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Omar Mateen

1986 - 2016

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Omar Mir Seddique Mateen (Pashto: عمر مير صديق متين; born Omar Mir Seddique; November 16, 1986 – June 12, 2016) was an American mass murderer who killed 49 people and wounded 58 others, 53 of them by gunfire in a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, before he was killed in a shootout with the local police. It was the deadliest mass shooting in American history until it was surpassed by the Las Vegas Strip shooting on October 1, 2017, and it is the deadliest known incident of violence against LGBT people in U.S. history. Born in New York to Afghan-American parents, his family moved to Florida as a child, where he displayed an interest in violence and had behavioral problems in school, including struggling academically and receiving numerous suspensions. As an adult, he drifted through various jobs and a failed marriage before eventually becoming an armed G4S security guard. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Omar Mateen is the 305th most popular extremist (down from 281st in 2024), the 18,185th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,766th in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Omar Mateen ranks 305 out of 283. Before him are Monster of Florence, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Sarabjit Singh, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Majed Moqed, and Ahmed al-Haznawi. After him are Salem al-Hazmi, Takahiro Shiraishi, Ahmed Abdi Godane, Yakub Memon, Zeynab Jalalian, and Afzal Guru.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Omar Mateen ranks 928. Before him are Ilia Chernousov, Yui Makino, Stacie Orrico, Diane Guerrero, Anouk Dekker, and Denis Halilović. After him are Caio Alves, Ian Mahinmi, Lana Bastašić, Sam Van Rossom, Sanzhar Tursunov, and Davide Rigon. Among people deceased in 2016, Omar Mateen ranks 632. Before him are Pat Summitt, Gabriel Badilla, Ananias Eloi Castro Monteiro, Igor Pashkevich, Marek Svatoš, and Santi Duangsawang. After him are Dener, Oh Se-jong, Lucas Gomes, Dave Mirra, Antoine Demoitié, and Stefan Henze.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Omar Mateen ranks 18,193 out of 20,380. Before him are Gus Bilirakis (1963), Dean Edwards (1970), Tim Ferriss (1977), Stephen Strasburg (1988), Herculez Gomez (1982), and Murder of Adam Walsh (1974). After him are Cody Linley (1989), Vernon Forrest (1971), Steve Trittschuh (1965), Alexandra Botez (1995), Misty May-Treanor (1977), and Danny Pudi (1979).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Omar Mateen ranks 94. Before him are Eric Rudolph (1966), Jared Fogle (1977), Gary Ray Bowles (1962), James Holmes (1987), Ronald Dominique (1964), and Amy Fisher (1974). After him are Adam Yahiye Gadahn (1978), Dylann Roof (1994), John Walker Lindh (1981), and Thomas Matthew Crooks (2003).

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