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Jihadi John

1988 - 2015

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Mohammed Emwazi (born Muhammad Jassim Abdulkarim Olayan al-Dhafiri; Arabic: محمد جاسم عبد الكريم عليان الظفيري;‎ 17 August 1988 – 12 November 2015) was a British militant of Kuwaiti origin seen in several videos produced by the Islamist extremist group Islamic State (IS) showing the beheadings of a number of captives in 2014 and 2015. A group of his hostages nicknamed him "John" since he was part of a four-person terrorist cell with English accents whom they called 'The Beatles'; the press later began calling him "Jihadi John". On 12 November 2015, United States officials reported that Emwazi had been hit by a drone strike in Raqqa, Syria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jihadi John has received more than 3,991,419 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Jihadi John is the 119th most popular celebrity (up from 131st in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Kuwait (down from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Kuwaiti Celebrity.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Jihadi John ranks 119 out of 265. Before him are Barbara Karinska, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Deborah Shelton, Tinka Kurti, Karandash, and Toma Caragiu. After him are Jess McMahon, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Jeane Dixon, Srirasmi Suwadee, Rina Mor, and Oxana Fedorova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Jihadi John ranks 63. Before him are Dušan Tadić, Juan Martín del Potro, Nikola Kalinić, Shane Dawson, Anderson, and Brenda Song. After him are Anikka Albrite, Benedikt Höwedes, Haley Joel Osment, Gregory van der Wiel, Angelique Kerber, and Maya Yoshida. Among people deceased in 2015, Jihadi John ranks 318. Before him are Galina Prozumenshchikova, Dick Van Patten, Amparo Baró, Grace Lee Whitney, Nina Companeez, and Eric Arturo Delvalle. After him are James Best, Hellmuth Karasek, Ángel Atienza, Friedrich L. Bauer, Mwepu Ilunga, and Gregory Walcott.

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In Kuwait

Among people born in Kuwait, Jihadi John ranks 21 out of 42. Before him are Alaa Hussein Ali (1949), Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (1942), Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (1956), Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (1953), Mishary Rashid Alafasy (1976), and Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (1955). After him are Faisal Al-Dakhil (1957), Ramzi Yousef (1968), Faiza Al-Kharafi (1946), Fathi Kameel (1955), Yasser Al-Habib (1979), and Jasem Yaqoub (1953).

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Among CELEBRITIES In Kuwait

Among celebrities born in Kuwait, Jihadi John ranks 1. 

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