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Assata Shakur

1947 - Today

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Assata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron; July 16, 1947), also known as Joanne Chesimard, is an American political activist and convicted murderer who was a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA). In 1977, she was convicted in the first-degree murder of State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. She escaped from prison in 1979 and is currently wanted by the FBI, with a $1 million FBI reward for information leading to her capture, and an additional $1 million reward offered by the Attorney General of New Jersey.Born in Flushing, Queens, she grew up in New York City and Wilmington, North Carolina. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Assata Shakur has received more than 6,171,472 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Assata Shakur is the 57th most popular mafioso (down from 55th in 2019), the 6,994th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,358th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Mafioso.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Assata Shakurs by language

Over the past year Assata Shakur has had the most page views in the with 513,748 views, followed by German (24,032), and French (13,468). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (185.67%), Arabic (127.30%), and German (70.07%)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Assata Shakur ranks 57 out of 70. Before her are Aafia Siddiqui, Joseph Colombo, Tony Accardo, Joe Profaci, Carlos Marcello, and Jonathan Pollard. After her are Sergei Magnitsky, Kenneth Lay, Iva Toguri D'Aquino, Abu Qatada, Rakhat Aliyev, and Salah Abdeslam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Assata Shakur ranks 527. Before her are Amos Biwott, Julien Cools, Barbara Cassin, Gordon Neufeld, Gregg Rolie, and Ricardo Teixeira. After her are Vladimir Oravsky, Peter Chen, Bob Houghton, Malcolm Ranjith, Fabián Alarcón, and Menachem Bello.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Assata Shakur ranks 6,994 out of 20,380. Before her are Jack Dorsey (1976), Anikka Albrite (1988), William Lane Craig (1949), Albertson Van Zo Post (1866), Kenneth Copeland (1936), and Carolyn Schuler (1943). After her are CM Punk (1978), John Hammond (1910), Neville Brand (1920), Reni Santoni (1938), Michael Cohen (1966), and David Leitch (1975).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Assata Shakur ranks 23. Before her are Dutch Schultz (1902), Sammy Gravano (1945), Belle Starr (1848), Joseph Colombo (1923), Tony Accardo (1906), and Jonathan Pollard (1954). After her are Kenneth Lay (1942), Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), Troy Davis (1968), and Amanda Knox (1987).

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