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Tamam Shud case

1903 - 1948

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The Somerton Man was an unidentified man whose body was found on 1 December 1948 on the beach at Somerton Park, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The case is also known by the Persian phrase tamám shud (تمام شد), meaning "It is over" or "It is finished", which was printed on a scrap of paper found months later in the fob pocket of the man's trousers. The scrap had been torn from the final page of a copy of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, written by 12th-century poet Omar Khayyám. Following a public appeal by police, the book from which the page had been torn was located. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tamam Shud case is the 9th most popular mafioso (up from 23rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Australia (up from 35th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Mafioso.

The case of the Tamam Shud case is most famous for the discovery of a copy of a poem, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The poem was found in the pocket of a man who was found dead on December 1, 1948.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Tamam Shud case ranks 9 out of 70. Before her are Billy the Kid, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Lucky Luciano, Salvatore Riina, Frank Lucas, and Jesse James. After her are Jack Ruby, Griselda Blanco, Meyer Lansky, John Dillinger, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, and Frank Abagnale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Tamam Shud case ranks 21. Before her are Jan Tinbergen, Andrey Kolmogorov, Galeazzo Ciano, Vladimir Horowitz, Yasujirō Ozu, and Marguerite Yourcenar. After her are Lars Onsager, Kane Tanaka, Frank P. Ramsey, Hugo Theorell, Anaïs Nin, and Mustafa Barzani. Among people deceased in 1948, Tamam Shud case ranks 18. Before her are Walther von Brauchitsch, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Antonin Artaud, Andrei Zhdanov, Hugo Boss, and Witold Pilecki. After her are Nikolai Berdyaev, Karl Brandt, Theodor Morell, Folke Bernadotte, Arthur Liebehenschel, and Maria Mandl.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Tamam Shud case ranks 8 out of 1,143. Before her are Macfarlane Burnet (1899), Gough Whitlam (1916), Don Bradman (1908), Peter C. Doherty (1940), George Miller (1945), and Geoffrey Rush (1951). After her are Sia (1975), John Cornforth (1917), Elizabeth Blackburn (1948), Cate Blanchett (1969), Rod Laver (1938), and Rupert Murdoch (1931).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Australia

Among mafiosos born in Australia, Tamam Shud case ranks 1. After her are Ned Kelly (1855).

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