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Arkan

1952 - 2000

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Željko Ražnatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Ражнатовић, pronounced [ʒêːʎko raʒnâːtoʋitɕ]; 17 April 1952 – 15 January 2000), better known as Arkan (Serbian Cyrillic: Аркан), was a Serbian mobster and head of the Serb paramilitary force called the Serb Volunteer Guard during the Yugoslav Wars. He was on Interpol's most wanted list in the 1970s and 1980s for robberies and murders committed in a number of countries across Europe, and was later indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for crimes against humanity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arkan has received more than 1,862,062 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Arkan is the 4,509th most popular politician (down from 3,044th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 8th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Slovene Politician.

Arkansas is most famous for its natural beauty and the opportunity to enjoy outdoor activities.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Arkans by language

Over the past year Arkan has had the most page views in the with 345,566 views, followed by Croatian (58,054), and Serbian (54,232). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbo-Croatian (85.38%), Basque (57.49%), and Serbian (40.73%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arkan ranks 4,509 out of 19,576. Before him are Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Franz Mehring, Emperor Xianzong of Tang, Emperor Seinei, Treniota, and Charles III, Duke of Parma. After him are François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, Sahle-Work Zewde, Phocion, Pratibha Patil, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, and Atsiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Arkan ranks 68. Before him are Raymond Domenech, Bert van Marwijk, Imran Khan, Reinhard Genzel, Osvaldo Ardiles, and Irina Bokova. After him are Paul Stanley, Alain Giresse, Gus Van Sant, Abbas al-Musawi, Guillermo Vilas, and Santillana. Among people deceased in 2000, Arkan ranks 37. Before him are Anatoly Sobchak, Steve Reeves, Rudolf Kirchschläger, John Gielgud, Richard Farnsworth, and Lila Kedrova. After him are Takashi Kano, Willard Van Orman Quine, Carlo M. Cipolla, Merton Miller, Akira Nozawa, and Leonid Rogozov.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Arkan ranks 22 out of 340. Before him are Melania Trump (1970), Thomas Luckmann (1927), Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (1827), Jernej Kopitar (1780), Hermann II, Count of Celje (1361), and Carlos, Duke of Madrid (1848). After him are Janez Janša (1958), Borut Pahor (1963), Primož Trubar (1508), Jacobus Gallus (1550), Ulrich II, Count of Celje (1406), and Branko Oblak (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Slovenia

Among politicians born in Slovenia, Arkan ranks 7. Before him are Barbara of Cilli (1392), Milan Kučan (1941), Edvard Kardelj (1910), Janez Drnovšek (1950), Aleksander Čeferin (1967), and Hermann II, Count of Celje (1361). After him are Janez Janša (1958), Borut Pahor (1963), Danilo Türk (1952), Anton Korošec (1872), Robert Golob (1967), and Sergej Kraigher (1914).

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