According to Brian Fyfield-Shayler who taught the young Osama English at an elite school in Jeddah, he was taller than his classmates and very good looking.

• 台湾和香港多称为宾拉登，亦有人自阿拉伯语直接音译为“拉丹”注}；Bin Laden was born into a large； extremely wealthy Saudi family.