1955 - Today
John Warnock Hinckley Jr. (born May 29, 1955) is an American criminal who, on March 30, 1981, attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C. He wounded Reagan with a bullet from a revolver that ricocheted and hit Reagan in the chest. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hinckley Jr. has received more than 3,784,621 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John Hinckley Jr. is the 175th most popular extremist (down from 154th in 2019), the 6,575th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,008th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Extremist.
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Among extremists, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 175 out of 205. Before him are Dick Turpin, Dennis Nilsen, John List, Édouard Vaillant, John Christie, and Yoo Young-chul. After him are Ahmed Jabari, Joseph Paul Franklin, Ahmad Sa'adat, Zacarias Moussaoui, Ross Ulbricht, and Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi.
1705 - 1739
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 169
1945 - 2018
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 170
1925 - 2008
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 171
1840 - 1915
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 172
1899 - 1953
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 173
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 174
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 175
1960 - 2012
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 176
1950 - 2013
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 177
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 178
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 179
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 180
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 181
Among people born in 1955, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 245. Before him are Ringo Lam, Deborra-Lee Furness, Mamata Banerjee, James Eckhouse, Bruno Pezzey, and Aleksandre Chivadze. After him are Andrei Gavrilov, Jeff Perry, Toshio Matsuura, Bill Nye, Bernd Riexinger, and Huh Jung-moo.
1955 - 2018
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 239
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 240
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 241
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 242
1955 - 1994
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 243
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 244
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 245
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 246
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 247
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 248
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 249
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 250
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 251
Among people born in United States, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 6,575 out of 15,968. Before him are Ken Davitian (1953), Lewis Binford (1932), Sylvia Rivera (1951), Peter H. Gilmore (1958), Edmund Szoka (1927), and Robert Rubin (1938). After him are Anita Bryant (1940), Hunter Tylo (1962), Jim Cummings (1952), Richard Henry Lee (1732), Amy Ryan (1969), and Ellen Churchill Semple (1863).
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 6,569
1932 - 2011
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 6,570
1951 - 2002
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 6,571
1958 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 6,572
1927 - 2014
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 6,573
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 6,574
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 6,575
1940 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 6,576
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 6,577
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 6,578
1732 - 1794
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 6,579
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 6,580
1863 - 1932
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 6,581
Among extremists born in United States, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 60. Before him are Bugs Moran (1893), Rodney Alcala (1943), Richard Chase (1950), Gary Gilmore (1940), Mary Surratt (1823), and John List (1925). After him are Joseph Paul Franklin (1950), Ross Ulbricht (1984), Robert Berdella (1949), Anwar al-Awlaki (1971), Amy Fisher (1974), and Jared Fogle (1977).
1893 - 1957
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 54
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 55
1950 - 1980
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 56
1940 - 1977
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 57
1823 - 1865
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 58
1925 - 2008
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 59
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 60
1950 - 2013
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 61
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 62
1949 - 1992
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 63
1971 - 2011
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 64
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 65
1977 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 66