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Howard Marks

1945 - 2016

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Dennis Howard Marks (13 August 1945 – 10 April 2016) was a Welsh drug smuggler and author who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases. At his peak he claimed to have been smuggling consignments of the drug as large as 30 tons, and was connected with groups as diverse as the CIA, the IRA, MI6, and the Mafia. He was eventually charged by the U S Drug Enforcement Administration, convicted and given a 25-year prison sentence; he was released in April 1995 after serving seven years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard Marks has received more than 1,509,375 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Howard Marks is the 236th most popular extremist (down from 200th in 2019), the 4,251st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,789th in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Extremist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Howard Marks by language

Over the past year Howard Marks has had the most page views in the with 114,949 views, followed by German (16,430), and Spanish (6,504). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (129.17%), Irish (65.66%), and Spanish (15.40%)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Howard Marks ranks 236 out of 283. Before him are Warren Jeffs, Joseph Paul Franklin, Abubakar Shekau, Francis Parker Yockey, Yvan Colonna, and Abdul Quader Molla. After him are Robert Pickton, Bobby Joe Long, Ramzi Yousef, Zacarias Moussaoui, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, and Yang Xinhai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Howard Marks ranks 504. Before him are Odd Iversen, Jacques Dimont, Cristina Rota, Jacqueline Wilson, Fidel Uriarte, and Eugenio Lazzarini. After him are Frank Hansen, Maria Rohm, Daniel Ona Ondo, Jim Gordon, Johan Devrindt, and Diane Sawyer. Among people deceased in 2016, Howard Marks ranks 417. Before him are Michael Herr, Teatao Teannaki, Fidel Uriarte, Joe Alaskey, Mariano Mores, and Jacques Rouffio. After him are Tom M. Apostol, Mr. Fuji, Fernando Cardenal, Velimir Sombolac, Gunnel Vallquist, and Ferreira Gullar.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Howard Marks ranks 4,251 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Bazalgette (1819), Richard Overy (1947), Octavia Hill (1838), Dexter Fletcher (1966), Owain Gwynedd (1100), and Roger Ascham (1515). After him are Sadie Frost (1965), Paula Yates (1959), George Abbot (1562), Michelle Dockery (1981), Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835), and Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Howard Marks ranks 17. Before him are Guy Burgess (1911), Amelia Dyer (1837), John Bodkin Adams (1899), Jonathan Wild (1683), Dick Turpin (1705), and John Christie (1899). After him are Stuart Christie (1946), Colin Pitchfork (1960), Beverley Allitt (1968), Tommy Robinson (1982), and Lucy Letby (1990).

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