POLITICIAN

Yasser Arafat

1929 - 2004

Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, President of the State of Palestine from 1989 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. Ideologically an Arab nationalist and a socialist, Arafat was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004. Arafat was born to Palestinian parents in Cairo, Egypt, where he spent most of his youth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yasser Arafat is the 175th most popular politician (down from 41st in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 7th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Egyptian Politician.

Yasser Arafat was the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the first president of the Palestinian National Authority. He was born in 1929 in Cairo, Egypt, and died in 2004 in Paris, France. He became famous for being a leader in the Palestinian Liberation Organization and for being the first president of the Palestinian National Authority.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yasser Arafat ranks 175 out of 19,576. Before him are Mark Antony, Vespasian, Skanderbeg, John Major, Amenhotep III, and Margaret Thatcher. After him are Khafra, Theodosius I, Honorius, Ecgberht, King of Wessex, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, and Domitian.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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Mark Antony
83 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 83.97
Rank: 169
Vespasian
9 - 79
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 170
Skanderbeg
1405 - 1468
HPI: 83.87
Rank: 171
John Major
1943 - Present
HPI: 83.84
Rank: 172
Amenhotep III
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 83.80
Rank: 173
Margaret Thatcher
1925 - 2013
HPI: 83.79
Rank: 174
Yasser Arafat
1929 - 2004
HPI: 83.78
Rank: 175
Khafra
2550 BC - 2479 BC
HPI: 83.77
Rank: 176
Theodosius I
340 - 395
HPI: 83.74
Rank: 177
Honorius
384 - 423
HPI: 83.72
Rank: 178
Ecgberht, King of Wessex
800 - 839
HPI: 83.72
Rank: 179
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
1161 - 1185
HPI: 83.71
Rank: 180
Domitian
51 - 96
HPI: 83.71
Rank: 181

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Yasser Arafat ranks 4. Before him are Martin Luther King Jr., Grace Kelly, and Anne Frank. After him are Imelda Marcos, Audrey Hepburn, Lev Yashin, Milan Kundera, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bud Spencer, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Jürgen Habermas. Among people deceased in 2004, Yasser Arafat ranks 2. Before him is Ronald Reagan. After him are Marlon Brando, Jacques Derrida, Ahmed Yassin, Juliana of the Netherlands, Ray Charles, Estée Lauder, Czesław Miłosz, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Francis Crick.

Others Born in 1929

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Martin Luther King Jr.
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1929 - 1968
HPI: 92.49
Rank: 1
Grace Kelly
ACTOR
1929 - 1982
HPI: 86.59
Rank: 2
Anne Frank
WRITER
1929 - 1945
HPI: 85.31
Rank: 3
Yasser Arafat
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2004
HPI: 83.78
Rank: 4
Imelda Marcos
COMPANION
1929 - Present
HPI: 83.21
Rank: 5
Audrey Hepburn
ACTOR
1929 - 1993
HPI: 83.14
Rank: 6
Lev Yashin
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 1990
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 7
Milan Kundera
WRITER
1929 - 2023
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 8
Ursula K. Le Guin
WRITER
1929 - 2018
HPI: 81.89
Rank: 9
Bud Spencer
ACTOR
1929 - 2016
HPI: 80.54
Rank: 10
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
COMPANION
1929 - 1994
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 11
Jürgen Habermas
PHILOSOPHER
1929 - Present
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 2004

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Ronald Reagan
POLITICIAN
1911 - 2004
HPI: 86.36
Rank: 1
Yasser Arafat
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2004
HPI: 83.78
Rank: 2
Marlon Brando
ACTOR
1924 - 2004
HPI: 82.91
Rank: 3
Jacques Derrida
PHILOSOPHER
1930 - 2004
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 4
Ahmed Yassin
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1937 - 2004
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 5
Juliana of the Netherlands
POLITICIAN
1909 - 2004
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 6
Ray Charles
MUSICIAN
1930 - 2004
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 7
Estée Lauder
BUSINESSPERSON
1906 - 2004
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 8
Czesław Miłosz
WRITER
1911 - 2004
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 9
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
COMPANION
1901 - 2004
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 10
Henri Cartier-Bresson
PHOTOGRAPHER
1908 - 2004
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 11
Francis Crick
BIOLOGIST
1916 - 2004
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 12