The Most Famous
EXTREMISTS from Malaysia
This page contains a list of the greatest Malaysian Extremists. The pantheon dataset contains 283 Extremists, 1 of which were born in Malaysia. This makes Malaysia the birth place of the 53rd most number of Extremists behind Lebanon, and Algeria.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Malaysian Extremists of all time. This list of famous Malaysian Extremists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Noordin Mohammad Top (1968 - 2009)
With an HPI of 47.50, Noordin Mohammad Top is the most famous Malaysian Extremist. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Noordin Mohammad Top (11 August 1968 – 17 September 2009) was a Malaysian-born terrorist & extremist. He was also referred to as Noordin, Din Moch Top, Muh Top, Top M or Mat Top. Until his death, he was Indonesia's most wanted Islamist militant. Noordin was born in Kluang, Johor, Malaysia. His father, Moch Top, was a Javanese immigrant to Malaysia. He is thought to have been a key bomb-maker and financier for Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT). Noordin was reported by the FBI to be "an explosives expert", and a bomb maker for the Jemaah Islamiah group. Once in Indonesia, he married using the assumed name Abdurrahman Aufi. His wife, Munfiatun, was jailed in June 2005, for concealing information about his whereabouts. Noordin (allegedly nicknamed Money man) specialized in making bombs and collecting funds for militant activities. Long after first being declared as wanted by Malaysian and Indonesian authorities, he was added to the FBI's third major wanted list in 2006: FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list. He was killed during a police raid (by Indonesia's anti-terrorist unit Densus 88) in Solo, Central Java, conducted on 17 September 2009.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Malaysian extremists born between 1968 and 1968. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Malaysian extremists include Noordin Mohammad Top. As of April 2024, 1 new Malaysian extremists have been added to Pantheon including Noordin Mohammad Top.
