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Amanda Knox

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Amanda Marie Knox (born July 9, 1987) is an American activist and author. She came to international prominence after being falsely accused and imprisoned for the November 2007 murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Perugia, Italy. She was convicted of the murder in 2009 and was sentenced to 26 years in prison. In 2011, the conviction was overturned and Knox was released, whereupon she returned to America. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Amanda Knox is the 826th most popular social activist (down from 733rd in 2024), the 17,967th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,487th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular American Social Activist.

Amanda Knox is most famous for being wrongly convicted and later exonerated for the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy. She gained international media attention after being twice convicted and ultimately acquitted of the murder, and more recently reconvicted of slander for falsely accusing a bar owner during her initial interrogation.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Amanda Knox ranks 826 out of 840. Before her are Gigi Ibrahim, Virisila Buadromo, Elena Gorolová, Ridhima Pandey, Salil Shetty, and Sampat Pal Devi. After her are Sonita Alizadeh, Sophia Kianni, Rusudan Gotsiridze, Claire Nouvian, Anjem Choudary, and Tabassum Adnan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Amanda Knox ranks 791. Before her are Andrés Túñez, Leopold König, Alessandra Torresani, José Cañas, Kosuke Ota, and Ľuboš Kamenár. After her are Damir Kedžo, Zeng Cheng, Aya Sameshima, Mizuho Sakaguchi, Varun Dhawan, and Anjeza Shahini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amanda Knox ranks 17,975 out of 20,380. Before her are Steve Chabot (1953), Jim Craig (1957), Susan Tedeschi (1970), Jeff Green (1986), Edy Ganem (1983), and Barry Sanders (1968). After her are Michael Sweet (1963), Drew Van Acker (1986), Mackenzie McDonald (1995), Gina Prince-Bythewood (1969), Bradley Nowell (1968), and Willow Shields (2000).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Amanda Knox ranks 143. Before her are Medea Benjamin (1952), Inez Milholland (1886), Ronan Farrow (1987), Alicia Garza (1981), Cindy Sheehan (1957), and Gigi Ibrahim (1988). After her are Frances Haugen (1980), Emma González (1999), Kayla Mueller (1988), Alexandria Villaseñor (2005), Sam Berns (1996), and Nick Fuentes (1998).

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