1944 - Today
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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Among extremists, Charles Sobhraj ranks 67 out of 209. Before 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.
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 61
1968 - 2001
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 62
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 63
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 64
1965 - 2006
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 65
1905 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 66
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 67
1879 - 1925
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 68
1409 - 1476
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 69
1936 - 2001
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 70
1939 - 2018
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 71
1873 - 1935
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 72
1960 - 2013
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 73
Among people born in 1944, Charles Sobhraj ranks 89. Before 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.
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 83
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 84
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 85
1944 - 2018
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 86
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 87
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 88
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 89
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 90
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 91
1944 - 1986
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 92
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 93
1944 - 2016
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 94
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 95
Among people born in Vietnam, Charles Sobhraj ranks 20 out of 124. Before 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).
1925 - 2013
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 14
1920 - 1992
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 15
1907 - 1986
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 16
1924 - 2011
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 17
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 18
1762 - 1820
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 19
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 20
1384 - 1433
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 21
225 - 248
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 22
1791 - 1841
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 23
1930 - 1997
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 24
1930 - 1998
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 25
1752 - 1792
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 26
Among extremists born in Vietnam, Charles Sobhraj ranks 1. After him are Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (1940).