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Charles Sobhraj

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Charles Sobhraj (born Hotchand Bhawnani Gurmukh Sobhraj, 6 April 1944) is a serial killer, fraudster, and thief who preyed on Western tourists travelling on the hippie trail of South Asia during the 1970s. He was known as the Bikini Killer because of the attire of several of his victims, as well as the Splitting Killer and the Serpent for "his snake-like ability to avoid detection by authorities". It is thought that Sobhraj murdered at least 20 tourists in South and Southeast Asia, including 14 in Thailand. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Sobhraj has received more than 15,294,119 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Charles Sobhraj is the 72nd most popular extremist (down from 67th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 20th in 2019) and the most popular Vietnamese Extremist.

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  • 59.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Charles Sobhraj ranks 72 out of 283. Before him are Carlo Gambino, Kang Kek Iew, Matteo Messina Denaro, Johnny Torrio, Gary Ridgway, and Willi Herold. After him are Hermine Braunsteiner, Jordan Belfort, Frank Sheeran, Shamil Basayev, Ma Barker, and Emperor Norton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Charles Sobhraj ranks 109. Before him are Brian Tracy, Chico Buarque, Geneviève Grad, Karl Jenkins, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, and Patrick Depailler. After him are Bo Larsson, Sam Elliott, Jan-Michael Vincent, Roger Daltrey, Chico Mendes, and Michael Nyman.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Charles Sobhraj ranks 19 out of 136. Before him are Dương Văn Minh (1916), Lê Duẩn (1907), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), Gia Long (1762), and Madame Nhu (1924). After him are Minh Mạng (1791), Son Sen (1930), Lê Lợi (1384), Tôn Đức Thắng (1888), Riccardo Cocciante (1946), and Tsui Hark (1950).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Vietnam

Among extremists born in Vietnam, Charles Sobhraj ranks 1. After him are Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (1940).

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