RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Yusuf al-Qaradawi

1926 - 2022

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Yusuf al-Qaradawi (Arabic: يوسف القرضاوي, romanized: Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī; or Yusuf al-Qardawi; 9 September 1926 – 26 September 2022) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. His influences included Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Qayyim, Sayyid Rashid Rida, Hassan al-Banna, Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Abul A'la Maududi and Naeem Siddiqui. He was best known for his programme الشريعة والحياة, al-Sharīʿa wa al-Ḥayāh ("Sharia and Life"), broadcast on Al Jazeera, which had an estimated audience of 40–60 million worldwide. He was also known for IslamOnline, a website he helped for establishment in 1997 and for which he served as chief religious scholar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yusuf al-Qaradawi is the 627th most popular religious figure (down from 494th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 87th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Egyptian Religious Figure.

Yusuf al-Qaradawi is an Islamic scholar who is most famous for his work on Islamic jurisprudence.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Yusuf al-Qaradawi ranks 627 out of 3,187. Before him are Simon Magus, `Abdu'l-Bahá, Rabanus Maurus, Atiśa, Jacobus da Varagine, and Thecla. After him are Ali al-Hadi, Djet, Peter the Hermit, Theophanes the Confessor, Pope Theodore I, and Abdullah ibn Muhammad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Yusuf al-Qaradawi ranks 32. Before him are Hugh Hefner, Jerry Lewis, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Paul Berg, Sydney Chaplin, and Beji Caid Essebsi. After him are Paul Bocuse, Leopoldo Galtieri, Henry Molaison, Ivan Illich, Valdas Adamkus, and Allen Ginsberg. Among people deceased in 2022, Yusuf al-Qaradawi ranks 35. Before him are Kane Tanaka, Antonio Inoki, Robbie Coltrane, Uwe Seeler, Angela Lansbury, and James Caan. After him are Dietrich Mateschitz, Peter Brook, Ray Liotta, Wolfgang Petersen, Bruno Latour, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Yusuf al-Qaradawi ranks 116 out of 642. Before him are Seti II (-1300), Senakhtenre Ahmose (-1600), Kamose (-1600), Teti (-2350), Isma'il Pasha (1830), and Den (-3000). After him are Djet (-3000), Amenhotep II (-1401), Alexander Helios (-40), Userkaf (-2600), Apollos (100), and Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (1935).

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  • Photo of Seti II

    Seti II

    POLITICIAN

    1300 BC - 1194 BC

    HPI: 72.22

    Rank: 110

  • Photo of Senakhtenre Ahmose

    Senakhtenre Ahmose

    POLITICIAN

    1600 BC - 1600 BC

    HPI: 72.21

    Rank: 111

  • Photo of Kamose

    Kamose

    POLITICIAN

    1600 BC - 1549 BC

    HPI: 72.17

    Rank: 112

  • Photo of Teti

    Teti

    POLITICIAN

    2350 BC - 2350 BC

    HPI: 71.96

    Rank: 113

  • Photo of Isma'il Pasha

    Isma'il Pasha

    POLITICIAN

    1830 - 1895

    HPI: 71.90

    Rank: 114

  • Photo of Den

    Den

    ARCHAEOLOGIST

    3000 BC - 2995 BC

    HPI: 71.85

    Rank: 115

  • Photo of Yusuf al-Qaradawi

    Yusuf al-Qaradawi

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1926 - 2022

    HPI: 71.85

    Rank: 116

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    Djet

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    3000 BC - 2980 BC

    HPI: 71.82

    Rank: 117

  • Photo of Amenhotep II

    Amenhotep II

    POLITICIAN

    1401 BC - 1401 BC

    HPI: 71.80

    Rank: 118

  • Photo of Alexander Helios

    Alexander Helios

    POLITICIAN

    40 BC - 25 BC

    HPI: 71.79

    Rank: 119

  • Photo of Userkaf

    Userkaf

    POLITICIAN

    2600 BC - 2500 BC

    HPI: 71.73

    Rank: 120

  • Photo of Apollos

    Apollos

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    100 - 100

    HPI: 71.64

    Rank: 121

  • Photo of Mohamed Hussein Tantawi

    Mohamed Hussein Tantawi

    POLITICIAN

    1935 - 2021

    HPI: 71.62

    Rank: 122

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Egypt

Among religious figures born in Egypt, Yusuf al-Qaradawi ranks 21. Before him are Moses the Black (332), Saint Menas (285), Paul of Thebes (227), Meritaten (-1400), Maria al-Qibtiyya (600), and Saint Maurice (250). After him are Djet (-3000), Apollos (100), Macarius of Egypt (300), Pope Theophilus of Alexandria (310), Pope Peter I of Alexandria (300), and Anatolius of Constantinople (301).

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