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George Jung

1942 - 2021

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George Jacob Jung (; August 6, 1942 – May 5, 2021), nicknamed Boston George and El Americano, was an American drug trafficker and smuggler. He was a major figure in the United States cocaine trade during the 1970s and early '80s. Jung and his partner Carlos Lehder smuggled cocaine into the United States for the Colombian Medellín Cartel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Jung has received more than 12,222,582 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). George Jung is the 41st most popular extremist (up from 55th in 2019), the 938th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,181st in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Extremist.

George Jung is most famous for being a drug smuggler in the 1970s. He was convicted and sentenced to 70 years in prison, but was released after serving 20 years.

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  • 22

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  • 4.94

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  • 2.50

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, George Jung ranks 41 out of 209. Before him are Tommaso Buscetta, Nathuram Godse, Peter Kürten, Vincenzo Peruggia, William Kemmler, and Emperor Norton. After him are Issei Sagawa, Henri Désiré Landru, Jeffrey Dahmer, Sawney Bean, Fritz Haarmann, and Pavlik Morozov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, George Jung ranks 72. Before him are René Angélil, Hissène Habré, Thabo Mbeki, Vicente Fox, Margaret Court, and Larry Flynt. After him are Wolfgang Schäuble, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Jean-Claude Trichet, Daniel Dennett, Caetano Veloso, and George Vella. Among people deceased in 2021, George Jung ranks 57. Before him are Abdelkader Bensalah, Isamu Akasaki, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Edita Gruberová, Larry Flynt, and Manuel Santana. After him are E. O. Wilson, Idriss Déby, Nawal El Saadawi, John McAfee, Larry King, and Edward de Bono.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Jung ranks 938 out of 18,182. Before him are Ray Tomlinson (1941), Jennifer Connelly (1970), William Hurt (1950), Ambrose Bierce (1842), Louise Fletcher (1934), and Whoopi Goldberg (1955). After him are Forest Whitaker (1961), Albert Pike (1809), Roy J. Glauber (1925), Pat Garrett (1850), Alfred Hershey (1908), and Stan Getz (1927).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, George Jung ranks 14. Before him are Albert Fish (1870), John Wayne Gacy (1942), Jim Jones (1931), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), H. H. Holmes (1861), and William Kemmler (1860). After him are Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), Butch Cassidy (1866), Edmund Kemper (1948), Jordan Belfort (1962), Frank Sheeran (1920), and Barry Seal (1939).

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