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Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

1952 - 2012

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Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi ( Arabic: عبد الباسط محمد علي المقرحي, ʿAbdu l-Bāsiṭ Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Maqraḥī; 1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012) was a Libyan who was head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Libya, and an alleged Libyan intelligence officer. On 31 January 2001, Megrahi was convicted, by a panel of three Scottish judges sitting in a special court at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands, of 270 counts of murder for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on 21 December 1988 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has received more than 861,316 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is the 16,614th most popular politician (down from 14,652nd in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Libya (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 38th most popular Libyan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 16,614 out of 19,576. Before him are Ilya Ponomarev, Sin-Iqisham, Jacques-Édouard Alexis, Alberto Héber Usher, Edward Brooke, and George Ariyoshi. After him are Jo Jorgensen, Eric Holder, Henry Cabot Lodge, Marjatta Kajosmaa, Samuel Plimsoll, and Katarina Barley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 543. Before him are Wojciech Fortuna, René Simões, Pier Paolo Bianchi, Lee Strobel, Akejan Kajegeldin, and June Anderson. After him are Antjie Krog, Robert Zubrin, Susan Dey, Willy Puchner, Mohamed Said Fofana, and Albert Camille Vital. Among people deceased in 2012, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 424. Before him are Philippe Bugalski, Héctor Camacho, Terry Callier, Mitch Lucker, Ruth Barcan Marcus, and Johnny Otis. After him are Adam Yauch, Leszek Drogosz, Leila Denmark, Jacqueline Mazéas, Robert B. Sherman, and John Connelly.

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 64 out of 76. Before him are Hodierna of Jerusalem (1110), Ibrahim Kuni (1948), Abdul Qadir al-Badri (1921), Muhammad Osman Said (1924), Muhammad Sakizli (1892), and Nouri Abusahmain (2000). After him are Don Coscarelli (1954), Abu Anas al-Libi (1964), Khamis Gaddafi (1983), Mustafa A. G. Abushagur (1951), Ali Tarhouni (1951), and Ali Treki (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In Libya

Among politicians born in Libya, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ranks 38. Before him are Abdul Hafiz Ghoga (1957), Hodierna of Jerusalem (1110), Abdul Qadir al-Badri (1921), Muhammad Osman Said (1924), Muhammad Sakizli (1892), and Nouri Abusahmain (2000). After him are Khamis Gaddafi (1983), Mustafa A. G. Abushagur (1951), Ali Tarhouni (1951), Ali Treki (1937), Abdelhakim Belhaj (1966), and Saif al-Arab Gaddafi (1982).

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