Yasser Arafat was a prominent Palestinian political leader and chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004. He co-founded the Fatah party and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994.
This is based on winning 8 head-to-head matchups with other famous people, but also losing 24 head-to-head matchups.
Most recently Yasser Arafat lost a matchup to Sean Penn (#382) voted by someone from Canada.