1941 - 1966
Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was an American mass murderer 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 5,568,597 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Charles Whitman is the 98th most popular extremist, the 2,200th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,463rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Extremist.
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Among extremists, Charles Whitman ranks 98 out of 209. Before him are Matija Gubec, David Berkowitz, Michel Fourniret, Jacques Mesrine, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Whitey Bulger. After him are Joachim Kroll, Luciano Leggio, Sirhan Sirhan, Dennis Nilsen, Delphine LaLaurie, and Horst Mahler.
1538 - 1573
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 92
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 93
1942 - 2021
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 94
1936 - 1979
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 95
1966 - 2006
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 96
1929 - 2018
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 97
1941 - 1966
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 98
1933 - 1991
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 99
1925 - 1993
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 100
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 101
1945 - 2018
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 102
1787 - 1849
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 103
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 104
Among people born in 1941, Charles Whitman ranks 131. Before him are Barbara Brylska, M. Stanley Whittingham, Fabio Testi, Stacy Keach, Raúl Ruiz, and Andrei Mironov. After him are Sérgio Mendes, Jorge Solari, Gunpei Yokoi, Hisao Kami, Sigmar Polke, and Philippe Honoré. Among people deceased in 1966, Charles Whitman ranks 60. Before him are Evelyn Waugh, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Georges Duhamel, Demchugdongrub, Sadao Araki, and Yasuji Okamura. After him are Wäinö Aaltonen, Marguerite Long, Hendrik Verwoerd, Bud Powell, Amédée Ozenfant, and Victor Brauner.
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 125
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 126
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 127
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 128
1941 - 2011
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 129
1941 - 1987
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 130
1941 - 1966
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 131
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 132
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 133
1941 - 1997
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 134
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 135
1941 - 2010
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 136
1941 - 2015
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 137
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 54
1884 - 1966
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 55
1884 - 1966
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 56
1902 - 1966
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 57
1877 - 1966
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 58
1884 - 1966
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 59
1941 - 1966
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 60
1894 - 1966
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 61
1874 - 1966
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 62
1901 - 1966
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 63
1924 - 1966
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 64
1886 - 1966
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 65
1903 - 1966
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 66
Among people born in United States, Charles Whitman ranks 2,200 out of 18,182. Before him are Karl Malone (1963), Langston Hughes (1902), Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Richard Rodgers (1902), Edward Witten (1951), and Samuel Fuller (1912). After him are David Baltimore (1938), Lee J. Cobb (1911), Annie Jump Cannon (1863), George Crumb (1929), Henry Winkler (1945), and Thomas Tew (1649).
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 2,194
1902 - 1967
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 2,195
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 2,196
1902 - 1979
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 2,197
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 2,198
1912 - 1997
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 2,199
1941 - 1966
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 2,200
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 2,201
1911 - 1976
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 2,202
1863 - 1941
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 2,203
1929 - 2022
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 2,204
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 2,205
1649 - 1695
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 2,206
Among extremists born in United States, Charles Whitman ranks 32. Before him are James Earl Ray (1928), Gary Ridgway (1949), Susan Atkins (1948), Aileen Wuornos (1956), David Berkowitz (1953), and Whitey Bulger (1929). After him are Delphine LaLaurie (1787), Andrew Cunanan (1969), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Aldrich Ames (1941), Rodney Alcala (1943), and Robert Hansen (1939).
1928 - 1998
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 26
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 27
1948 - 2009
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 28
1956 - 2002
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 29
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 30
1929 - 2018
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 31
1941 - 1966
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 32
1787 - 1849
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 33
1969 - 1997
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 34
1908 - 1934
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 35
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 36
1943 - 2021
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 37
1939 - 2014
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 38