1974 - Today
Abu Mohammed Abubakar bin Mohammad al-Sheikawi (also known by the alias Darul Akeem wa Zamunda Tawheed, or Darul Tawheed; "the abode of monotheism"; born 1965, 1969 or 1975) is a Kanuri man known as the current leader of Boko Haram, a Nigerian militant group that has declared loyalty to the Islamist militant group, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). He served as deputy leader to the group's founder, Mohammed Yusuf, until Yusuf was executed in 2009. Nigerian authorities believed that Shekau was killed in 2009 during clashes between security forces and Boko Haram until July 2010, when Shekau appeared in a video claiming leadership of the group. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abubakar Shekau has received more than 1,081,930 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Abubakar Shekau is the 189th most popular extremist (down from 166th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Nigeria and the most popular Nigerian Extremist.
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Among extremists, Abubakar Shekau ranks 189 out of 205. Before him are Ross Ulbricht, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Dawood Ibrahim, Robert Berdella, Robert Pickton, and Ramzi Yousef. After him are Abu Mohammad al-Julani, Karla Homolka, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Yang Xinhai, Ziad Jarrah, and Baitullah Mehsud.
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 183
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 184
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 185
1949 - 1992
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 186
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 187
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 188
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 189
1981 - Present
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 190
1970 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 191
1972 - 2015
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 192
1968 - 2004
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 193
1975 - 2001
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 194
1974 - 2009
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 195
Among people born in 1974, Abubakar Shekau ranks 203. Before him are Maggie Siff, Olivier Dacourt, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Pablo Cavallero, Danny Pino, and Christopher Gorham. After him are Àlex Corretja, Roberto Heras, Stephen Wiltshire, Nelly, Flavio Roma, and Stephen Merchant.
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 197
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 198
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 199
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 200
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 201
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 202
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 203
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 204
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 205
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 206
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 207
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 208
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 209
Among people born in Nigeria, Abubakar Shekau ranks 48 out of 200. Before him are Daniel Amokachi (1972), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912), Odion Ighalo (1989), Kelechi Iheanacho (1996), and Ernest Shonekan (1936). After him are Stephen Keshi (1962), Taye Taiwo (1985), Peter Rufai (1963), Vincent Enyeama (1982), Uche Okechukwu (1967), and Hakeem Kae-Kazim (1962).
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 42
1900 - 1978
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 43
1912 - 1966
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 44
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 45
1996 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 46
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 47
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 48
1962 - 2016
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 49
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 50
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 51
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 52
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 53
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 54
Among extremists born in Nigeria, Abubakar Shekau ranks 1.