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Noordin Mohammad Top

1968 - 2009

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Noordin Mohammad Top (11 August 1968 – 17 September 2009) was a Malaysian-born terrorist and extremist who was believed to be masterminded the series of terrorist attacks in Indonesia in the 2000s (including the Bali bombings in 2002 and 2005, as well as the Jakarta bombings in 2003, 2004 and 2009). Until his death, he was Indonesia's most wanted Islamist militant. Noordin was born in Kluang, Johor, Malaysia. His father, Moch Top, was a Javanese immigrant to Malaysia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Noordin Mohammad Top is the 270th most popular extremist (down from 261st in 2024), the 60th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 58th in 2019) and the most popular Malaysian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Noordin Mohammad Top ranks 270 out of 283. Before him are Gary Ray Bowles, Karla Homolka, Hamza bin Laden, Mohammed Bouyeri, Tohir Yoʻldosh, and Ramzi bin al-Shibh. After him are Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Moses Sithole, Wail al-Shehri, Atefeh Sahaaleh, Aliaskhab Kebekov, and James Holmes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Noordin Mohammad Top ranks 630. Before him are Princess Aisha bint Hussein, Theo de Raadt, Alicia Coppola, Dimitri Diatchenko, Brahim Lahlafi, and Tahar El Khalej. After him are Silvio Fauner, Emilija Kokić, Cate Shortland, Takahiro Endo, Anne Briand, and Patrick Blondeau. Among people deceased in 2009, Noordin Mohammad Top ranks 408. Before him are Alastair McCorquodale, Stephen Gately, Valeri Broshin, Tohir Yoʻldosh, William Safire, and Wendy Richard. After him are Johnny Kerr, Marian Cozma, Zinaida Stahurskaya, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, Sulim Yamadayev, and Bina Rai.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Noordin Mohammad Top ranks 60 out of 90. Before him are Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (1972), Mazlan Othman (1951), Joe Simpson (1960), Ambiga Sreenevasan (1956), Michael Wong (1970), and Mukhriz Mahathir (1964). After him are Penny Wong (1968), Rashid Sidek (1968), Fish Leong (1978), Alex Yoong (1976), Razif Sidek (1962), and Jalani Sidek (1964).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Malaysia

Among extremists born in Malaysia, Noordin Mohammad Top ranks 1. 

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