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John Hinckley Jr.

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John Warnock Hinckley Jr. (born May 29, 1955) is an American man 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, the police officer Thomas Delahanty, the Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy and the White House Press Secretary, James Brady. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hinckley Jr. has received more than 7,614,248 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John Hinckley Jr. is the 195th most popular extremist (down from 178th in 2019), the 6,650th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,571st in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 195 out of 209Before him are Marshall Applewhite, Dick Turpin, Joseph Paul Franklin, Gary Gilmore, Édouard Vaillant, and Zacarias Moussaoui. After him are Ahmed Jabari, Mildred Gillars, William Bonin, Francis Parker Yockey, Howard Marks, and Abdul Quader Molla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 263Before him are Buck Adams, Chen Quanguo, Edinho, David Twohy, Deborra-Lee Furness, and Agathonas Iakovidis. After him are Andrei Gavrilov, Julian Richings, Kane Hodder, K. Eric Drexler, Roberto Pruzzo, and Bruno Pezzey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 6,650 out of 18,182Before him are Mark Damon (1933), Theobald Smith (1859), Zig Ziglar (1926), Maynard James Keenan (1964), Ben McKenzie (1978), and Louise Lasser (1939). After him are Jean Bartik (1924), Richard Herd (1932), Michael Beck (1949), Oliver Nelson (1932), Russell Banks (1940), and R. A. Lafferty (1914).

Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 70Before him are Herbert Mullin (1947), Robert Berdella (1949), Ross Ulbricht (1984), Marshall Applewhite (1931), Joseph Paul Franklin (1950), and Gary Gilmore (1940). After him are Mildred Gillars (1900), William Bonin (1947), Francis Parker Yockey (1917), Anwar al-Awlaki (1971), Jared Fogle (1977), and Amy Fisher (1974).

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