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Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed

1982 - 2010

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Khaled Mohamed Saeed (Arabic: خالد محمد سعيد IPA: [ˈxæːled mæˈħæmmæd sæˈʕiːd]; 27 January 1982 – 6 June 2010) was an Egyptian man whose death in police custody in the Sidi Gaber area of Alexandria on 6 June 2010 helped incite the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Photos of his disfigured corpse spread throughout online communities and incited outrage over the fact that he was beaten to death by Egyptian security forces. A prominent Facebook group, "We are all Khaled Said", moderated by Wael Ghonim, brought attention to his death and contributed to growing discontent in the weeks leading up to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed has received more than 260,660 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed is the 219th most popular celebrity (down from 178th in 2019), the 614th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 551st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Celebrity.

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Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed ranks 219 out of 265Before him are Brook Lee, Poonam Pandey, R'Bonney Gabriel, Eileen Gu, Oxana Malaya, and Olivia Culpo. After him are Luciana Fuster, Joe the Plumber, Ángela Ponce, Steven Pruitt, Mireia Lalaguna, and Alexandra Rosenfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed ranks 768Before him are Zoran Planinić, Peter Joppich, Yohann Pelé, Francisco Vallejo Pons, John Alvbåge, and Bret Harrison. After him are Razak Pimpong, Carl Espen, Mariano Pavone, Gaetano D'Agostino, Kristjan Kangur, and Tatiana Perebiynis. Among people deceased in 2010, Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed ranks 497Before him are William B. Saxbe, Ronnie Clayton, Andrew Koenig, Antonio Pettigrew, Lucille Clifton, and Natalia Lavrova. After him are Andy Holmes, Elizabeth Edwards, John Murtha, Lorenzen Wright, Derlis Florentín, and Besian Idrizaj.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed ranks 614 out of 642Before him are Sayed Moawad (1979), Mohamed Shawky (1981), Sarah Hegazi (1989), Mohamed Abdel Shafy (1985), Donia Samir Ghanem (1985), and Ahmed Alaaeldin (1993). After him are Omar Gaber (1992), Ramadan Sobhi (1997), Mohamed Elsayed (1973), Hesham Mesbah (1982), Ahmed El Shenawy (1991), and Eduardo Aguirre (null).

Among CELEBRITIES In Egypt

Among celebrities born in Egypt, Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed ranks 2Before him are Dodi Fayed (1955).