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Joseph Kony
1961 - Today
Joseph Kony
Joseph Rao Kony (born c. 1961) is a Ugandan militant and warlord who founded the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Peacekeepers, the European Union, and various other governments. An Acholi, Kony served as an altar boy in his childhood. After the Ugandan Civil War, Kony participated in the subsequent insurgency against president Yoweri Museveni under the Holy Spirit Movement or the Uganda People's Democratic Army before founding the LRA in 1987. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Kony has received more than 5,940,016 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Kony is the 166th most popular extremist (down from 139th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Uganda (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Ugandan Extremist.
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5.9M
Page Views (PV)
51.09
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
47
Languages Editions (L)
3.54
Effective Languages (L*)
4.92
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
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Among EXTREMISTS
Among extremists, Joseph Kony ranks 166 out of 209. Before him are Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Jan-Carl Raspe, Ibn al-Khattab, Nancy Spungen, John List, and Stand Watie. After him are Viktor Bout, Mary Surratt, Charles Starkweather, Luis Posada Carriles, Yigal Amir, and Fred West.
Most Popular Extremists in Wikipedia
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Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
1976 - 2022
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 160
Jan-Carl Raspe
1944 - 1977
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 161
Ibn al-Khattab
1969 - 2002
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 162
Nancy Spungen
1958 - 1978
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 163
John List
1925 - 2008
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 164
Stand Watie
1806 - 1871
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 165
Joseph Kony
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 166
Viktor Bout
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 167
Mary Surratt
1823 - 1865
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 168
Charles Starkweather
1938 - 1959
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 169
Luis Posada Carriles
1928 - 2018
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 170
Yigal Amir
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 171
Fred West
1941 - 1995
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 172
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1961, Joseph Kony ranks 120. Before him are Vincent Gallo, Franky Van der Elst, Vasily Ignatenko, Jackie Earle Haley, Melissa Etheridge, and Tony Rominger. After him are Jean-Christophe Grangé, Samantha Bond, Greg LeMond, Zoran Tegeltija, Walter Mazzarri, and John Corbett.
Others Born in 1961
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Vincent Gallo
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 114
Franky Van der Elst
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 115
Vasily Ignatenko
1961 - 1986
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 116
Jackie Earle Haley
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 117
Melissa Etheridge
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 118
Tony Rominger
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 119
Joseph Kony
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 120
Jean-Christophe Grangé
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 121
Samantha Bond
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 122
Greg LeMond
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 123
Zoran Tegeltija
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 124
Walter Mazzarri
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 125
John Corbett
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 126
In Uganda
Among people born in Uganda, Joseph Kony ranks 7 out of 44. Before him are Idi Amin (1923), Yoweri Museveni (1944), Milton Obote (1925), Tito Okello (1914), Mutesa II of Buganda (1924), and Charles Lwanga (1860). After him are Yusuf Lule (1912), Godfrey Binaisa (1920), Bazilio Olara-Okello (1929), John Akii-Bua (1949), Apolo Nsibambi (1940), and Danny Faure (1962).
Others born in Uganda
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Idi Amin
1923 - 2003
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 1
Yoweri Museveni
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 2
Milton Obote
1925 - 2005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 3
Tito Okello
1914 - 1996
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 4
Mutesa II of Buganda
1924 - 1969
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 5
Charles Lwanga
1860 - 1886
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 6
Joseph Kony
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 7
Yusuf Lule
1912 - 1985
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 8
Godfrey Binaisa
1920 - 2010
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 9
Bazilio Olara-Okello
1929 - 1990
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 10
John Akii-Bua
1949 - 1997
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 11
Apolo Nsibambi
1940 - 2019
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 12
Danny Faure
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 13
Among EXTREMISTS In Uganda
Among extremists born in Uganda, Joseph Kony ranks 1.
