1928 - 1998
James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998) was an American fugitive convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. After the assassination, Ray fled the United States and was captured in the United Kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Earl Ray has received more than 11,944,439 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. James Earl Ray is the 75th most popular extremist (down from 53rd in 2019), the 1,564th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,135th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Extremist.
James Earl Ray is most famous for assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.
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Among extremists, James Earl Ray ranks 75 out of 209. Before him are Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Henry Lee Lucas, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Ma Barker, Richard Ramirez, and Willi Herold. After him are Robert-François Damiens, Carlo Gambino, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Oskar Gröning, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, and Johann Rattenhuber.
1409 - 1476
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 69
1936 - 2001
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 70
1939 - 2018
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 71
1873 - 1935
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 72
1960 - 2013
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 73
1925 - 1946
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 74
1928 - 1998
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 75
1715 - 1757
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 76
1902 - 1976
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 77
1938 - 2007
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 78
1921 - 2018
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 79
1730 - 1801
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 80
1897 - 1957
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 81
Among people born in 1928, James Earl Ray ranks 90. Before him are Marco Ferreri, Gene Sharp, Gaston Thorn, Patrick McGoohan, Ion Mihai Pacepa, and Fats Domino. After him are Musa al-Sadr, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Cy Twombly, Hans Modrow, Walter Mondale, and Robert Sheckley. Among people deceased in 1998, James Earl Ray ranks 46. Before him are Ernst-Günther Schenck, Nelson Goodman, Imi Lichtenfeld, Lloyd Bridges, Nizar Qabbani, and Agostino Casaroli. After him are Cozy Powell, Tameo Ide, Maurice Bucaille, Verner Panton, Wolf Vostell, and Sonny Bono.
1928 - 1997
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 84
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 85
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 86
1928 - 2009
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 87
1928 - 2021
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 88
1928 - 2017
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 89
1928 - 1998
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 90
1928 - 1978
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 91
1928 - 2021
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 92
1928 - 2011
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 93
1928 - 2023
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 94
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 95
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 96
1904 - 1998
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 40
1906 - 1998
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 41
1910 - 1998
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 42
1913 - 1998
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 43
1923 - 1998
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 44
1914 - 1998
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 45
1928 - 1998
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 46
1947 - 1998
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 47
1908 - 1998
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 48
1920 - 1998
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 49
1926 - 1998
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 50
1932 - 1998
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 51
1935 - 1998
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 52
Among people born in United States, James Earl Ray ranks 1,564 out of 18,182. Before him are George Whipple (1878), William Daniel Phillips (1948), Valerie Solanas (1936), Anthony Bourdain (1956), Eddie Cochran (1938), and John Saxon (1935). After him are Paul Greengard (1925), Julia Child (1912), Diane Lane (1965), James Gandolfini (1961), Lee de Forest (1873), and Joseph Nye (1937).
1878 - 1976
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 1,558
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 1,559
1936 - 1988
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 1,560
1956 - 2018
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 1,561
1938 - 1960
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 1,562
1935 - 2020
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 1,563
1928 - 1998
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 1,564
1925 - 2019
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 1,565
1912 - 2004
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 1,566
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 1,567
1961 - 2013
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 1,568
1873 - 1961
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 1,569
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 1,570
Among extremists born in United States, James Earl Ray ranks 26. Before him are Barry Seal (1939), Timothy McVeigh (1968), Dennis Rader (1945), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Ma Barker (1873), and Richard Ramirez (1960). After him are Gary Ridgway (1949), Susan Atkins (1948), Aileen Wuornos (1956), David Berkowitz (1953), Whitey Bulger (1929), and Charles Whitman (1941).
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 20
1968 - 2001
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 21
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 22
1936 - 2001
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 23
1873 - 1935
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 24
1960 - 2013
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 25
1928 - 1998
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 26
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 27
1948 - 2009
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 28
1956 - 2002
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 29
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 30
1929 - 2018
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 31
1941 - 1966
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 32