Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, born Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh, was a Jordanian jihadist who ran a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan. He became known after going to Iraq and being responsible for a series of bombings, beheadings, and attacks during the Iraq War, reportedly "turning an insurgency against US troops" in Iraq "into a Shia–Sunni civil war". He was sometimes known by his supporters as the "Sheikh of the slaughterers".

20 October 1966

Born on the same birth date (20 October 1966): Allan Donald • Patrick Volkerding

Born on the same birth day (20 October): Chris Cowdrey • Eddie Harris • Edward Hungerford (spendthrift) • Elyse Taylor • Nalin de Silva • Nick Cardy • Richard Caliguiri • Richard McWilliam • Taj McWilliams-Franklin

Born in the same month (October 1966): David Cameron • Igor Prins • Jeanne Zelasko • John Regis (athlete) • Karyn Parsons • Mark Gatiss • Mary Elizabeth McGlynn • Steve Valentine • Terri Runnels • Tommy Stinson • Wim Jonk