RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abdelhamid Abaaoud

1987 - 2015

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Abdelhamid Abaaoud (Arabic: عبد الحميد ابعود, romanized: ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ʾAbā ʿŪd; 8 April 1987 – 18 November 2015) was a Belgian-born Islamic terrorist who had spent time in Syria. He was suspected of having organized multiple terror attacks in Belgium and France, and is known to have masterminded the November 2015 Paris attacks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdelhamid Abaaoud has received more than 752,126 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Abdelhamid Abaaoud is the 2,986th most popular religious figure (down from 2,673rd in 2019), the 826th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 752nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Belgian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Abdelhamid Abaaouds by language

Over the past year Abdelhamid Abaaoud has had the most page views in the with 84,887 views, followed by English (51,166), and German (22,748). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Russian (83.11%), Breton (75.56%), and Simple English (29.90%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 2,986 out of 3,187Before him are Orlando Quevedo, Simon Pimenta, William Morgan, Anders Wejryd, David Miscavige, and Žydrūnas Savickas. After him are Ioveta, Ludwig Schick, Peter the Aleut, Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, Bassano Staffieri, and Ealdred.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 161Before him are Yuma Asami, James Maynard, Polina Gagarina, Im Se-mi, Ryan Guzman, and Yui. After him are Barış Arduç, Fabio Fognini, Aaron Carter, Sergio Llull, Alex Pereira, and Marcelo Grohe. Among people deceased in 2015, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 458Before him are Toller Cranston, Jiří Hledík, Miroslav Poljak, Kim Fowley, Josefa Francisco, and Justin Wilson. After him are Nek Chand, Eduardo Bonvallet, Ernie Banks, Amelia Boynton Robinson, Marisa Del Frate, and Hitoshi Saito.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 826 out of 1,190Before him are Johan Walem (1972), Hendrik Isemborghs (1914), Helena Noguerra (1969), Joseph Vissers (1928), Charles Hamilton Smith (1776), and Leandro Trossard (1994). After him are Gerard Plessers (1959), Patrick Vervoort (1965), Léon Rosenfeld (1904), Etienne De Wilde (1958), Remco Evenepoel (2000), and Gaston Salmon (1878).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belgium

Among religious figures born in Belgium, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 24Before him are Sigebert of Gembloux (1030), Joseph Cardijn (1882), Jozef De Kesel (1947), Peter Jan Beckx (1795), Jean-Baptiste Janssens (1889), and Jan Pieter Schotte (1928).