RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abu Mohammad al-Adnani

1977 - 2016

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Taha Sobhi Falaha (Arabic: طٰهٰ صُبْحِيِّ فَلَاحَةٍ, romanized: Ṭāhā Ṣobḥī Falāḥa; 1977 – 30 August 2016), better known by his nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Adnani al-Shami (Arabic: أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ ٱلْعَدْنَانِيُّ ٱلشَّامِيُّ, romanized: ʾAbū Muḥammad al-ʿAdnānī aš-Šāmī, lit. 'Father of Muhammad, the Adnanite Levantine'), was a Syrian militant leader who was the official spokesperson and a senior leader of the Islamic State. He was described as the chief of its external operations. He was the second most senior leader of the Islamic State after its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Mohammad al-Adnani has received more than 997,733 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Mohammad al-Adnani is the 2,766th most popular religious figure (down from 2,530th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Syria (down from 154th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Syrian Religious Figure.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani ranks 2,766 out of 3,187Before him are José Lai, Daniel Sturla, Marcelo González Martín, Pope Celadion of Alexandria, Jonathan Sacks, and Paulos Faraj Rahho. After him are Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Raúl Silva Henríquez, Raymond E. Brown, Renato Corti, John Dew, and Gregorio María Aguirre y García.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani ranks 124Before him are Sarah Biasini, Kerry Washington, Vince Carter, Joe Hahn, Morgan De Sanctis, and Jesper Grønkjær. After him are Sara Martins, Falcão, Shabani Nonda, Oxana Fedorova, Sébastien Chabal, and Dudu Aouate. Among people deceased in 2016, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani ranks 386Before him are Nick Menza, Angus Scrimm, Burt Kwouk, Rita Gam, Douglas Slocombe, and Fritz Herkenrath. After him are Anton Pronk, Michel Rousseau, Bob Baetens, Tapio Mäkelä, Alexis Arquette, and Rune Larsson.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani ranks 171 out of 210Before him are Ali Farzat (1951), Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903), Bushra al-Assad (1960), Youssef Absi (1946), Riad al-Asaad (1961), and Issam Zahreddine (1961). After him are Assala Nasri (1969), Eulogius of Alexandria (501), Adel Safar (1953), Maximos IV Sayegh (1878), Moaz al-Khatib (1960), and Ibas of Edessa (400).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Syria

Among religious figures born in Syria, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani ranks 21Before him are Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan (1934), Ignatius Moses I Daoud (1930), Cosmas of Maiuma (675), Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (1944), Ignatius IV of Antioch (1920), and Youssef Absi (1946). After him are Eulogius of Alexandria (501), Maximos IV Sayegh (1878), Ibas of Edessa (400), and Ignatius Aphrem II (1965).