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Hani Hanjour

1972 - 2001

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Hani Salih Hasan Hanjour (Arabic: هاني صالح حسن حنجور, romanized: Hānī Ṣāliḥ Ḥasan Ḥanjūr; 30 August 1972 – 11 September 2001) was a Saudi Arabian terrorist who was the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 77, crashing the plane into the Pentagon as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001. Hanjour first went to the United States in 1991, enrolling at the University of Arizona, where he studied English for a few months before returning to Saudi Arabia early the next year. He returned to the United States in 1996, studying English in California before he began taking flying lessons in Florida and then Arizona. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hani Hanjour has received more than 1,470,646 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hani Hanjour is the 176th most popular celebrity (down from 128th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 171st in 2019) and the most popular Saudi Arabian Celebrity.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Hani Hanjour ranks 176 out of 265. Before him are Milena Miconi, Brody Jenner, Indrani Rahman, Duffer brothers, Rosemarie Frankland, and Shermine Shahrivar. After him are Brandon Teena, Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Selen Soyder, Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, Gabriela Isler, and Ksenia Sukhinova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Hani Hanjour ranks 583. Before him are Jorge Luis Pila, Şebnem Ferah, Arjun Rampal, Georgios Georgiadis, Keiji Kaimoto, and Catherine Ndereba. After him are Greg Berlanti, Brandon Teena, Mark Bosnich, Sandrine Testud, Brigitta Boccoli, and Zanele Muholi. Among people deceased in 2001, Hani Hanjour ranks 351. Before him are Tom Kilburn, G. N. Ramachandran, Stan Cullis, Wail al-Shehri, King Moody, and Bobby Johnstone. After him are Betty Everett, Jay Chamberlain, Frankie Carle, Sidney Dillon Ripley, Duke Nalon, and Satam al-Suqami.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Hani Hanjour ranks 243 out of 354. Before him are Omar Hawsawi (1985), Samia al-Amoudi (1957), Mohamed Kanno (1994), Saleh Al-Shehri (1993), Hiba Abu Nada (1991), and Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi (1971). After him are Nawaf Al-Temyat (1976), Abdullah Zubromawi (1973), Hussein Abdulghani (1977), Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (1987), Khaled Massad (1971), and Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad (1962).

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Among CELEBRITIES In Saudi Arabia

Among celebrities born in Saudi Arabia, Hani Hanjour ranks 1. After him are Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari (1991).

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