1938 - 2017
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman (Arabic: عمر عبد الرحمن), (ʾUmar ʾAbd ar-Raḥmān; 3 May 1938 – 18 February 2017), commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", was a blind Egyptian Islamist militant who served a life sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Butner near Butner, North Carolina, United States. Formerly a resident of New York City, Abdel-Rahman and nine others were convicted of seditious conspiracy in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Omar Abdel-Rahman has received more than 931,504 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Omar Abdel-Rahman is the 123rd most popular extremist (down from 108th in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 312th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Egyptian Extremist.
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Among extremists, Omar Abdel-Rahman ranks 123 out of 209. Before him are Joseph Bonanno, Dokka Umarov, Baruch Goldstein, Belle Gunness, Mohamed Atta, and Aslan Usoyan. After him are Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, Joseph Valachi, Albert Anastasia, Josef Blösche, Luis Garavito, and Sam Giancana.
1905 - 2002
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 117
1964 - 2013
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 118
1956 - 1994
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 119
1859 - 1908
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 120
1968 - 2001
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 121
1937 - 2013
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 122
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 123
1897 - 1945
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 124
1904 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 125
1902 - 1957
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 126
1912 - 1969
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 127
1957 - 2023
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 128
1908 - 1975
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 129
Among people born in 1938, Omar Abdel-Rahman ranks 155. Before him are Goh Kun, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Richard Beymer, Giant Baba, Sjaak Swart, and Bernadette Lafont. After him are Vakhtang Kikabidze, Patrick Bauchau, Benjamin Mkapa, Paul Martin, Larisa Shepitko, and Vasyl Stus. Among people deceased in 2017, Omar Abdel-Rahman ranks 129. Before him are John Hillerman, Don Rickles, Violet Brown, Pierre Henry, Manuel Marín, and Naim Süleymanoğlu. After him are Jiro Taniguchi, Todor Veselinović, Ludmila Belousova, Daliah Lavi, Tom Petty, and John Wetton.
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 149
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 150
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 151
1938 - 1999
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 152
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 153
1938 - 2013
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 154
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 155
1938 - 2023
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 156
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 157
1938 - 2020
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 158
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 159
1938 - 1979
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 160
1938 - 1985
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 161
1932 - 2017
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 123
1926 - 2017
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 124
1900 - 2017
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 125
1927 - 2017
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 126
1949 - 2017
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 127
1967 - 2017
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 128
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 129
1947 - 2017
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 130
1930 - 2017
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 131
1935 - 2017
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 132
1942 - 2017
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 133
1950 - 2017
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 134
1949 - 2017
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 135
Among people born in Egypt, Omar Abdel-Rahman ranks 310 out of 582. Before him are Boutros Ghali (1846), Hassan Fathy (1900), Carpocrates (100), Mohamed Atta (1968), Alexander II Zabinas (-190), and Al-Mansur Ali (1242). After him are Nepherites I (-490), Anastasius Sinaita (630), Thutmose (-1500), Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria (1952), Leila Mourad (1918), and Osorkon III (-900).
1846 - 1910
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 304
1900 - 1989
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 305
100 - 138
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 306
1968 - 2001
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 307
190 BC - 123 BC
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 308
1242 - 1259
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 309
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 310
490 BC - 393 BC
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 311
630 - 701
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 312
1500 BC - Present
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 313
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 314
1918 - 1995
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 315
900 BC - 758 BC
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 316
Among extremists born in Egypt, Omar Abdel-Rahman ranks 3. Before him are Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951) and Mohamed Atta (1968). After him are Abu Ayyub al-Masri (1968).
1951 - 2022
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 1
1968 - 2001
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 2
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 3
1968 - 2010
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 4