RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abdelhamid Abaaoud

1987 - 2015

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Abdelhamid Abaaoud (Arabic: عبد الحميد ابعود, romanized: ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ʾAbā ʿŪd; 8 April 1987 – 18 November 2015) was a Belgian-born Islamic terrorist who had spent time in Syria and was suspected of having organized multiple terror attacks in Belgium and France, and is known to have masterminded the November 2015 Paris attacks. Prior to the Paris attacks, there was an international arrest warrant issued for Abaaoud for his activities in recruiting individuals to Islamic terrorism in Syria. Abaaoud was also known as Abu Omar Soussi (Arabic: أبو عمر السوسي, meaning "Abu Omar the Susian", his Moroccan family's place of origin) and as Abu Omar al-Baljīkī (Arabic: أبو عمر البلجيكي, meaning Abu Omar the Belgian), both of which were noms de guerre. He died from wounds received during an armed raid conducted by French authorities in the suburb of Saint-Denis in north Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdelhamid Abaaoud is the 3,069th most popular religious figure (down from 2,985th in 2019), the 883rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 827th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Belgian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 3,069 out of 3,187. Before him are Yasser Al-Habib, Alphonse Lacroix, Margot Käßmann, Patrick Joseph Hayes, Rufino Santos, and Begum Samru. After him are Trinley Thaye Dorje, Edward Bouverie Pusey, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Rawil Gaynetdin, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, and Julio Rosales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 272. Before him are Apollo Crews, Kévin Constant, Kristína, Tina Desai, Tove Lo, and Emmanuel Emenike. After him are Roman Eremenko, Danielle Panabaker, Fernando, Arijit Singh, Ding Junhui, and Bogdan Stancu. Among people deceased in 2015, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 519. Before him are Amelia Boynton Robinson, Gene Fullmer, Jayne Meadows, Philip Levine, George Clayton Johnson, and Maria Radner. After him are Alberto Nisman, Lucjan Lis, Leon Brittan, Eugenie Clark, Alexander Melentyev, and Svetlana Kitova.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 883 out of 1,190. Before him are Glen De Boeck (1971), Andreas Pereira (1996), Dany Verlinden (1963), Roméo Lavia (2004), Dodi Lukebakio (1997), and Jérôme d'Ambrosio (1985). After him are Tom Lanoye (1958), Leo Van der Elst (1962), Philippe Clement (1974), Jean-François Gillet (1979), Freddy Loix (1970), and Éric Deflandre (1973).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belgium

Among religious figures born in Belgium, Abdelhamid Abaaoud ranks 24. Before him are Leo Joseph Suenens (1904), Joseph Cardijn (1882), Sigebert of Gembloux (1030), Peter Jan Beckx (1795), Jean-Baptiste Janssens (1889), and Jan Pieter Schotte (1928).

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