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Wallace Fard Muhammad

1893 - 1934

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Wallace Fard Muhammad or W. D. Fard ( fə-RAHD; reportedly born February 26, c. 1877 – disappeared c. 1934) was a religious leader who was the founder and first leader of the Nation of Islam. He arrived in Detroit in 1930 with an ambiguous background and several aliases and proselytized syncretic Islamic teachings to the city's black population. His group taught followers to abandon their old "slave names" in favor of new names that were bestowed on new members. Fard's movement similarly taught Black pride and Black exceptionalism, saying that the black man is the "original" man and teaching that the white race were devils created by a mad scientist named Yakub via eugenics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wallace Fard Muhammad is the 15,452nd most popular politician (down from 14,558th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular New Zealander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wallace Fard Muhammad ranks 15,452 out of 19,576. Before him are Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus, Özgür Özel, Philippe Séguin, Ignatius L. Donnelly, Ana Botella, and Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera. After him are Hoshyar Zebari, Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, Anwaar ul Haq Kakar, José Tomás Ovalle, Heide Simonis, and Tommy Douglas.

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Among people born in 1893, Wallace Fard Muhammad ranks 227. Before him are Gummo Marx, Steingrímur Steinþórsson, Fernando Altimani, Ina Claire, Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, and Harry Ryan. After him are Ivor Novello, Platon Oyunsky, Robert Harron, Sidney Franklin, Willi Apel, and Muhammad Zafarullah Khan. Among people deceased in 1934, Wallace Fard Muhammad ranks 141. Before him are Claudio Williman, Cecilia Grierson, Andrés Héctor Carvallo, Davidson Black, Jiro Sato, and John Brinck. After him are Horace Lamb, Hélène Boucher, Cass Gilbert, Frank J. Sprague, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, and Augusto Pestana.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Wallace Fard Muhammad ranks 71 out of 303. Before him are Fran Walsh (1959), Kevin Smith (1963), Joe Earl (1952), Jean Batten (1909), Rupert Julian (1879), and Martin Henderson (1974). After him are Winston Reid (1988), Jacinda Ardern (1980), Hugh Walpole (1884), Walter Buller (1838), Lee Tamahori (1950), and Jonah Lomu (1975).

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Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, Wallace Fard Muhammad ranks 13. Before him are Helen Clark (1950), Tūheitia Paki (1955), George Forbes (1869), John Key (1961), Silvia Cartwright (1943), and Jean Batten (1909). After him are Jacinda Ardern (1980), Jenny Shipley (1952), John Gorton (1911), David Lange (1942), Juliet Mitchell (1940), and Christopher Luxon (1970).

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