Osama bin Laden

About

International terrorist leader of Al Qaeda. The architect of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, he was located and killed in a covert United States operation in 2011.

Before Fame

During his younger years, he studied religion and poetry in Saudi Arabia.

Trivia

Before he became Public Enemy number one, he worked with the U.S. government against the Soviets.

Family Life

He fathered twenty to twenty-six children with five of six wives.

Associated With

Operation Neptune Spear, ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama, resulted in bin Laden's death.