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Muath Al-Kasasbeh

1988 - 2015

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Muath Safi Yousef al-Kasasbeh (Arabic: معاذ صافي يوسف الكساسبة, romanized: Muʿadh Ṣāfī Yūsuf al-Kasāsibah, Levantine Arabic pronunciation: [mʊˈʕaːð-, mʊˈʕaːz ˈsˤɑːfi ˈjuːsef el kaˈsaːsbe]; 29 May 1988 – c. 3 January 2015) was a Jordanian fighter pilot who was captured and burned to death by the Islamic State militant group after his F-16 fighter aircraft crashed over Syria. Al-Kasasbeh's fighter jet crashed near Raqqa, Syria, on 24 December 2014 during the military intervention against the Islamic State. United States and Jordanian officials said that mechanical problems caused the crash, while ISIL claimed that a heat-seeking missile hit the plane. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Muath Al-Kasasbeh is the 17,709th most popular politician (up from 18,017th in 2024), the 41st most popular biography from Jordan (up from 46th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Jordanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muath Al-Kasasbeh ranks 17,709 out of 19,576. Before him are Carol Moseley Braun, John Compton, David McAllister, Murli Manohar Joshi, Aécio Neves, and Piedad Córdoba. After him are Keith Holyoake, S. I. Hayakawa, Rustem Khamitov, Harlem Désir, Selwyn Lloyd, and Kathleen Sebelius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Muath Al-Kasasbeh ranks 214. Before him are Nicolás Gaitán, Thierry Neuville, Candice Swanepoel, Keisuke Harada, Teerasil Dangda, and Masataka Tamura. After him are Yui Aragaki, Koji Onishi, Ryuichi Dogaki, Jeffrén Suárez, Virat Kohli, and Han Seung-yeon. Among people deceased in 2015, Muath Al-Kasasbeh ranks 508. Before him are Ron Springett, Zhivko Gospodinov, Justin Wilson, Wilfred Agbonavbare, Peter Pišťanek, and Wolfram Wuttke. After him are Mikhail Burtsev, Linda Haglund, Mel Daniels, Charles Correa, Raúl Héctor Castro, and Amelia Boynton Robinson.

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In Jordan

Among people born in Jordan, Muath Al-Kasasbeh ranks 41 out of 59. Before him are Prince Ali bin Hussein (1975), Prince Faisal bin Hussein (1963), Omar Razzaz (1961), Fayez Tarawneh (1949), Jafar Hassan (1968), and Princess Alia bint Hussein (1956). After him are Samir Rifai (1966), Omar M. Yaghi (1965), Hamzah bin Hussein (1980), Princess Aisha bint Hussein (1968), Princess Iman bint Abdullah (1996), and Nahed Hattar (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In Jordan

Among politicians born in Jordan, Muath Al-Kasasbeh ranks 23. Before him are Hani Mulki (1951), Prince Ali bin Hussein (1975), Omar Razzaz (1961), Fayez Tarawneh (1949), Jafar Hassan (1968), and Princess Alia bint Hussein (1956). After him are Samir Rifai (1966).

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