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Golden State Killer

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Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. (born November 8, 1945) is an American criminal who committed at least 13 murders, 51 rapes, and 120 burglaries across California between 1974 and 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Golden State Killer has received more than 9,741,201 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Golden State Killer is the 164th most popular extremist (down from 144th in 2019), the 3,762nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,359th in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Extremist.

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  • 27

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  • 4.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Golden State Killer ranks 164 out of 283Before him are Jerry Brudos, Louis Farrakhan, Luciano Moggi, Robert Ford, Jan-Carl Raspe, and Saif al-Adel. After him are Machine Gun Kelly, Mary Bell, Ibn al-Khattab, Eugène Terre'Blanche, Baby Face Nelson, and Radislav Krstić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Golden State Killer ranks 236Before him are Anselm Grün, Erik De Vlaeminck, John Carlos, Ferenc Seres, Roger Donaldson, and Barry Bostwick. After him are Polad Bülbüloğlu, John Perkins, Bob Peck, Carlos Osoro Sierra, Kim Larsen, and Dusty Rhodes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Golden State Killer ranks 3,762 out of 20,380Before him are Bill W. (1895), SZA (1990), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Laura Bridgman (1829), Orson Bean (1928), and Lori Lightfoot (1962). After him are Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), David Foster Wallace (1962), Bix Beiderbecke (1903), Tiger Woods (1975), Eugene Stoner (1922), and Isadore Singer (1924).

Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Golden State Killer ranks 48Before him are Leon Czolgosz (1873), Joseph Valachi (1904), Patty Hearst (1954), Jerry Brudos (1939), Louis Farrakhan (1933), and Robert Ford (1862). After him are Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Nancy Spungen (1958), Dean Corll (1939), Tex Watson (1945), and Jane Toppan (1854).