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Charles Whitman

1941 - 1966

Charles Whitman

Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was an American mass murderer who became infamous as the "Texas Tower Sniper". On August 1, 1966, he used knives in the slayings of his mother and his wife in their respective homes and then went to the University of Texas in Austin with multiple firearms and began indiscriminately shooting at people. He fatally shot three people inside the university tower. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Whitman has received more than 3,712,115 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia making him the 100th most popular extremist.

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  • 52.51

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Charles Whitman ranks 100 out of 182. Before him are Joachim Kroll, Michel Fourniret, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, Joseph Bonanno, Pedro López, and Wadie Haddad. After him are Béla Kiss, Baby Face Nelson, Patty Hearst, Stand Watie, Carl Panzram, and Jonathan Wild.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Charles Whitman ranks 170. Before him are Reine Wisell, Infante Alfonso of Spain, Jesse Jackson, Harry Nilsson, Akiko Wakabayashi, and Fabio Testi. After him are David Lewis, Tom Fogerty, İdil Biret, Sarah Miles, Pedro Carmona, and Peter Coyote. Among people deceased in 1966, Charles Whitman ranks 77. Before him are Vladimir Minorsky, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Wieland Wagner, Sylvère Maes, Alfred P. Sloan, and Arthur Percival. After him are Fritz Bleyl, Camilo Torres Restrepo, Venceslau Brás, Alfred Neuland, Heimito von Doderer, and J. F. C. Fuller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Whitman ranks 2,716 out of 12,171. Before him are Sal Mineo (1939), William H. Seward (1801), Larry Sanger (1968), Mortimer J. Adler (1902), Harpo Marx (1888), and Maria Bello (1967). After him are William Halsey Jr. (1882), Doyle Brunson (1933), Katherine MacGregor (1925), Allison Janney (1959), Lois Lowry (1937), and Lisa Bonet (1967).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Charles Whitman ranks 32. Before him are Gary Ridgway (1949), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Susan Atkins (1948), Robert Stroud (1890), Robert Ford (1862), and Andrew Cunanan (1969). After him are Patty Hearst (1954), Stand Watie (1806), Joseph Valachi (1904), David Berkowitz (1953), Aldrich Ames (1941), and Leopold and Loeb (1905).

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