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James Earl Ray

1928 - 1998

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James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998) was an American fugitive who was 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 to London, England 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 12,647,741 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. James Earl Ray is the 81st most popular extremist (down from 75th in 2019), the 1,701st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,564th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Extremist.

James Earl Ray is most famous for assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.

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  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, James Earl Ray ranks 81 out of 283. Before him are Frank Sheeran, Shamil Basayev, Ma Barker, Emperor Norton, Wadie Haddad, and Matija Gubec. After him are Vincenzo Peruggia, Armin Meiwes, Robert-François Damiens, Sada Abe, Anders Behring Breivik, and Susan Atkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, James Earl Ray ranks 100. Before him are Gustav Leonhardt, James Ivory, Colin Chapman, Michel Serrault, Vladimir Beara, and Arman. After him are Ida Haendel, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Sol LeWitt, Seymour Papert, Torben Ulrich, and Daniel Nathans. Among people deceased in 1998, James Earl Ray ranks 50. Before him are Kunitaka Sueoka, Maurice Bucaille, Shoichi Nishimura, Kurt Franz, Maria Reiche, and Marie-Louise von Franz. After him are Sonny Bono, Ernst-Günther Schenck, Cozy Powell, Martin Rodbell, Lloyd Bridges, and Kamala Sohonie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Earl Ray ranks 1,701 out of 20,380. Before him are Stevie Nicks (1948), Tanya Roberts (1955), Christine Baranski (1952), Janet Jackson (1966), Elisabeth Shue (1963), and Don DeLillo (1936). After him are Roberta Flack (1937), Robin Hobb (1952), Benjamin Bloom (1913), Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869), Cardi B (1992), and Abigail Adams (1744).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, James Earl Ray ranks 24. Before him are Aileen Wuornos (1956), Dennis Rader (1945), Gary Ridgway (1949), Jordan Belfort (1962), Frank Sheeran (1920), and Ma Barker (1873). After him are Susan Atkins (1948), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Whitey Bulger (1929), Robert Hansen (1939), Barry Seal (1939), and Richard Ramirez (1960).

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