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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 3,830,131 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Jihadi John is the 131st most popular celebrity (down from 118th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Kuwait (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Kuwaiti Celebrity.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Jihadi John ranks 131 out of 181. Before him are Nicole Richie, Astrid Carolina Herrera, Natalie Glebova, Hani Hanjour, Marwan al-Shehhi, and Melisa Aslı Pamuk. After him are Riyo Mori, Dayana Mendoza, Brody Jenner, Sébastien Foucan, Emilio Palma, and Bui Simon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Jihadi John ranks 159. Before him are Jing Tian, Hera Hilmar, Carrie Johnson, Tulisa, Diego Perotti, and Ricky Álvarez. After him are Elsa Hosk, Alexandra Elbakyan, Tarik Elyounoussi, Adrian Mannarino, Calum Scott, and Hayley Williams. Among people deceased in 2015, Jihadi John ranks 437. Before him are Gerry Byrne, Andriy Kuzmenko, Jurelang Zedkaia, Harry Gallatin, Martin Milner, and Brian Friel. After him are Denis Healey, Hitoshi Saito, Ron Springett, Gene Fullmer, Eugenie Clark, and Holly Woodlawn.

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In Kuwait

Among people born in Kuwait, Jihadi John ranks 18 out of 27. Before him are Sabah I bin Jaber (1700), Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (1942), Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (1864), Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (1953), Mishary Rashid Alafasy (1976), and Faisal Al-Dakhil (1957). After him are Fehaid Al-Deehani (1966), Yasser Al-Habib (1979), Bashar Abdullah (1977), Fathi Kameel (1955), Abdullah Al-Rashidi (1963), and Jamal Al-Qabendi (1959).

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Among CELEBRITIES In Kuwait

Among celebrities born in Kuwait, Jihadi John ranks 1. 

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