1918 - 1953
Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) and Ethel Rosenberg (née Greenglass; September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) were American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union. The couple were convicted of providing top-secret information about radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines and valuable nuclear weapon designs. Convicted of espionage in 1951, they were executed by the federal government of the United States in 1953 at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York, becoming the first American civilians to be executed for such charges and the first to receive that penalty during peacetime.Other convicted co-conspirators were sentenced to prison, including Ethel's brother, David Greenglass (who had made a plea agreement), Harry Gold, and Morton Sobell. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg has received more than 5,149,585 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg is the 17th most popular mafioso (down from 15th in 2019), the 806th most popular biography from United States (down from 734th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Mafioso.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage in 1951. They were accused of passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. They were executed in 1953.
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Among mafiosos, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ranks 17 out of 54. Before her are Jeffrey Epstein, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Bernardo Provenzano, Wyatt Earp, Meyer Lansky, and Karl Gebhardt. After her are Ned Kelly, John Gotti, Mark David Chapman, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Ta Mok, and Tamam Shud case.
1953 - 2019
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 11
1957 - Present
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 12
1933 - 2016
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 13
1848 - 1929
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 14
1902 - 1983
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 15
1897 - 1948
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 16
1918 - 1953
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 17
1855 - 1880
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 18
1940 - 2002
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 19
1955 - Present
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 20
1954 - 2009
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 21
1926 - 2006
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 22
1903 - 1948
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 23
Among people born in 1918, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ranks 27. Before her are Gertrude B. Elion, Billy Graham, James Tobin, Maurice Druon, Rosalia Lombardo, and Muriel Spark. After her are Martin Ryle, Birgit Nilsson, Franco Modigliani, André Bazin, Ernst Otto Fischer, and Kai Siegbahn. Among people deceased in 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ranks 21. Before her are Hans Fritzsche, Ivan Bunin, Eugene O'Neill, Raoul Dufy, Guccio Gucci, and Erich Mendelsohn. After her are Hugo Sperrle, Richard Walther Darré, Alice Prin, Ernst Zermelo, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, and Ludwig Prandtl.
1918 - 1999
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 21
1918 - 2018
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 22
1918 - 2002
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 23
1918 - 2009
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 24
1918 - 1920
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 25
1918 - 2006
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 26
1918 - 1953
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 27
1918 - 1984
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 28
1918 - 2005
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 29
1918 - 2003
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 30
1918 - 1958
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 31
1918 - 2007
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 32
1918 - 2007
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 33
1900 - 1953
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 15
1870 - 1953
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 16
1888 - 1953
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 17
1877 - 1953
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 18
1881 - 1953
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 19
1887 - 1953
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 20
1918 - 1953
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 21
1885 - 1953
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 22
1895 - 1953
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 23
1901 - 1953
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 24
1871 - 1953
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 25
1887 - 1953
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 26
1875 - 1953
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 27
Among people born in United States, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ranks 806 out of 15,968. Before her are Lee Marvin (1924), Jack Palance (1919), Kim Kardashian (1980), William Friedkin (1935), Joseph Campbell (1904), and Kevin Kline (1947). After her are Maya Angelou (1928), Raymond Carver (1938), Donald A. Glaser (1926), Dave Brubeck (1920), Renée Zellweger (1969), and John Kerry (1943).
1924 - 1987
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 800
1919 - 2006
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 801
1980 - Present
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 802
1935 - Present
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 803
1904 - 1987
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 804
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 805
1918 - 1953
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 806
1928 - 2014
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 807
1938 - 1988
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 808
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 809
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 810
1969 - Present
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 811
1943 - Present
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 812
Among mafiosos born in United States, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ranks 10. Before her are Jack Ruby (1911), Bernie Madoff (1938), Frank Abagnale (1948), John Dillinger (1903), Jeffrey Epstein (1953), and Wyatt Earp (1848). After her are John Gotti (1940), Mark David Chapman (1955), Sundance Kid (1867), Frank Lucas (1930), Richard Kuklinski (1935), and Robert Hanssen (1944).
1911 - 1967
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 4
1938 - Present
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 5
1948 - Present
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 6
1903 - 1934
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 7
1953 - 2019
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 8
1848 - 1929
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 9
1918 - 1953
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 10
1940 - 2002
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 11
1955 - Present
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 12
1867 - 1908
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 13
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 14
1935 - 2006
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 15
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 16