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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 822,251 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Muntadhar al-Zaidi is the 108th most popular journalist (down from 96th in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 283rd in 2019) and the most popular Iraqi Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 820k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Muntadhar al-Zaidi ranks 108 out of 127. Before him are Peter Arnett, Arbana Xharra, Anja Niedringhaus, Amy Goodman, Peter Jennings, and Tucker Carlson. After him are Kenji Nagai, Margarita Simonyan, Yvonne Ridley, Pavel Sheremet, Khadija Ismayilova, and Samantha Power.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Muntadhar al-Zaidi ranks 264. Before him are Sergei Karasev, Primož Peterka, Tanya Tate, Yvonne Catterfeld, Eric Johnson, and Damien Duff. After him are Dani Aranzubia, Elisabeth Harnois, Alison Lohman, Lindy Booth, Sophie Monk, and Tobias Linderoth.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Muntadhar al-Zaidi ranks 314 out of 338. Before him are Avi Shlaim (1945), Rana Hussein (1969), Beatrice Ohanessian (1927), Sadeq Larijani (1961), Younis Mahmoud (1983), and Raad Hammoudi (1953). After him are Muhsin al-Ramli (1967), Ali Adnan Kadhim (1993), Bashar Warda (1969), Nadhim Shaker (1958), Nadira (1932), and Jim Al-Khalili (1962).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Iraq

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

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