1942 - Today
George Jacob Jung (born August 6, 1942), nicknamed Boston George and El Americano, is an American former drug trafficker and smuggler who was a major figure in the cocaine trade in the United States in the 1970s and early 1980s. Jung was a part of the Medellín Cartel, which was responsible for up to 90% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States. He specialized in the smuggling of cocaine from Colombia on a large scale. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Jung has received more than 9,115,338 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. George Jung is the 54th most popular extremist (up from 59th in 2019), the 1,182nd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,434th in 2019) and the 21st 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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Among extremists, George Jung ranks 54 out of 205. Before him are Gudrun Ensslin, Whitey Bulger, Robert-François Damiens, George Habash, James Earl Ray, and George Stinney. After him are Karl Denke, Emperor Norton, Jordan Belfort, Johnny Torrio, Pavlik Morozov, and Willi Herold.
1940 - 1977
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 48
1929 - 2018
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 49
1715 - 1757
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 50
1926 - 2008
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 51
1928 - 1998
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 52
1929 - 1944
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 53
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 54
1860 - 1924
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 55
1818 - 1880
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 56
1962 - Present
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 57
1882 - 1957
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 58
1918 - 1932
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 59
1925 - 1946
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 60
Among people born in 1942, George Jung ranks 80. Before him are Daniel Dennett, Terry Jones, Caetano Veloso, Françoise Dorléac, Jean-Claude Trichet, and Muhammadu Buhari. After him are Hissène Habré, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, Larry Flynt, Michael York, Donna Leon, and Manolo Blahnik.
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 74
1942 - 2020
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 75
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 76
1942 - 1967
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 77
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 78
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 79
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 80
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 81
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 82
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 83
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 84
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 85
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 86
Among people born in United States, George Jung ranks 1,182 out of 15,968. Before him are Tess Gerritsen (1953), Elisha Otis (1811), Carl Woese (1928), Shia LaBeouf (1986), Phil Spector (1939), and Donna Reed (1921). After him are Paul Lauterbur (1929), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), Richard Donner (1930), Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967), Mario Lanza (1921), and Edith Wharton (1862).
1953 - Present
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 1,176
1811 - 1861
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 1,177
1928 - 2012
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 1,178
1986 - Present
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 1,179
1939 - 2021
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 1,180
1921 - 1986
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 1,181
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 1,182
1929 - 2007
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 1,183
1908 - 2000
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 1,184
1930 - Present
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 1,185
1967 - 2014
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 1,186
1921 - 1959
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 1,187
1862 - 1937
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 1,188
Among extremists born in United States, George Jung ranks 21. Before him are Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Frank Sheeran (1920), William Kemmler (1860), Whitey Bulger (1929), James Earl Ray (1928), and George Stinney (1929). After him are Jordan Belfort (1962), Timothy McVeigh (1968), Edmund Kemper (1948), Aileen Wuornos (1956), Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), and Dennis Rader (1945).
1936 - 2001
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 15
1920 - 2003
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 16
1860 - 1890
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 17
1929 - 2018
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 18
1928 - 1998
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 19
1929 - 1944
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 20
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 21
1962 - Present
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 22
1968 - 2001
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 23
1948 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 24
1956 - 2002
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 25
1960 - 1994
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 26
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 27