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Ziad Jarrah

1975 - 2001

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Ziad Samir Jarrah (Arabic: زياد سمير جراح; 11 May 1975 – 11 September 2001), also known as Ziad al-Jarrah, was a Lebanese terrorist who was a member of al-Qaeda, a pan-Islamist militant organization. During the 11 September attacks in 2001, he was one of 19 al-Qaeda members who hijacked four American commercial flights in an attempt to crash them into national landmarks in the country. Jarrah's group hijacked United Airlines Flight 93, departing Newark, New Jersey, for San Francisco, but they failed to reach their target when the plane crashed. Jarrah grew up in a secular and wealthy family living in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Ziad Jarrah is the 176th most popular extremist (up from 258th in 2024), the 82nd most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 127th in 2019) and the most popular Lebanese Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Ziad Jarrah ranks 176 out of 283. Before him are Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Jerry Brudos, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ross Ulbricht, Baby Face Nelson, and Charles J. Guiteau. After him are Stefano Delle Chiaie, Jonathan Wild, Viktor Bout, Joaquin Murrieta, Ahmad Sa'adat, and Perkin Warbeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Ziad Jarrah ranks 60. Before him are Andrew Yang, David Harbour, Suriya, Albin Kurti, Lita, and Daron Malakian. After him are Marc-Vivien Foé, Vladimir Kramnik, David Leitch, José Manuel Pinto, Terence Tao, and Joey Jordison. Among people deceased in 2001, Ziad Jarrah ranks 128. Before him are Josef Klaus, Edwin H. Colbert, Jason Miller, Betty Everett, Marta Hillers, and Jelle Zijlstra. After him are Burt Kennedy, Bill Roberts, Nigel Hawthorne, William P. Rogers, Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Dorothy McGuire.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Ziad Jarrah ranks 82 out of 145. Before him are Gabriel Yared (1949), Abdalonymus (-305), Hashem Safieddine (1964), Antoun Saadeh (1904), Aram I (1947), and Fakhr al-Din II (1572). After him are Charles Helou (1913), Nancy Ajram (1983), Elie Hobeika (1956), Butrus al-Bustani (1819), Rashid Karami (1921), and Bashir Shihab II (1767).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Lebanon

Among extremists born in Lebanon, Ziad Jarrah ranks 1. After him are Fuad Shukr (1961).

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