1941 - 1966
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, 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 4,628,145 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Charles Whitman is the 98th most popular extremist (up from 102nd in 2019), the 2,464th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,714th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Extremist.
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Among extremists, Charles Whitman ranks 98 out of 205. Before him are Joachim Kroll, Gary Ridgway, Pedro López, Michel Fourniret, Sirhan Sirhan, and Horst Mahler. After him are Nedeljko Čabrinović, Andrew Cunanan, Frank Nitti, Belle Gunness, Aldrich Ames, and Mary Bell.
1933 - 1991
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 92
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 93
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 94
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 95
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 96
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 97
1941 - 1966
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 98
1895 - 1916
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 99
1969 - 1997
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 100
1886 - 1943
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 101
1859 - 1908
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 102
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 103
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 104
Among people born in 1941, Charles Whitman ranks 145. Before him are Ghena Dimitrova, Denys Arcand, Sigmar Polke, Sergio Oliva, Rosa Maria Sardà, and Andrei Mironov. After him are Myron Scholes, Robert D. Putnam, Percy Sledge, Mirosław Hermaszewski, Nora Ephron, and Harry Nilsson. Among people deceased in 1966, Charles Whitman ranks 70. Before him are Yasuji Okamura, Victor Brauner, Fritz Wunderlich, Edmond Locard, Hermann Scherchen, and Wieland Wagner. After him are Homi J. Bhabha, Bai Chongxi, Elena Stasova, Caterina Albert, Philipp Frank, and Otto von Knobelsdorff.
1941 - 2005
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 139
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 140
1941 - 2010
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 141
1941 - 2012
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 142
1941 - 2020
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 143
1941 - 1987
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 144
1941 - 1966
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 145
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 146
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 147
1941 - 2015
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 148
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 149
1941 - 2012
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 150
1941 - 1994
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 151
1884 - 1966
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 64
1903 - 1966
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 65
1930 - 1966
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 66
1877 - 1966
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 67
1891 - 1966
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 68
1917 - 1966
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 69
1941 - 1966
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 70
1909 - 1966
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 71
1893 - 1966
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 72
1873 - 1966
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 73
1869 - 1966
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 74
1884 - 1966
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 75
1886 - 1966
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 76
Among people born in United States, Charles Whitman ranks 2,464 out of 15,968. Before him are James Heckman (1944), Bill Viola (1951), Nicholas Murray Butler (1862), James Levine (1943), William H. Seward (1801), and Hetty Green (1834). After him are Paul H. O'Neill (1935), Mike Markkula (1942), Will Ferrell (1967), Bill Hewlett (1913), Fred Ward (1942), and George Chakiris (1934).
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 2,458
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 2,459
1862 - 1947
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 2,460
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 2,461
1801 - 1872
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 2,462
1834 - 1916
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 2,463
1941 - 1966
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 2,464
1935 - 2020
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 2,465
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 2,466
1967 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 2,467
1913 - 2001
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 2,468
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 2,469
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 2,470
Among extremists born in United States, Charles Whitman ranks 33. Before him are Dennis Rader (1945), Ma Barker (1873), Susan Atkins (1948), Delphine LaLaurie (1787), Robert Hansen (1939), and Gary Ridgway (1949). After him are Andrew Cunanan (1969), Aldrich Ames (1941), Leon Czolgosz (1873), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Joseph Valachi (1904), and Sam Giancana (1908).
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 27
1873 - 1935
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 28
1948 - 2009
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 29
1787 - 1849
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 30
1939 - 2014
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 31
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 32
1941 - 1966
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 33
1969 - 1997
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 34
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 35
1873 - 1901
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 36
1908 - 1934
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 37
1904 - 1971
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 38
1908 - 1975
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 39