1965 - 2006
Shamil Salmanovich Basayev (Chechen: Салман ВоӀ Шамиль; Salman Voj Şamil; Russian: Шамиль Салманович Басаев; 14 January 1965 – 10 July 2006), also known by his kunya "Abu Idris", was a North Caucasian guerilla leader who served as a senior military commander in the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. He held the rank of brigadier general in the Armed Forces of Ichkeria, and was posthumously declared generalissimo. As a military commander in the separatist armed forces of Chechnya, one of his most notable battles was the separatist recapture of Grozny in 1996, which he personally planned and commanded together with Aslan Maskhadov. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shamil Basayev has received more than 1,870,363 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 53 in 2019). Shamil Basayev is the 65th most popular extremist (up from 83rd in 2019), the 402nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 494th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Extremist.
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Among extremists, Shamil Basayev ranks 65 out of 209. Before him are Hermine Braunsteiner, Johnny Torrio, Barry Seal, Timothy McVeigh, Dennis Rader, and Marc Dutroux. After him are Sada Abe, Charles Sobhraj, Boris Savinkov, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Henry Lee Lucas, and Jalaluddin Haqqani.
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 59
1882 - 1957
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 60
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 61
1968 - 2001
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 62
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 63
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 64
1965 - 2006
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 65
1905 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 66
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 67
1879 - 1925
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 68
1409 - 1476
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 69
1936 - 2001
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 70
1939 - 2018
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 71
Among people born in 1965, Shamil Basayev ranks 24. Before him are Khaled Hosseini, Dragan Stojković, Rodney King, Laurent Blanc, José Luis Chilavert, and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco. After him are Waris Dirie, Ben Stiller, Viola Davis, Hans-Dieter Flick, Fumihito, Prince Akishino, and Slash. Among people deceased in 2006, Shamil Basayev ranks 51. Before him are Robert Bruce Merrifield, Zoia Ceaușescu, Shohei Imamura, Raymond Davis Jr., Mariska Veres, and Romano Mussolini. After him are Claude Jade, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Glenn Ford, Richard Kuklinski, Betty Friedan, and Richard Fleischer.
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 18
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 19
1965 - 2012
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 20
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 21
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 22
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 23
1965 - 2006
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 24
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 25
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 26
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 27
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 28
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 29
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 30
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 45
1949 - 2006
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 46
1926 - 2006
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 47
1914 - 2006
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 48
1947 - 2006
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 49
1927 - 2006
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 50
1965 - 2006
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 51
1948 - 2006
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 52
1943 - 2006
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 53
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 54
1935 - 2006
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 55
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 56
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 57
Among people born in Russia, Shamil Basayev ranks 402 out of 3,262. Before him are Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848), Vasili Kuznetsov (1901), Yaroslav II of Vladimir (1191), Lyudmila Ulitskaya (1943), Valery Leontiev (1949), and Roza Shanina (1924). After him are Sergius of Radonezh (1314), Avvakum (1620), Basil Fool for Christ (1468), Leonid Rogozov (1934), Pyotr Krasnov (1869), and Mehmed I Giray (1465).
1848 - 1909
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 396
1901 - 1990
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 397
1191 - 1246
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 398
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 399
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 400
1924 - 1945
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 401
1965 - 2006
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 402
1314 - 1392
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 403
1620 - 1682
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 404
1468 - 1552
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 405
1934 - 2000
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 406
1869 - 1947
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 407
1465 - 1523
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 408
Among extremists born in Russia, Shamil Basayev ranks 2. Before him are Pavlik Morozov (1918). After him are Wilhelm Voigt (1849), Dokka Umarov (1964), Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov (1874), and Alexander Pichushkin (1974).
1918 - 1932
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 1
1965 - 2006
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 2
1849 - 1922
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 3
1964 - 2013
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 4
1874 - 1943
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 5
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 6