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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

1964 - Today

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (sometimes also spelled Shaykh; also known by at least 50 pseudonyms; born 14 April 1965), often known by his initials KSM, is a Pakistani terrorist, mechanical engineer and the former Head of Propaganda for the pan-Islamist militant group al-Qaeda. He is currently held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp under terrorism-related charges. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has received more than 6,205,228 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is the 121st most popular extremist (down from 109th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 29th in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Extremist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ranks 121 out of 283. Before him are Kōzō Okamoto, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Sante Geronimo Caserio, Delphine LaLaurie, Aslan Usoyan, and Frank Nitti. After him are Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, Elisabeth Becker, Aldrich Ames, David Berkowitz, Alexandros Koryzis, and Stephen Paddock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ranks 80. Before him are Dokka Umarov, Andy Hug, Kaspar Capparoni, Tommi Mäkinen, Jorginho, and Laura Linney. After him are Rossy de Palma, Melissa Gilbert, Željko Komšić, Mark Dacascos, Michael Rummenigge, and Vincent Perez.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ranks 36 out of 217. Before him are Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1178), Pran (1920), Naropa (1016), Dilip Kumar (1922), Khema (-550), and Amrita Pritam (1919). After him are L. K. Advani (1927), Yahya Khan (1914), Asif Ali Zardari (1955), Hamida Banu Begum (1527), Bulleh Shah (1680), and Nawaz Sharif (1949).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Pakistan

Among extremists born in Pakistan, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ranks 1. After him are Javed Iqbal (1961), Baitullah Mehsud (1974), Hakimullah Mehsud (1979), Ajmal Kasab (1987), and Fazlullah (1974).

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