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Ziad Jarrah

1975 - 2001

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Ziad Samir al-Jarrah (Arabic: زياد سمير جراح, romanized: Ziyād Samīr al-Jarrāḥ; 11 May 1975 – 11 September 2001) was a Lebanese terrorist hijacker. He was one of the four hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93, which was crashed into a field in a rural area near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, following a passenger revolt, as part of the 11 September attacks.After a wealthy upbringing, Jarrah moved to Germany in 1996. He became involved in the planning of the 9/11 attacks while attending Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW) in the late 1990s, meeting Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi and Ramzi bin al-Shibh, forming what is now known as the Hamburg cell. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ziad Jarrah has received more than 2,605,735 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ziad Jarrah is the 254th most popular extremist (down from 205th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 110th in 2019) and the most popular Lebanese Extremist.

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  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ziad Jarrahs by language

Over the past year Ziad Jarrah has had the most page views in the with 411,944 views, followed by German (32,585), and Russian (25,404). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (122.68%), Vietnamese (121.33%), and French (121.22%)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Ziad Jarrah ranks 254 out of 283. Before him are Vlado Taneski, Charles Ng, Seung-Hui Cho, Tohir Yoʻldosh, Mohammed Bouyeri, and Baitullah Mehsud. After him are Stuart Christie, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Noordin Mohammad Top, Anwar al-Awlaki, Jared Fogle, and Wail al-Shehri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Ziad Jarrah ranks 329. Before him are Gabriel Soto, André 3000, Pedro Emanuel, David Goggins, Aimee Mullins, and Eicca Toppinen. After him are Naomi Grossman, Lita, Nikos Liberopoulos, Roger Machado Marques, Cheyenne Jackson, and Evanílson. Among people deceased in 2001, Ziad Jarrah ranks 334. Before him are Madge Adam, Imogene Coca, Thuy Trang, Brenda Helser, Leon Wilkeson, and Fred Neil. After him are Marwan al-Shehhi, Ken Hughes, Bruce Halford, Jim Baxter, Kamal Ranadive, and Dale Evans.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Ziad Jarrah ranks 127 out of 145. Before him are Arsinée Khanjian (1958), Emily de Jongh-Elhage (1946), Ibrahim Maalouf (1980), Cyrine Abdelnour (1977), Hanan al-Shaykh (1945), and Josef Fares (1977). After him are Mustapha Adib (1972), Joumana Haddad (1970), Massari (1980), Suzanne Tamim (1977), Huda Zoghbi (1954), and K.Maro (1980).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Lebanon

Among extremists born in Lebanon, Ziad Jarrah ranks 1. 

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