1972 - 2015
Mokhtar Belmokhtar (; Arabic: مختار بلمختار; 1 June 1972 – November 2016), also known as Khalid Abu al-Abbas, The One-Eyed, Nelson, and The Uncatchable, was an Algerian leader of the group Al-Murabitoun, former military commander of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, smuggler and weapons dealer. He was twice convicted and sentenced to death in absentia under separate charges in Algerian courts: in 2007 for terrorism and in 2008 for murder. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mokhtar Belmokhtar has received more than 374,121 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mokhtar Belmokhtar is the 212th most popular extremist (down from 193rd in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 128th in 2019) and the most popular Algerian Extremist.
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Among extremists, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 212 out of 209. Before her are Abu Mohammad al-Julani, Dawood Ibrahim, Vlado Taneski, Karla Homolka, Hamza bin Laden, and Yang Xinhai. After her are Mohammed Bouyeri, Anwar al-Awlaki, Stuart Christie, Satam al-Suqami, Wail al-Shehri, and Beverley Allitt.
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 206
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 207
1952 - 2008
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 208
1970 - Present
HPI: 40.15
Rank: 209
1989 - 2019
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 210
1968 - 2004
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 211
1972 - 2015
HPI: 38.26
Rank: 212
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.76
Rank: 213
1971 - 2011
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 214
1946 - 2020
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 215
1976 - 2001
HPI: 37.24
Rank: 216
1973 - 2001
HPI: 36.35
Rank: 217
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.02
Rank: 218
Among people born in 1972, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 438. Before her are Justyna Steczkowska, Angham, Darius Kasparaitis, Nikki Haley, Steffen Baumgart, and Jaouad Gharib. After her are DJ Lethal, Lisa Leslie, Ulrich Ramé, Takeshi Watanabe, Lisa Joy, and Gülben Ergen. Among people deceased in 2015, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 451. Before her are Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Ian Murdock, Mel Daniels, Andraé Crouch, Maria Radner, and Amanda Peterson. After her are Dean Potter, Jonathan Crombie, Bassel Khartabil, Wilfred Agbonavbare, Oles Buzina, and Walter Browne.
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 432
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 433
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.35
Rank: 434
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.32
Rank: 435
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 436
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 437
1972 - 2015
HPI: 38.26
Rank: 438
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 439
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.23
Rank: 440
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 441
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 442
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.17
Rank: 443
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.17
Rank: 444
1987 - 2015
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 445
1973 - 2015
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 446
1944 - 2015
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 447
1942 - 2015
HPI: 38.84
Rank: 448
1981 - 2015
HPI: 38.48
Rank: 449
1971 - 2015
HPI: 38.32
Rank: 450
1972 - 2015
HPI: 38.26
Rank: 451
1972 - 2015
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 452
1966 - 2015
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 453
1981 - 2015
HPI: 37.91
Rank: 454
1966 - 2015
HPI: 37.80
Rank: 455
1969 - 2015
HPI: 37.80
Rank: 456
1949 - 2015
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 457
Among people born in Algeria, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 150 out of 184. Before her are William Ayache (1961), Djamel Mesbah (1984), Nouria Mérah-Benida (1970), Abdelmajid Bourebbou (1951), Matteo Ferrari (1979), and Ali Benarbia (1968). After her are Ishak Belfodil (1992), Djamel Haimoudi (1970), Hillal Soudani (1987), Rafik Saïfi (1975), Youcef Belaïli (1992), and Ramy Bensebaini (1995).
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 144
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 145
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.84
Rank: 146
1951 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 147
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 148
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.63
Rank: 149
1972 - 2015
HPI: 38.26
Rank: 150
1992 - Present
HPI: 38.19
Rank: 151
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 152
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 153
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.56
Rank: 154
1992 - Present
HPI: 36.54
Rank: 155
1995 - Present
HPI: 36.44
Rank: 156
Among extremists born in Algeria, Mokhtar Belmokhtar ranks 1.