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Ruhollah Khomeini

1902 - 1989

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Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian cleric, politician and revolutionary who founded the Islamic Republic of Iran and served as its first supreme leader from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the main leader of the Iranian Revolution, which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and transformed Iran into a theocratic Islamic republic. Born in Khomeyn, in what is now Iran's Markazi province, his father was murdered when Khomeini was two years old. He began studying the Quran and Arabic from a young age assisted by his relatives. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ruhollah Khomeini is the 84th most popular religious figure (down from 37th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Iran (down from 4th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

Ruhollah Khomeini was the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. He was the Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ruhollah Khomeini ranks 84 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Pius III, Eusebius, Pope Benedict XIV, 14th Dalai Lama, Judas Iscariot, and Pope Pius V. After him are Zechariah, Pope Paul III, Pope Linus, Hildegard of Bingen, Saint Valentine, and Saint Lawrence.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Ruhollah Khomeini ranks 1. After him are Charles Lindbergh, Karl Popper, Georgy Malenkov, Erik Erikson, Leni Riefenstahl, John Steinbeck, Carl Rogers, Halldór Laxness, Paul Dirac, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Eugene Wigner. Among people deceased in 1989, Ruhollah Khomeini ranks 5. Before him are Salvador Dalí, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Hirohito, and Ferdinand Marcos. After him are Herbert von Karajan, Samuel Beckett, Konrad Lorenz, Ted Bundy, Georges Simenon, Sergio Leone, and Zita of Bourbon-Parma.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini ranks 6 out of 631. Before him are Xerxes I (-519), Cyrus the Great (-600), Omar Khayyam (1048), Al-Ghazali (1058), and Zoroaster (-2000). After him are Abu Nuwas (762), Jabir ibn Hayyan (721), Harun al-Rashid (766), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Darius III (-380), and Ali Khamenei (1939).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini ranks 2. Before him are Zoroaster (-2000). After him are Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Esther (-600), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Báb (1819), Ibn Majah (824), `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), Mordecai (null), and Sasan (200).

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