WRITER

Jamal Khashoggi

1958 - 2018

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Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi (; Arabic: جمال أحمد خاشقجي, romanized: Jamāl ʾAḥmad Ḵāšuqjī, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [dʒaˈmaːl xaːˈʃuɡ.(d)ʒi]; 13 October 1958 – 2 October 2018) was a Saudi journalist, dissident, author, columnist for Middle East Eye and The Washington Post, and a general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel who was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 by agents of the Saudi government at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Khashoggi served as editor for the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Watan, turning it into a platform for Saudi progressives. Khashoggi fled Saudi Arabia in September 2017 and went into self-imposed exile. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jamal Khashoggi has received more than 9,262,322 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Jamal Khashoggi is the 802nd most popular writer (down from 738th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 90th in 2019) and the most popular Saudi Arabian Writer.

Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist and author who was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jamal Khashoggi ranks 802 out of 7,302. Before him are Cesare Pavese, Ibycus, Colleen McCullough, Dio Chrysostom, Maya Angelou, and Pietro Bembo. After him are Sarojini Naidu, Tatian, Karl Harrer, Jan Potocki, Thomas Hardy, and Daniel Keyes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Jamal Khashoggi ranks 25. Before him are Alec Baldwin, Kevin Bacon, Bruce Dickinson, Tzipi Livni, Nikki Sixx, and Tim Robbins. After him are Wong Kar-wai, Lyudmila Putina, Keith Haring, Hugo Sánchez, Mehmet Ali Ağca, and Ellen DeGeneres. Among people deceased in 2018, Jamal Khashoggi ranks 38. Before him are Stéphane Audran, Charles K. Kao, Francis Lai, V. S. Naipaul, Gudrun Burwitz, and Jin Yong. After him are Roy J. Glauber, Reynaldo Bignone, Burton Richter, Barbara Bush, Günter Blobel, and Leon M. Lederman.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Jamal Khashoggi ranks 108 out of 354. Before him are Al-Wathiq (812), Abdullah ibn Salam (550), Adnan Khashoggi (1935), Abul Kalam Azad (1888), Jabir ibn Abd Allah (607), and Abdallah ibn Sa'd (650). After him are Rayhana bint Zayd (600), Fatimah bint Asad (555), Ali of Hejaz (1879), Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz (1910), Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928), and Ubayy ibn Ka'b (600).

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Among WRITERS In Saudi Arabia

Among writers born in Saudi Arabia, Jamal Khashoggi ranks 1. After him are Imru' al-Qais (501), Hassan ibn Thabit (554), Antarah ibn Shaddad (525), Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (600), Al-Khansa (575), Ka'b ibn Zuhayr (700), Al-A'sha (570), Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah (644), Raif Badawi (1984), Rajaa al-Sanea (1981), and Hiba Abu Nada (1991).

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