JOURNALIST

Muntadhar al-Zaidi

1979 - Today

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Muntadhar al-Zaidi (Arabic: منتظر الزيدي Muntaẓar az-Zaydī; born 15 January 1979) is an Iraqi broadcast journalist who served as a correspondent for Iraqi-owned, Egyptian-based Al-Baghdadia TV. As of February 2011, al-Zaidi works with a Lebanese TV channel. On 16 November 2007, al-Zaidi was kidnapped by unknown assailants in Baghdad. He was also previously twice arrested by the United States Armed Forces. On 14 December 2008, al-Zaidi threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muntadhar al-Zaidi has received more than 861,747 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Muntadhar al-Zaidi is the 124th most popular journalist (down from 107th in 2019), the 342nd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 312th in 2019) and the most popular Iraqi Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Muntadhar al-Zaidi ranks 124 out of 196. Before him are Peter Jennings, Kenji Nagai, Megyn Kelly, Samantha Power, Sydney Schanberg, and Hu Shuli. After him are Peter Arnett, Arbana Xharra, Amy Goodman, Sandister Tei, Darya Dugina, and Ekaterina Andreeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Muntadhar al-Zaidi ranks 250. Before him are Nenad Đorđević, Ariana Richards, Dani Aranzubia, Artur Avila, Antoaneta Stefanova, and David Jarolím. After him are Colleen Hoover, Shane Filan, Matteo Ferrari, Damien Duff, Lincoln, and Noémie Lenoir.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Muntadhar al-Zaidi ranks 342 out of 384. Before him are Sajida al-Rishawi (1970), Raad Hammoudi (1953), Sadeq Larijani (1961), Charles Saatchi (1943), Jafar Salmasi (1918), and Abu Azrael (1978). After him are Beatrice Ohanessian (1927), Hawar Mulla Mohammed (1981), Ali Adnan Kadhim (1993), Juba (1978), Nadira (1932), and Nadhim Shaker (1958).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Iraq

Among journalists born in Iraq, Muntadhar al-Zaidi ranks 1. 

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