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Hani Hanjour

1972 - 2001

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Hani Salih Hasan Hanjour (Arabic: هاني صالح حسن حنجور, romanized: Hānī Ṣāliḥ Ḥasan Ḥanjūr; 30 August 1972 – 11 September 2001) was a Saudi terrorist who was the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 77, crashing the plane into the Pentagon as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001. Hanjour first went to the United States in 1991, enrolling at the University of Arizona, where he studied English for a few months before returning to Saudi Arabia early the next year. He returned to the United States in 1996, studying English in California before he began taking flying lessons in Florida and then Arizona. He received his commercial pilot certificate in 1999, and went back to his native Saudi Arabia to find a job as a commercial pilot. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hani Hanjour is the 116th most popular celebrity (up from 179th in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 243rd in 2019) and the most popular Saudi Arabian Celebrity.

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Among celebrities, Hani Hanjour ranks 116 out of 265. Before him are Omarosa Manigault Newman, Joe Exotic, Marlene Schmidt, Bep Voskuijl, Duffer brothers, and Susana Duijm. After him are Marwan al-Shehhi, Carol Morris, Miriam Stevenson, Apollonie Sabatier, Julius von Hann, and Margaret Gardiner.

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Among people born in 1972, Hani Hanjour ranks 150. Before him are Grégory Coupet, Bae Yong-joon, Kate del Castillo, Alfonso Pérez, Sami Al-Jaber, and Jason O'Mara. After him are Jenny Berggren, Daniela Silivaș, Timbaland, Ben Sasse, Sarah Rafferty, and Kirill Petrenko. Among people deceased in 2001, Hani Hanjour ranks 212. Before him are Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Nancye Wynne Bolton, Bernard Heuvelmans, Joe Fagan, Mongo Beti, and Arie van Vliet. After him are R. K. Narayan, Marwan al-Shehhi, Yuri Ozerov, Dmitry Polyansky, Giancarlo Brusati, and Édouard Artigas.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Hani Hanjour ranks 211 out of 354. Before him are Utba ibn Ghazwan (581), Mansour Ojjeh (1952), Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah (644), Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1931), Saud Al-Shuraim (1964), and Sami Al-Jaber (1972). After him are Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi (null), Mohamed Al-Deayea (1972), Ali Al-Naimi (1935), Salem Al-Dawsari (1991), Adel al-Jubeir (1962), and Lisa Eilbacher (1956).

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Among CELEBRITIES In Saudi Arabia

Among celebrities born in Saudi Arabia, Hani Hanjour ranks 1. After him are Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari (1991).

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