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Griselda Blanco

1943 - 2012

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Griselda Blanco Restrepo (February 15, 1943 – September 3, 2012) was a Colombian drug lord who was prominent in the cocaine-based drug trade and underworld of Miami, during the 1970s through the early 2000s, and who has also been claimed by some to have been part of the Medellín Cartel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Griselda Blanco has received more than 26,323,062 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Griselda Blanco is the 3rd most popular mafioso (up from 29th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Colombia (up from 15th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Colombian Mafioso.

Memorability Metrics

  • 26M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Griselda Blanco ranks 3 out of 70. Before her are Pablo Escobar, and Al Capone. After her are Salvatore Riina, Lucky Luciano, Billy the Kid, Jack Ruby, Jesse James, Bernardo Provenzano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Abagnale, and Karl Gebhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Griselda Blanco ranks 16. Before her are George Harrison, Bobby Fischer, Queen Silvia of Sweden, Vangelis, Sharon Tate, and Roger Waters. After her are Albano Carrisi, Joe Pesci, Keith Richards, Sadako Sasaki, Ben Kingsley, and Louise Glück. Among people deceased in 2012, Griselda Blanco ranks 8. Before her are Oscar Niemeyer, Norodom Sihanouk, Wisława Szymborska, Ray Bradbury, Whitney Houston, and Yitzhak Shamir. After her are Ahmed Ben Bella, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Tony Scott, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jon Lord, and Eric Hobsbawm.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Griselda Blanco ranks 3 out of 356. Before her are Pablo Escobar (1949), and Gabriel García Márquez (1927). After her are Fernando Botero (1932), René Higuita (1966), Juan Manuel Santos (1951), César Gaviria (1947), Carlos Valderrama (1961), Shakira (1977), Sofía Vergara (1972), Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela (1939), and Luis Garavito (1957).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Colombia

Among mafiosos born in Colombia, Griselda Blanco ranks 2. Before her are Pablo Escobar (1949).

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