PIRATE
D. B. Cooper
1931 - 1971
D. B. Cooper
D. B. Cooper was an unidentified man who hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 aircraft, in United States airspace on November 24, 1971. During the flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, the hijacker told a flight attendant he was armed with a bomb, demanded $200,000 in ransom (equivalent to approximately $1,500,000 in 2024) and requested four parachutes upon landing in Seattle. After releasing the passengers in Seattle, the hijacker instructed the flight crew to refuel the aircraft and begin a second flight to Mexico City, with a refueling stop in Reno, Nevada. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of D. B. Cooper has received more than 17,716,579 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). D. B. Cooper is the 9th most popular pirate, the 573rd most popular biography from United States (down from 490th in 2019) and the most popular American Pirate.
D.B. Cooper is most famous for being the only person to ever successfully jump out of a plane with a parachute and never be found.
Memorability Metrics
18M
Page Views (PV)
65.66
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
44
Languages Editions (L)
4.44
Effective Languages (L*)
4.34
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
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Among PIRATES
Among pirates, D. B. Cooper ranks 9 out of 25. Before him are Henry Morgan, Eric of Pomerania, Anne Bonny, Bartholomew Roberts, Calico Jack, and Mary Read. After him are William Kidd, François l'Olonnais, Sextus Pompey, Henry Every, Ching Shih, and Benjamin Hornigold.
Most Popular Pirates in Wikipedia
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Henry Morgan
1635 - 1688
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 3
Eric of Pomerania
1381 - 1459
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 4
Anne Bonny
1702 - 1782
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 5
Bartholomew Roberts
1682 - 1722
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 6
Calico Jack
1682 - 1720
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 7
Mary Read
1695 - 1721
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 8
D. B. Cooper
1931 - 1971
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 9
William Kidd
1645 - 1701
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 10
François l'Olonnais
1635 - 1669
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 11
Sextus Pompey
67 BC - 35 BC
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 12
Henry Every
1659 - 1699
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 13
Ching Shih
1775 - 1844
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 14
Benjamin Hornigold
1680 - 1719
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 15
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1931, D. B. Cooper ranks 33. Before him are Leonard Nimoy, Ian Holm, Guy Debord, William Shatner, Rupert Murdoch, and João Gilberto. After him are Aldo Rossi, Syukuro Manabe, Johannes Rau, Martinus J. G. Veltman, James Cronin, and James Earl Jones. Among people deceased in 1971, D. B. Cooper ranks 24. Before him are Arne Tiselius, Giorgos Seferis, Igor Tamm, Arne Jacobsen, Donald Winnicott, and Harold Lloyd. After him are François Duvalier, Franz Stangl, Lothar Rendulic, Wendell Meredith Stanley, Jacobo Árbenz, and Diane Arbus.
Others Born in 1931
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Leonard Nimoy
1931 - 2015
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 27
Ian Holm
1931 - 2020
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 28
Guy Debord
1931 - 1994
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 29
William Shatner
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 30
Rupert Murdoch
1931 - Present
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 31
João Gilberto
1931 - 2019
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 32
D. B. Cooper
1931 - 1971
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 33
Aldo Rossi
1931 - 1997
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 34
Syukuro Manabe
1931 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 35
Johannes Rau
1931 - 2006
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 36
Martinus J. G. Veltman
1931 - 2021
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 37
James Cronin
1931 - 2016
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 38
James Earl Jones
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 39
Others Deceased in 1971
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Arne Tiselius
1902 - 1971
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 18
Giorgos Seferis
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 19
Igor Tamm
1895 - 1971
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 20
Arne Jacobsen
1902 - 1971
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 21
Donald Winnicott
1896 - 1971
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 22
Harold Lloyd
1893 - 1971
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 23
D. B. Cooper
1931 - 1971
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 24
François Duvalier
1907 - 1971
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 25
Franz Stangl
1908 - 1971
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 26
Lothar Rendulic
1887 - 1971
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 27
Wendell Meredith Stanley
1904 - 1971
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 28
Jacobo Árbenz
1913 - 1971
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 29
Diane Arbus
1923 - 1971
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 30
In United States
Among people born in United States, D. B. Cooper ranks 573 out of 18,182. Before him are Alfred Kinsey (1894), Gwen Stefani (1969), William P. Murphy (1892), Henry Mancini (1924), Walter Matthau (1920), and Machine Gun Kelly (1895). After him are Richard Meier (1934), William Holden (1918), Robert Kardashian (1944), Reese Witherspoon (1976), Mark Zuckerberg (1984), and Gilbert N. Lewis (1875).
Others born in United States
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Alfred Kinsey
1894 - 1956
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 567
Gwen Stefani
1969 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 568
William P. Murphy
1892 - 1987
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 569
Henry Mancini
1924 - 1994
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 570
Walter Matthau
1920 - 2000
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 571
Machine Gun Kelly
1895 - 1954
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 572
D. B. Cooper
1931 - 1971
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 573
Richard Meier
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 574
William Holden
1918 - 1981
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 575
Robert Kardashian
1944 - 2003
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 576
Reese Witherspoon
1976 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 577
Mark Zuckerberg
1984 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 578
Gilbert N. Lewis
1875 - 1946
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 579
Among PIRATES In United States
Among pirates born in United States, D. B. Cooper ranks 1. After him are Thomas Tew (1649).
