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John Hinckley Jr.

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John Warnock Hinckley Jr. (born May 29, 1955) is an American musician who attempted to assassinate U.S. president Ronald Reagan as he left the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 1981, two months after Reagan's first inauguration. Using a revolver, Hinckley wounded Reagan, police officer Thomas Delahanty, Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy and White House Press Secretary James Brady. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hinckley Jr. has received more than 8,828,349 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 26 in 2019). John Hinckley Jr. is the 229th most popular extremist (down from 195th in 2019), the 7,326th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,636th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 229 out of 283. Before him are Amparo Poch y Gascón, John Christie, Mildred Gillars, Mikhail Popkov, Marvin Heemeyer, and Donato Bilancia. After him are Édouard Vaillant, Warren Jeffs, Joseph Paul Franklin, Abubakar Shekau, Francis Parker Yockey, and Yvan Colonna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 321. Before him are Susan Dougan, David Twohy, K. Eric Drexler, Yitang Zhang, Diamanda Galás, and Ali Bencheikh. After him are Aires Ali, Kane Hodder, Richard Hilton, Anne Lacaton, Bart D. Ehrman, and Norbert Eder.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 7,326 out of 20,380. Before him are Will Wright (1960), Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876), Joseph Williams (1960), Vanessa Blue (1974), Louella Parsons (1881), and Edward Burns (1968). After him are Alan Oppenheimer (1930), Pete Docter (1968), Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), William Luther Pierce (1933), James Smith McDonnell (1899), and Lili Taylor (1967).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 79. Before him are Marshall Applewhite (1931), Gary Gilmore (1940), Robert Berdella (1949), John List (1925), Mildred Gillars (1900), and Marvin Heemeyer (1951). After him are Warren Jeffs (1955), Joseph Paul Franklin (1950), Francis Parker Yockey (1917), Bobby Joe Long (1953), Eric Rudolph (1966), and Anwar al-Awlaki (1971).

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