EXTREMIST
Ramzi Yousef
1968 - Today
Ramzi Yousef
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef (Arabic: رمزي أحمد يوسف, romanized: Ramzī Ahmad Yūsuf; born 27 April 1968) is a convicted terrorist who was one of the main perpetrators and the mastermind behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434; he was also a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plot. In 1995, he was arrested by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and U.S. Diplomatic Security Service at a guest house in Islamabad, Pakistan, while trying to set a bomb in a doll, then extradited to the United States. Yousef was tried in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York along with two co-conspirators and was convicted of planning the Bojinka plot. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ramzi Yousef has received more than 4,515,771 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ramzi Yousef is the 240th most popular extremist (down from 202nd in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Kuwait (up from 300th in 2019) and the most popular Kuwaiti Extremist.
Memorability Metrics
4.5M
Page Views (PV)
45.22
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
27
Languages Editions (L)
2.83
Effective Languages (L*)
3.91
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among EXTREMISTS
Among extremists, Ramzi Yousef ranks 240 out of 283. Before him are Francis Parker Yockey, Yvan Colonna, Abdul Quader Molla, Howard Marks, Robert Pickton, and Bobby Joe Long. After him are Zacarias Moussaoui, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, Yang Xinhai, Eric Rudolph, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, and Hamza bin Laden.
Most Popular Extremists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsFrancis Parker Yockey
1917 - 1960
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 234
Yvan Colonna
1960 - 2022
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 235
Abdul Quader Molla
1948 - 2013
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 236
Howard Marks
1945 - 2016
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 237
Robert Pickton
1949 - 2024
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 238
Bobby Joe Long
1953 - 2019
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 239
Ramzi Yousef
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 240
Zacarias Moussaoui
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 241
Abu Mohammad al-Julani
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 242
Yang Xinhai
1968 - 2004
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 243
Eric Rudolph
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 244
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.78
Rank: 245
Hamza bin Laden
1989 - 2019
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 246
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1968, Ramzi Yousef ranks 280. Before him are Matt Le Tissier, Parker Posey, Bertrand Bonello, Tricky, Sebastian Bach, and Georgi Gospodinov. After him are Marie-José Pérec, Florence Devouard, Chris Gueffroy, Luke Goss, James Frain, and Chae Shi-ra.
Others Born in 1968
Go to all RankingsMatt Le Tissier
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 274
Parker Posey
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 275
Bertrand Bonello
FILM DIRECTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 276
Tricky
SINGER
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 277
Sebastian Bach
SINGER
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 278
Georgi Gospodinov
WRITER
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 279
Ramzi Yousef
EXTREMIST
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 280
Marie-José Pérec
ATHLETE
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 281
Florence Devouard
POLITICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 282
Chris Gueffroy
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1968 - 1989
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 283
Luke Goss
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 284
James Frain
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 285
Chae Shi-ra
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 286
In Kuwait
Among people born in Kuwait, Ramzi Yousef ranks 23 out of 42. Before him are Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (1956), Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (1953), Mishary Rashid Alafasy (1976), Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (1955), Jihadi John (1988), and Faisal Al-Dakhil (1957). After him are Faiza Al-Kharafi (1946), Fathi Kameel (1955), Yasser Al-Habib (1979), Jasem Yaqoub (1953), Fehaid Al-Deehani (1966), and Bashar Abdullah (1977).
Others born in Kuwait
Go to all RankingsAhmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
POLITICIAN
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 17
Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 18
Mishary Rashid Alafasy
MUSICIAN
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 19
Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
ECONOMIST
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 20
Jihadi John
CELEBRITY
1988 - 2015
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 21
Faisal Al-Dakhil
SOCCER PLAYER
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 22
Ramzi Yousef
EXTREMIST
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 23
Faiza Al-Kharafi
CHEMIST
1946 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 24
Fathi Kameel
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 25
Yasser Al-Habib
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 26
Jasem Yaqoub
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 27
Fehaid Al-Deehani
POLITICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 28
Bashar Abdullah
SOCCER PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.00
Rank: 29
Among EXTREMISTS In Kuwait
Among extremists born in Kuwait, Ramzi Yousef ranks 1.