1929 - 1944
George Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944), was an African American boy, who at the age of 14 was convicted in 1944 (in a proceeding later vacated as an unfair trial in 2014), of murdering two young girls, Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 7, in his hometown of Alcolu, South Carolina. He was executed by electric chair in June 1944, thus becoming the youngest American with an exact birth date confirmed to be sentenced to death and executed in the 20th century.A re-examination of Stinney's case began in 2004, and several individuals and the Northeastern University School of Law sought a judicial review. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Stinney has received more than 8,075,845 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). George Stinney is the 54th most popular extremist (down from 30th in 2019), the 1,149th most popular biography from United States (down from 709th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Extremist.
George Stinney was the youngest person to be executed in the United States in the 20th century. He was 14 years old when he was convicted of the murder of two young girls, Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 8. He was executed by electrocution in 1944.
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Among extremists, George Stinney ranks 54 out of 205. Before him are William Kemmler, Gudrun Ensslin, Whitey Bulger, Robert-François Damiens, George Habash, and James Earl Ray. After him are George Jung, Karl Denke, Emperor Norton, Jordan Belfort, Johnny Torrio, and Pavlik Morozov.
1860 - 1890
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 48
1940 - 1977
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 49
1929 - 2018
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 50
1715 - 1757
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 51
1926 - 2008
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 52
1928 - 1998
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 53
1929 - 1944
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 54
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 55
1860 - 1924
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 56
1818 - 1880
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 57
1962 - Present
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 58
1882 - 1957
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 59
1918 - 1932
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 60
Among people born in 1929, George Stinney ranks 79. Before him are Violeta Chamorro, Yozo Aoki, Ágnes Heller, Yevgeny Primakov, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, and Fernanda Montenegro. After him are Helmut Rahn, Michael Atiyah, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Omar Torrijos, Paul Lauterbur, and E. O. Wilson. Among people deceased in 1944, George Stinney ranks 59. Before him are Bronislav Kaminski, Emilio De Bono, Jean Giraudoux, Harold Lowe, Christian Wirth, and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony. After him are Kazu Naoki, Leo Baekeland, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Otto von Below, Mohammed Alim Khan, and Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal.
1929 - Present
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 73
1929 - 2014
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 74
1929 - 2019
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 75
1929 - 2015
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 76
1929 - 2008
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 77
1929 - Present
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 78
1929 - 1944
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 79
1929 - 2003
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 80
1929 - 2019
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 81
1929 - Present
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 82
1929 - 1981
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 83
1929 - 2007
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 84
1929 - Present
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 85
1899 - 1944
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 53
1866 - 1944
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 54
1882 - 1944
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 55
1882 - 1944
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 56
1885 - 1944
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 57
1867 - 1944
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 58
1929 - 1944
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 59
1918 - 1944
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 60
1863 - 1944
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 61
1905 - 1944
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 62
1857 - 1944
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 63
1880 - 1944
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 64
1855 - 1944
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 65
Among people born in United States, George Stinney ranks 1,149 out of 15,968. Before him are William Howard Stein (1911), Mae West (1893), Susan Hayward (1917), Joseph Erlanger (1874), Billie Jean King (1943), and Jerry Bruckheimer (1943). After him are Morgan Fairchild (1950), Ray Ewry (1873), Sherwood Anderson (1876), Andre Agassi (1970), Robert Taylor (1911), and David Duchovny (1960).
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 1,143
1893 - 1980
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 1,144
1917 - 1975
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 1,145
1874 - 1965
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 1,146
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 1,147
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 1,148
1929 - 1944
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 1,149
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 1,150
1873 - 1937
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 1,151
1876 - 1941
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 1,152
1970 - Present
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 1,153
1911 - 1969
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 1,154
1960 - Present
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 1,155
Among extremists born in United States, George Stinney ranks 20. Before him are Butch Cassidy (1866), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Frank Sheeran (1920), William Kemmler (1860), Whitey Bulger (1929), and James Earl Ray (1928). After him are George Jung (1942), Jordan Belfort (1962), Timothy McVeigh (1968), Edmund Kemper (1948), Aileen Wuornos (1956), and Jeffrey Dahmer (1960).
1866 - 1908
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 14
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