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Charles Whitman

1941 - 1966

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Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was an American mass murderer and Marine veteran who became known as the "Texas Tower Sniper". On August 1, 1966, Whitman used knives to kill his mother and his wife in their respective homes, then went to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) with multiple firearms and began indiscriminately shooting at people. He fatally shot three people inside UT Austin's Main Building, then accessed the 28th-floor observation deck on the building's clock tower. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Whitman has received more than 6,008,345 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Charles Whitman is the 134th most popular extremist (down from 98th in 2019), the 2,980th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,198th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Extremist.

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  • 24

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  • 3.04

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  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Charles Whitman ranks 134 out of 283. Before him are Rodney Alcala, Joaquin Murrieta, Rafael Caro Quintero, Josef Blösche, Robert Stroud, and Albert Anastasia. After him are Fred West, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Richard Chase, Joseph Bonanno, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Sam Giancana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Charles Whitman ranks 182. Before him are Leon Russom, Amir Pnueli, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Ghena Dimitrova, Peter Cullen, and Patricio Guzmán. After him are Fred West, Umberto Bossi, Sarah Miles, George P. Cosmatos, Lothar Emmerich, and Captain Beefheart. Among people deceased in 1966, Charles Whitman ranks 84. Before him are Väinö Tanner, Wieland Wagner, Camilo Torres Restrepo, Emil Brunner, Philipp Frank, and Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski. After him are Robert Rossen, Victor Kravchenko, George Ohsawa, Nikolay Cherkasov, Alfred P. Sloan, and Arthur Percival.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Whitman ranks 2,980 out of 20,380. Before him are Karol J. Bobko (1937), GG Allin (1956), Joe Turkel (1927), Sam Loyd (1841), Ralph Rose (1885), and Akon (1973). After him are Neil Postman (1931), Jensen Ackles (1978), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), Stuart Whitman (1928), Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903), and Joel Grey (1932).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Charles Whitman ranks 38. Before him are Delphine LaLaurie (1787), Aldrich Ames (1941), David Berkowitz (1953), Stephen Paddock (1953), Rodney Alcala (1943), and Robert Stroud (1890). After him are Richard Chase (1950), Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), Sam Giancana (1908), Leon Czolgosz (1873), Joseph Valachi (1904), and Patty Hearst (1954).

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