John Paul Getty III (1956), Kaʻiulani (1875), Kapiʻolani (1834), Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor (2021), and Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark (1998).