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Evelyn McHale

1923 - 1947

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Evelyn Francis McHale (September 20, 1923 – May 1, 1947) was an American bookkeeper who jumped to her death from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building. Robert Wiles, a photography student, took a picture of her corpse where it lay on top of a crushed car. The photograph of the dead lady had a "beautiful" aesthetic quality, and was republished around the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Evelyn McHale has received more than 2,703,870 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Evelyn McHale is the 74th most popular celebrity (down from 71st in 2019), the 3,431st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,568th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Celebrity.

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  • 2.98

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Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Evelyn McHale ranks 74 out of 265Before her are Victor Kugler, Natascha Kampusch, Wil van Gogh, Daisy, Princess of Pless, Denise Perrier, and Ota Benga. After her are Madeleine Astor, Manuel Uribe, Sally Hemings, Ethel Kennedy, Kourtney Kardashian, and Tiffany Trump.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Evelyn McHale ranks 160Before her are Shoshana Damari, Onofre Marimón, Holden Roberto, Albert Vanhoye, Lindsay Anderson, and Gustavo Rojo. After her are Hjalmar Andersen, Shmuel Eisenstadt, Ahmet Ertegun, Harrison Dillard, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, and Tonino Delli Colli. Among people deceased in 1947, Evelyn McHale ranks 103Before her are Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Attilio Ferraris, Ferdinand Zecca, Ludwig Kübler, Anton Schall, and Carl Hilpert. After her are Andrei Shkuro, Theodore Romzha, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Georg von Trapp, and Aleksandër Stavre Drenova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Evelyn McHale ranks 3,431 out of 20,380Before her are Richie Ginther (1930), Jill Clayburgh (1944), Kathryn Morris (1969), Kenneth Anger (1927), Leslie Easterbrook (1949), and Thomas F. Wilson (1959). After her are Alvin E. Roth (1951), Barbara Kruger (1945), Cicely Tyson (1924), Tyga (1989), Bill Nelson (1942), and Katherine Heigl (1978).

Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Evelyn McHale ranks 26Before her are Lizzie Borden (1860), Annie Oakley (1860), Edie Sedgwick (1943), Dan Inosanto (1936), Florence Owens Thompson (1903), and Roy Sullivan (1912). After her are Madeleine Astor (1893), Sally Hemings (1773), Ethel Kennedy (1928), Kourtney Kardashian (1979), Tiffany Trump (1993), and Genie (1957).