Osama bin Laden sanannen shugaban 'yan ta'adda ne kuma wanda ya kafa kungiyar 'yan ta'adda ta Al-Qaeda, wanda ke da alhakin kitsa hare-haren na ranar 11 ga watan Satumba a Amurka a shekara ta 2001. An haife shi a Saudiyya a shekara ta 1957 kuma an kashe shi a wani hari da suka kai masa. Sojojin Amurka a Pakistan a 2011. Sunan "Osama" yana nufin "zaki" a Larabci, yayin da "bin Laden" yana nufin "dan Laden," yana nufin sunan mahaifinsa.