The Most Famous
EXTREMISTS from Yemen
This page contains a list of the greatest Yemeni Extremists. The pantheon dataset contains 283 Extremists, NaN of which were born in Yemen. This makes Yemen the birth place of the 0th most number of Extremists.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Yemeni Extremists of all time. This list of famous Yemeni Extremists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Nasir al-Wuhayshi (1976 - 2015)
With an HPI of 44.96, Nasir al-Wuhayshi is the most famous Yemeni Extremist. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages on wikipedia.
Nasir Abdel Karim al-Wuhayshi (Arabic: ناصر عبد الكريم الوحيشي Nasir ʿbd al-Karim al-Wahishi; also transliterated as Naser al-Wahishi, Nasser al-Wuhayshi) alias Abu Basir, (1 October 1976 – 12 June 2015) was a Yemeni Islamist, who served as the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Both Saudi Arabia and Yemen considered al-Wuhayshi to be among their most wanted fugitives. In October 2014, the US State Department increased the reward for any information leading to the capture or killing of al-Wuhayshi to US$10 million, the same as ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Wuhayshi was killed in a US drone strike in Hadhramaut Governorate of Yemen on 12 June 2015.
2. Qasim al-Raymi (1978 - 2020)
With an HPI of 44.19, Qasim al-Raymi is the 2nd most famous Yemeni Extremist. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Qasim Muhammad Mahdi al-Raymi (Arabic: قاسم محمد مهدي الريمي; 5 June 1978 – 29 January 2020) was a Yemeni militant who was the emir of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Al-Raymi was one of 23 men who escaped in the 3 February 2006 prison-break in Yemen, along with other notable al-Qaeda members. Al-Raymi was connected to a July 2007 suicide bombing that killed eight Spanish tourists. In 2009, the Yemeni government accused him of being responsible for the running of an al-Qaeda training camp in Abyan province. After serving as AQAP's military commander, al-Raymi was promoted to leader after the death of Nasir al-Wuhayshi on 12 June 2015.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Yemeni extremists born between 1976 and 1978. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Yemeni extremists include Nasir al-Wuhayshi, and Qasim al-Raymi. As of April 2024, 2 new Yemeni extremists have been added to Pantheon including Nasir al-Wuhayshi, and Qasim al-Raymi.
