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Jihadi John

1988 - 2015

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Mohammed Emwazi (born Muhammad Jassim Abdulkarim Olayan al-Dhafiri; Arabic: محمد جاسم عبد الكريم عليان الظفيري;‎ 17 August 1988 – 12 November 2015) was a British militant of Kuwaiti origin seen in several videos produced by the Islamist extremist group Islamic State (IS) showing the beheadings of a number of captives in 2014 and 2015. A group of his hostages nicknamed him "John" since he was part of a four-person terrorist cell with English accents whom they called 'The Beatles'; the press later began calling him "Jihadi John". On 12 November 2015, US officials reported that he had been hit by a drone strike in Raqqa, Syria. His death was confirmed by IS in January 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2024). Jihadi John is the 151st most popular celebrity (down from 122nd in 2024), the 20th most popular biography from Kuwait (up from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Kuwaiti Celebrity.

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Among celebrities, Jihadi John ranks 151 out of 265. Before him are Kaiane Aldorino, Li Wenliang, Anna Chapman, Cecilia Bolocco, Carol Yager, and Astrid Carolina Herrera. After him are Yvonne Ryding, Sandy Allen, Louise Brown, Yu Wenxia, Rob Kardashian, and Oxana Fedorova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Jihadi John ranks 122. Before him are Simon Mignolet, Anthony Modeste, Skrillex, Sven Ulreich, Calum Scott, and Papu Gómez. After him are Lee Chung-yong, Kamil Glik, Jessi, Matthias Jaissle, Shota Iwata, and Marcel Schmelzer. Among people deceased in 2015, Jihadi John ranks 427. Before him are Bruno Pesaola, Toller Cranston, Rakhat Aliyev, Tanith Lee, Sajida al-Rishawi, and Darren Shahlavi. After him are Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bob Foster, Marisa Del Frate, Ernst Larsen, Léon Mébiame, and Andrew Lesnie.

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In Kuwait

Among people born in Kuwait, Jihadi John ranks 20 out of 42. Before him are Mubarak Al-Sabah (1837), Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (1864), Mishary Rashid Alafasy (1976), Nasser Al-Sabah (1940), Alaa Hussein Ali (1949), and Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (1956). After him are Faisal Al-Dakhil (1957), Faiza Al-Kharafi (1946), Ramzi Yousef (1968), Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (1955), Fehaid Al-Deehani (1966), and Yasser Al-Habib (1979).

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Among celebrities born in Kuwait, Jihadi John ranks 1. 

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