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Herbert Mullin

1947 - 2022

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Herbert William Mullin (April 18, 1947 – August 18, 2022) was an American serial killer who killed 13 people in California in the early 1970s. He confessed to the killings, which he claimed prevented earthquakes. In 1973, after a trial to determine whether he was legally insane or culpable, he was convicted of two murders in the first-degree and nine in the second-degree, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Mullin has received more than 2,448,708 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Herbert Mullin is the 206th most popular extremist (down from 178th in 2019), the 5,466th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,026th in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Extremist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Herbert Mullins by language

Over the past year Herbert Mullin has had the most page views in the with 297,785 views, followed by Russian (22,816), and German (15,981). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (104.60%), Armenian (64.69%), and Japanese (0.00%)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Herbert Mullin ranks 206 out of 283. Before him are Stand Watie, Ronald DeFeo Jr., Frank James, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Irmgard Möller, and Abdullah Çatlı. After him are Axeman of New Orleans, John Bodkin Adams, Ernst Zündel, Christopher Scarver, William Bonin, and Dawood Ibrahim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Herbert Mullin ranks 414. Before him are Lynn Anderson, Irmgard Möller, Kathy Acker, Mirza Khazar, Candy Clark, and Gerald McRaney. After him are John Larroquette, George Sabra, Leland Sklar, Darlene Cates, António Marto, and Jude Ciccolella. Among people deceased in 2022, Herbert Mullin ranks 285. Before him are Hushang Ebtehaj, Rustam Ibragimbekov, Yoshio Kikugawa, Nora Nova, Carlos Amigo Vallejo, and Steinar Amundsen. After him are Clarence Gilyard, Sonny Barger, Mark Forest, Joseph Raz, Juan Diego, and Sally Kellerman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herbert Mullin ranks 5,466 out of 20,380. Before him are Gerald McRaney (1947), Manny Ayulo (1921), Charles Mackerras (1925), Charles Bacon (1885), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935), and Jack Benny (1894). After him are Donnie Wahlberg (1969), Richard Moll (1943), Glen A. Larson (1937), Pete Rose (1941), Jacob Epstein (1880), and Nicholas Pileggi (1933).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Herbert Mullin ranks 68. Before him are Ross Ulbricht (1984), Mary Surratt (1823), Charles Starkweather (1938), Stand Watie (1806), Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951), and Frank James (1843). After him are Axeman of New Orleans (null), Christopher Scarver (1969), William Bonin (1947), Ottis Toole (1947), Marshall Applewhite (1931), and Gary Gilmore (1940).

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