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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 French Islamic terrorist who had spent time in Syria and was suspected of having organized multiple terror attacks in Belgium and France, and is known to have masterminded and participated in the November 2015 Paris attacks. Prior to the Paris attacks, there was an international arrest warrant issued for Abaaoud for his activities in recruiting individuals to Islamic terrorism in Syria. Abaaoud was also known as Abu Omar Soussi (Arabic: أبو عمر السوسي, meaning "Abu Omar the Susian", his Moroccan family's place of origin) and as Abu Omar al-Baljīkī (Arabic: أبو عمر البلجيكي, meaning Abu Omar the Belgian), both of which were noms de guerre. He died from wounds received during an armed raid conducted by French authorities in the suburb of Saint-Denis in north Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Abdelhamid Abaaoud is the 264th most popular extremist (down from 249th in 2024), the 890th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 826th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 264 out of 283. Before him are Eric Rudolph, Charles Ng, Hiroshi Maeue, Vlado Taneski, Fazlullah, and Stuart Christie. After him are Jared Fogle, Gary Ray Bowles, Karla Homolka, Hamza bin Laden, Mohammed Bouyeri, and Tohir Yoʻldosh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 274. Before him are Apollo Crews, Kévin Constant, Kristína, Tina Desai, Tove Lo, and Emmanuel Emenike. After him are Roman Eremenko, Danielle Panabaker, Fernando, Arijit Singh, Ding Junhui, and Bogdan Stancu. Among people deceased in 2015, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 521. Before him are Gene Fullmer, Chris Welp, Jayne Meadows, Philip Levine, George Clayton Johnson, and Maria Radner. After him are Alberto Nisman, Lucjan Lis, Leon Brittan, Eugenie Clark, Alexander Melentyev, and Svetlana Kitova.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 890 out of 1,190. Before him are Andreas Pereira (1996), Dany Verlinden (1963), Roméo Lavia (2004), Dodi Lukebakio (1997), Eddy Voordeckers (1960), and Jérôme d'Ambrosio (1985). After him are Tom Lanoye (1958), Leo Van der Elst (1962), Philippe Clement (1974), Jean-François Gillet (1979), Gilbert Bodart (1962), and Freddy Loix (1970).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Belgium

Among extremists born in Belgium, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 3. Before him are Marc Dutroux (1956), and Perkin Warbeck (1474).

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