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Baitullah Mehsud

1974 - 2009

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Baitullah Mehsud (Pashto/Urdu: بیت اللہ محسود; c. 1970 – 5 August 2009) was a Pakistani militant. He was one of the founders and a leader of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) in Waziristan. He formed the TTP from an alliance of about five militant groups in December 2007. He is thought by U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baitullah Mehsud has received more than 420,315 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Baitullah Mehsud is the 254th most popular extremist (down from 220th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 127th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Pakistani Extremist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Baitullah Mehsud ranks 254 out of 283. Before him are Javed Iqbal, Vlado Taneski, Charles Ng, Seung-Hui Cho, Tohir Yoʻldosh, and Mohammed Bouyeri. After him are Ziad Jarrah, Stuart Christie, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Noordin Mohammad Top, Anwar al-Awlaki, and Jared Fogle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Baitullah Mehsud ranks 346. Before him are David Foenkinos, Samoth, Matt Lucas, Tony Kanaan, Pavol Demitra, and Barry Watson. After him are Argel Fucks, Stephen Wiltshire, Andrei Pavel, Charlie Yeung, Derek Jeter, and Diego López. Among people deceased in 2009, Baitullah Mehsud ranks 381. Before him are Peter Persidis, Billy Powell, Kathleen Byron, Tohir Yoʻldosh, Griffin Bell, and Erich Kunzel. After him are Hugo Berly, Guillermo Ortiz, Bud Shank, Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Ed McMahon, and Noordin Mohammad Top.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud ranks 125 out of 217. Before him are Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1951), Balakh Sher Mazari (1928), Valerian Gracias (1900), A. K. Hangal (1915), Suraiya (1929), and Malik Meraj Khalid (1915). After him are Malik Ghulam Muhammad (1895), Suresh Oberoi (1946), Yasmeen Lari (1941), Kuldip Nayar (1923), Ramesh Sippy (1947), and Hafiz Saeed (1950).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Pakistan

Among extremists born in Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud ranks 3. Before him are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (1964), and Javed Iqbal (1961). After him are Hakimullah Mehsud (1979), Ajmal Kasab (1987), and Fazlullah (1974).

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