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Wail al-Shehri

1973 - 2001

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Wail Mohammed al-Shehri (Arabic: وائل الشهري, Wāīl ash-Shehrī; also transliterated as Alshehri) (31 July 1973 – 11 September 2001) was a Saudi terrorist hijacker. He was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11, which was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the 11 September attacks in 2001. Wail al-Shehri was an elementary school teacher from Khamis Mushait in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wail al-Shehri has received more than 710,539 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Wail al-Shehri is the 260th most popular extremist (down from 217th in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 182nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Saudi Arabian Extremist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Wail al-Shehris by language

Over the past year Wail al-Shehri has had the most page views in the with 92,832 views, followed by Spanish (9,816), and Russian (9,077). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (58.21%), Hebrew (56.29%), and Italian (53.26%)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Wail al-Shehri ranks 260 out of 283. Before him are Ziad Jarrah, Stuart Christie, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Noordin Mohammad Top, Anwar al-Awlaki, and Jared Fogle. After him are Moses Sithole, Satam al-Suqami, Mohammed Bijeh, Khader Adnan, Hamza al-Ghamdi, and Amy Fisher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Wail al-Shehri ranks 500. Before him are Rob Morgan, Rimi Natsukawa, Dominique Monami, Marko Kristal, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, and Azad. After him are Pablo Pozo, Lisa Raymond, Driulis González, Igor Simutenkov, Sergey Makarov, and Chad Trujillo. Among people deceased in 2001, Wail al-Shehri ranks 348. Before him are Viktor Yakushev, Renée Schuurman, Joan Sims, Tom Kilburn, G. N. Ramachandran, and Stan Cullis. After him are King Moody, Bobby Johnstone, Hani Hanjour, Betty Everett, Jay Chamberlain, and Frankie Carle.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Wail al-Shehri ranks 236 out of 354. Before him are Omar Abdulrahman (1991), Yasser Al-Shahrani (1992), Abdullah Al-Mayouf (1987), Fahad Al-Bishi (1965), Ameera al-Taweel (1983), and Mohammed Noor (1978). After him are Omar Hawsawi (1985), Samia al-Amoudi (1957), Mohamed Kanno (1994), Saleh Al-Shehri (1993), Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi (1971), and Hani Hanjour (1972).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Saudi Arabia

Among extremists born in Saudi Arabia, Wail al-Shehri ranks 5. Before him are Osama bin Laden (1957), Ibn al-Khattab (1969), Abu Mohammad al-Julani (1981), and Hamza bin Laden (1989). After him are Satam al-Suqami (1976), Hamza al-Ghamdi (1980), and Waleed al-Shehri (1978).

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