1942 - 2020
Kang Kek Iew or Kaing Kek Iev, also romanized as Kaing Guek Eav (Khmer: កាំង ហ្គេកអ៊ាវ), nom de guerre Comrade Duch or Deuch (មិត្តឌុច); or Hang Pin, (17 November 1942 – 2 September 2020) was a convicted Cambodian war criminal and leader in the Khmer Rouge movement, which ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979. As the head of the government's internal security branch (Santebal), he oversaw the Tuol Sleng (S-21) prison camp where thousands were held for interrogation and torture, after which the vast majority of these prisoners were eventually executed. He was the first Khmer Rouge leader to be tried by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the crimes of the Khmer Rouge regime, and was convicted of crimes against humanity, murder, and torture for his role during the Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kang Kek Iew has received more than 340,355 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Kang Kek Iew is the 90th most popular extremist (down from 65th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Cambodia (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Cambodian Extremist.
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Among extremists, Kang Kek Iew ranks 90 out of 205. Before him are Luciano Leggio, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Jacques Mesrine, Armin Meiwes, Delphine LaLaurie, and Robert Hansen. After him are Joachim Kroll, Gary Ridgway, Pedro López, Michel Fourniret, Sirhan Sirhan, and Horst Mahler.
1925 - 1993
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 84
1938 - 2007
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 85
1936 - 1979
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 86
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 87
1787 - 1849
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 88
1939 - 2014
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 89
1942 - 2020
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 90
1933 - 1991
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 91
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 92
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 93
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 94
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 95
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 96
Among people born in 1942, Kang Kek Iew ranks 137. Before him are Koji Funamoto, Karen Uhlenbeck, Mirjana Marković, Vladimir Bukovsky, Linda Evans, and Vasily Alekseyev. After him are Andy Summers, Milan Milutinović, Robert Ballard, Christine Keeler, Michael Jackson, and David Bradley. Among people deceased in 2020, Kang Kek Iew ranks 145. Before him are Suzy Delair, Lynn Cohen, Ernesto Brambilla, Zeev Sternhell, José Bonaparte, and Chuck Yeager. After him are Joachim Yhombi-Opango, Mamadou Tandja, Shin Kyuk-ho, Eddie Van Halen, Wilford Brimley, and Irinej, Serbian Patriarch.
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 131
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 132
1942 - 2019
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 133
1942 - 2019
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 134
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 135
1942 - 2011
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 136
1942 - 2020
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 137
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 138
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 139
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 140
1942 - 2017
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 141
1942 - 2007
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 142
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 143
1917 - 2020
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 139
1933 - 2020
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 140
1934 - 2020
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 141
1935 - 2020
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 142
1928 - 2020
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 143
1923 - 2020
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 144
1942 - 2020
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 145
1939 - 2020
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 146
1938 - 2020
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 147
1921 - 2020
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 148
1955 - 2020
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 149
1934 - 2020
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 150
1930 - 2020
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 151
Among people born in Cambodia, Kang Kek Iew ranks 19 out of 32. Before him are Sisowath Monivong (1875), Ram Khamhaeng (1237), Norodom Suramarit (1896), Sisowath of Cambodia (1840), Ang Duong (1796), and Haing S. Ngor (1940). After him are Jayavarman II (800), Yasovarman I (900), Norodom Ranariddh (1944), Ieng Thirith (1932), Si Inthrathit (1188), and Khuang Aphaiwong (1902).
1875 - 1941
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 13
1237 - 1298
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 14
1896 - 1960
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 15
1840 - 1927
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 16
1796 - 1860
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 17
1940 - 1996
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 18
1942 - 2020
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 19
800 - 835
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 20
900 - 910
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 21
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 22
1932 - 2015
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 23
1188 - 1270
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 24
1902 - 1968
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 25
Among extremists born in Cambodia, Kang Kek Iew ranks 1.