Extremist

Ayman al-Zawahiri

Egyptian physician, Islamic theologian and leader of al-Qaeda

1951 - 2022

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His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2024). Ayman al-Zawahiri is the 18th most popular extremist (up from 19th in 2024), the 70th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 68th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Extremist.

Ayman al-Zawahiri is most famous for being a co-founder of al-Qaeda and the current leader of the group.

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Ayman al-Zawahiri's biography appears in 86 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 99% of all Extremists.

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Ayman al-Zawahiri ranks #18 of 336 Extremists worldwide, placing them among the top 6% of the profession.

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Among Extremists

Among extremists, Ayman al-Zawahiri ranks 18 out of 336. Before him are Lee Harvey Oswald, Frederick Trump, Man in the Iron Mask, Gilles de Rais, Leon Czolgosz, and Golden State Killer. After him are Jeffrey Dahmer, Ramón Mercader, Patrizia Reggiani, Ilse Koch, Andrei Chikatilo, and Mehmet Ali Ağca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Ayman al-Zawahiri ranks 11. Before him are Phil Collins, Claudio Ranieri, Ilona Staller, Louis van Gaal, Chesley Sullenberger, and Anatoly Karpov. After him are Santiago Calatrava, Chris Cooper, Romina Power, Johan Neeskens, Geoffrey Rush, and Michelle Bachelet. Among people deceased in 2022, Ayman al-Zawahiri ranks 17. Before him are Leonid Kravchuk, Ben Roy Mottelson, Francisco Gento, Luc Montagnier, Irene Papas, and Jean-Louis Trintignant. After him are Mahsa Amini, Vivienne Westwood, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Olivia Newton-John, Sidney Poitier, and Madeleine Albright.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ayman al-Zawahiri ranks 70 out of 773. Before him are Ptolemy VI Philometor (-184), Apollonius of Rhodes (-295), Dorothy Hodgkin (1910), Saint Sarah (100), Sextus Empiricus (160), and Tiye (-1398). After him are Mary of Egypt (344), Ptolemy VIII Physcon (-182), Arsinoe III of Egypt (-246), Appian (95), Sayyid Qutb (1906), and Saint Apollonia (110).

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Among Extremists In Egypt

Among extremists born in Egypt, Ayman al-Zawahiri ranks 1. After him are Mohamed Atta (1968), Saif al-Adel (1960), Omar Abdel-Rahman (1938), and Abu Ayyub al-Masri (1968).

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