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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. He was convicted and jailed in India from 1976 to 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Sobhraj has received more than 14,735,286 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Sobhraj is the 67th most popular extremist, the 20th most popular biography from Vietnam and the most popular Vietnamese Extremist.

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  • 60.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Charles Sobhraj ranks 67 out of 209Before him are Barry Seal, Timothy McVeigh, Dennis Rader, Marc Dutroux, Shamil Basayev, and Sada Abe. After him are Boris Savinkov, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Henry Lee Lucas, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Ma Barker, and Richard Ramirez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Charles Sobhraj ranks 89Before him are Bernard Hill, Leila Khaled, Claudia Mori, Sondra Locke, Mairead Maguire, and Antonio Damasio. After him are Tahar Ben Jelloun, Karl Jenkins, Coluche, Ian McDiarmid, Keith Emerson, and Gianni Morandi.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Charles Sobhraj ranks 20 out of 124Before him are Ieng Sary (1925), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Lê Duẩn (1907), Madame Nhu (1924), Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954), and Gia Long (1762). After him are Lê Lợi (1384), Lady Triệu (225), Minh Mạng (1791), Son Sen (1930), Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (1930), and Nguyễn Huệ (1752).

Among EXTREMISTS In Vietnam

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