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James Holmes

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James Eagan Holmes (born December 13, 1987) is an American mass murderer responsible for the 2012 Aurora theater shooting in which he killed 12 people and injured 70 others (62 directly and eight indirectly) at a Century 16 movie theater on July 20, 2012. He had no known criminal background before the shooting occurred. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Holmes has received more than 51,927 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). James Holmes is the 281st most popular extremist (down from 232nd in 2019), the 18,376th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,259th in 2019) and the 90th most popular American Extremist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 52k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 27.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, James Holmes ranks 281 out of 283Before her are Monster of Florence, Tommy Robinson, Fazlullah, Omar Mateen, Richard B. Spencer, and Omar Khadr. After her are Lucy Letby, Dylann Roof, and Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, James Holmes ranks 1,064Before her are Maximilian Levy, Maro Joković, László Sepsi, Melissa Horn, Joe Ledley, and Orlando Brown. After her are Olena Khomrova, Benjamin Savšek, Rafinha, Leonel Suárez, Jessica Hardy, and He Chong.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Holmes ranks 18,376 out of 20,380Before her are Trixie Mattel (1989), Young Dolph (1985), Orlando Brown (1987), Myles Amine (1996), A. J. Langer (1974), and Sarah Hughes (1985). After her are Nazr Mohammed (1977), Jim Jones (1976), C. Michelle Olmstead (1969), Mike Dunleavy Jr. (1980), Trina (1978), and Scott Sharp (1968).

Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, James Holmes ranks 90Before her are Eric Rudolph (1966), Anwar al-Awlaki (1971), Jared Fogle (1977), Amy Fisher (1974), Omar Mateen (1986), and Richard B. Spencer (1978). After her are Dylann Roof (1994).