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Adrian Lamo

1981 - 2018

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Adrián Alfonso Lamo Atwood (February 20, 1981 – March 14, 2018) was an American threat analyst and hacker. Lamo first gained media attention for breaking into several high-profile computer networks, including those of The New York Times, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, culminating in his 2003 arrest. Lamo was best known for reporting U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning to Army criminal investigators in 2010 for leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive U.S. government documents to WikiLeaks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adrian Lamo has received more than 1,503,357 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Adrian Lamo is the 144th most popular journalist (down from 115th in 2019), the 14,482nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,740th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Adrian Lamo ranks 144 out of 196. Before him are Olga Skabeyeva, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Anastasia Baburova, Yvonne Ridley, Steven Sotloff, and Khadija Ismayilova. After him are Zhanna Nemtsova, Halyna Hutchins, Fatih Portakal, Lesley Stahl, Lilya Budzhurova, and Richard Corliss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Adrian Lamo ranks 463. Before him are Rina Satō, Yuriy Borzakovskiy, Guy Demel, Scooter Braun, Belinda Snell, and Jorge Ribeiro. After him are Asmik Grigorian, Filippo Pozzato, Jovana Joksimović, Park Jung-ah, Jean-Julien Rojer, and Kofi Kingston. Among people deceased in 2018, Adrian Lamo ranks 578. Before him are Ken Dodd, Dave Morgan, Liz Chase, Sigi Schmid, Mathilde Krim, and Vanessa Marquez. After him are Javier Otxoa, Maryon Pittman Allen, Andreas Kappes, Peter Thompson, Pete Shelley, and Boris Kokorev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adrian Lamo ranks 14,482 out of 20,380. Before him are Lorna Gray (1917), Raven-Symoné (1985), Shannon Lucio (1980), Latrell Sprewell (1970), Jonathan Goldstein (1964), and Clayton Kershaw (1988). After him are Zelda Williams (1989), Johnny Boyd (1926), Spencer Treat Clark (1987), Shannon Whirry (1964), Mike Ness (1962), and Annalise Basso (1998).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Adrian Lamo ranks 35. Before him are Sydney Schanberg (1934), Amy Goodman (1957), Greg Burke (1959), Louis Fischer (1896), Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890), and Steven Sotloff (1983). After him are Lesley Stahl (1941), Richard Corliss (1944), Brent Renaud (1971), Evan Gershkovich (1991), Frances Bean Cobain (1992), and Roxana Saberi (1977).

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