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David Berkowitz

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David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco; June 1, 1953), also known as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer who pled guilty to perpetrating eight shootings in New York City between July 1976 and July 1977, which resulted in six fatalities. Berkowitz grew up in New York City and served in the United States Army. Using a .44 Special caliber Bulldog revolver, he killed six people and wounded seven others by July 1977, terrorizing New Yorkers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Berkowitz has received more than 17,785,009 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). David Berkowitz is the 125th most popular extremist (down from 93rd in 2019), the 2,738th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,051st in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Extremist.

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  • 27

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  • 3.29

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  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, David Berkowitz ranks 125 out of 283. Before him are Aslan Usoyan, Frank Nitti, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, Elisabeth Becker, and Aldrich Ames. After him are Alexandros Koryzis, Stephen Paddock, Rodney Alcala, Joaquin Murrieta, Rafael Caro Quintero, and Josef Blösche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, David Berkowitz ranks 111. Before him are James Remar, David Hurley, Laurentino Cortizo, Periko Alonso, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and Robert Davi. After him are Riccardo Chailly, Tito Jackson, Howard Schultz, Stephen Paddock, Michael J. Sandel, and Halid Bešlić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Berkowitz ranks 2,738 out of 20,380. Before him are Aldrich Ames (1941), Michael Nouri (1945), Don Henley (1947), Paul Guilfoyle (1949), Sue Lyon (1946), and Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891). After him are Daniel Ellsberg (1931), Samuel R. Delany (1942), Patrick Wilson (1973), Vitas Gerulaitis (1954), Katy Perry (1984), and Jim Rogers (1942).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, David Berkowitz ranks 34. Before him are Robert Hansen (1939), Barry Seal (1939), Richard Ramirez (1960), Baruch Goldstein (1956), Delphine LaLaurie (1787), and Aldrich Ames (1941). After him are Stephen Paddock (1953), Rodney Alcala (1943), Robert Stroud (1890), Charles Whitman (1941), Richard Chase (1950), and Patricia Krenwinkel (1947).

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