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Mohamed Atta

1968 - 2001

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Mohamed Atta (1 September 1968 – 11 September 2001) was an Egyptian terrorist hijacker for al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, he was the ringleader of the September 11 attacks and served as the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, which he crashed into the North Tower of the original World Trade Center as part of the coordinated suicide attacks. Aged 33, he was the oldest of the 19 hijackers who took part in the mission. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohamed Atta has received more than 5,295,700 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Mohamed Atta is the 194th most popular extremist (down from 121st in 2019), the 453rd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 306th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Egyptian Extremist.

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  • 36

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  • 4.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Mohamed Atta ranks 194 out of 283. Before him are Brigitte Mohnhaupt, John Wesley Hardin, Amelia Dyer, Ramadan Shalah, Luis Posada Carriles, and Yoo Young-chul. After him are Richard Speck, Stanley Williams, Ross Ulbricht, Mary Surratt, Charles Starkweather, and Stand Watie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Mohamed Atta ranks 123. Before him are Giuseppe Signori, Vítor Pereira, Michael Weatherly, Debora Caprioglio, Billy Boyd, and Frank Leboeuf. After him are Luis Hernández, Petr Korda, Angelica Bella, Alejandro Sanz, Casper Van Dien, and Emily Procter. Among people deceased in 2001, Mohamed Atta ranks 163. Before him are Robert Leckie, Enrique Mateos, Ninette de Valois, Katharine Graham, Ken Aston, and Gordon R. Dickson. After him are Micheline Ostermeyer, Jean Richard, John Lewis, Eugene Sledge, Jenő Fock, and Jalil Zandi.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Mohamed Atta ranks 453 out of 642. Before him are Isidore of Alexandria (450), Georges Guétary (1915), Ali Gomaa (1952), Mahmoud El-Gohary (1938), Lajin (1300), and Mahmoud El Khatib (1954). After him are Essam Sharaf (1952), Atom Egoyan (1960), Thrasyllus of Mendes (-100), Hossam Hassan (1966), Pope Kedron of Alexandria (100), and Stéphanos II Ghattas (1920).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Egypt

Among extremists born in Egypt, Mohamed Atta ranks 4. Before him are Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951), Omar Abdel-Rahman (1938), and Saif al-Adel (1960). After him are Abu Ayyub al-Masri (1968).

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