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Mohamed Atta

1968 - 2001

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Mohamed Atta (1 September 1968 – 11 September 2001) was an Egyptian terrorist hijacker for al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, he was the ringleader of the September 11 attacks and served as the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, which he crashed into the North Tower of the original World Trade Center as part of the coordinated suicide attacks. Aged 33, he was the oldest of the 19 hijackers who took part in the mission. Before the attacks, he worked as a construction engineer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohamed Atta is the 53rd most popular extremist (up from 194th in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 453rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Mohamed Atta ranks 53 out of 283. Before him are Nathuram Godse, Joseph Kony, Jim Jones, Sawney Bean, William Kemmler, and Abu Nidal. After him are Butch Cassidy, Pavlik Morozov, Tex Watson, Karl Denke, Friedrich Jeckeln, and Gary Gilmore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Mohamed Atta ranks 22. Before him are Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Tito Vilanova, Brendan Fraser, Mika Häkkinen, and Susan Wojcicki. After him are Kylie Minogue, Robert Rodriguez, Naomi Watts, Fernando Hierro, Emmanuelle Charpentier, and Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh. Among people deceased in 2001, Mohamed Atta ranks 36. Before him are Donald J. Cram, Timothy McVeigh, Masao Ono, Robert Ludlum, Carroll O'Connor, and Douglas Adams. After him are Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Balthus, Emilie Schindler, Jacques Mayol, John Lee Hooker, and Ashok Kumar.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Mohamed Atta ranks 185 out of 642. Before him are Ptolemy XI Alexander II (-100), Menelaus of Alexandria (70), Senenmut (-1600), Faten Hamama (1931), Sanakht (-2700), and Amyrtaeus (-450). After him are Al-Muazzam Turanshah (1250), Saadia Gaon (882), Al-Mutawakkil III (1500), Basilides (117), Djedkare Isesi (-2500), and Nazli Sabri (1894).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Egypt

Among extremists born in Egypt, Mohamed Atta ranks 2. Before him are Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951). After him are Saif al-Adel (1960), Omar Abdel-Rahman (1938), and Abu Ayyub al-Masri (1968).

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