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Adnan Khashoggi

1935 - 2017

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Adnan Khashoggi (Arabic: عدنان خاشقجي, romanized: ‘Adnān Khāshuqjī; 25 July 1935 – 6 June 2017) was a Saudi businessman and arms dealer known for his lavish business deals and lifestyle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adnan Khashoggi has received more than 4,055,220 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Adnan Khashoggi is the 82nd most popular businessperson (up from 87th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 91st in 2019) and the most popular Saudi Arabian Businessperson.

Adnan Khashoggi is most famous for being a Saudi Arabian billionaire arms dealer.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Adnan Khashoggi ranks 82 out of 601Before him are Lee Kun-hee, Paul Allen, Liliane Bettencourt, Akio Morita, Louis Vuitton, and Li Ka-shing. After him are Mercédès Jellinek, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Larry Flynt, Stanley Rous, Mohamed Al-Fayed, and Ole Kirk Christiansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Adnan Khashoggi ranks 33Before him are Mercedes Sosa, John Cazale, Bibi Andersson, Omar Bongo, Gherman Titov, and Udo Lattek. After him are Harvey J. Alter, Miroslav Blažević, Mirella Freni, Giya Kancheli, David Harvey, and Jim Peebles. Among people deceased in 2017, Adnan Khashoggi ranks 44Before him are Danielle Darrieux, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Malcolm Young, Liliane Bettencourt, Al Jarreau, and Peter L. Berger. After him are John Surtees, Sam Shepard, Jean Rochefort, Emma Morano, Chester Bennington, and Mauno Koivisto.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Adnan Khashoggi ranks 93 out of 251Before him are Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (576), Hashim ibn Abd Manaf (464), Sa'id bin Zayd (593), Jamal Khashoggi (1958), Juwayriyya bint al-Harith (608), and Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630). After him are Muhammad bin Saud (1710), Wahshi ibn Harb (700), Umm Kulthum bint Ali (630), Abdullah ibn Saba' (700), Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928), and Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud (1933).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Saudi Arabia

Among businesspeople born in Saudi Arabia, Adnan Khashoggi ranks 1After him are Al-Waleed bin Talal (1955) and Ameera al-Taweel (1983).