1942 - 2006
Kenneth Lee Lay (April 15, 1942 – July 5, 2006) was an American businessman who was the founder, chief executive officer and chairman of Enron. He was heavily involved in Enron's accounting scandal that unraveled in 2001 into the largest bankruptcy ever to that date. Lay was indicted by a grand jury and was found guilty of 10 counts of securities fraud at trial. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenneth Lay has received more than 2,818,626 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Kenneth Lay is the 52nd most popular mafioso (down from 41st in 2019), the 6,859th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,637th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Mafioso.
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Among mafiosos, Kenneth Lay ranks 52 out of 52. Before him are Teresa Claramunt Creus, Jonathan Pollard, Salomon Morel, Vincent Gigante, Belle Starr, and Tony Accardo. After him are Sergei Magnitsky, Rakhat Aliyev, Assata Shakur, Abu Qatada, Anna Sorokin, and Salah Abdeslam.
1862 - 1931
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 46
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 47
1919 - 2007
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 48
1928 - 2005
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 49
1848 - 1889
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 50
1906 - 1992
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 51
1942 - 2006
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 52
1972 - 2009
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 53
1962 - 2015
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 54
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 55
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 56
1991 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 57
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 58
Among people born in 1942, Kenneth Lay ranks 454. Before him are Anita Roddick, Wayne Newton, Gideon Toury, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Quentin Bryce, and Mamoni Raisom Goswami. After him are Mimis Domazos, Bob Einstein, Susan Anspach, Valdis Birkavs, Johnny Rivers, and Michael Ogio. Among people deceased in 2006, Kenneth Lay ranks 238. Before him are Oskar Pastior, Ruth Brown, Darry Cowl, György Faludy, Ole Madsen, and Gordon Parks. After him are Duygu Asena, Viktor Pavlov, Mirko Marjanović, Karl Hugo Strunz, Ondina Valla, and Alan Shugart.
1942 - 2007
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 448
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 449
1942 - 2016
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 450
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 451
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 452
1942 - 2011
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 453
1942 - 2006
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 454
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 455
1942 - 2019
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 456
1942 - 2018
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 457
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 458
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 459
1942 - 2017
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 460
1927 - 2006
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 232
1928 - 2006
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 233
1925 - 2006
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 234
1910 - 2006
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 235
1934 - 2006
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 236
1912 - 2006
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 237
1942 - 2006
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 238
1946 - 2006
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 239
1940 - 2006
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 240
1937 - 2006
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 241
1910 - 2006
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 242
1916 - 2006
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 243
1930 - 2006
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 244
Among people born in United States, Kenneth Lay ranks 6,859 out of 18,182. Before him are Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), Mildred Gillars (1900), Theodore Freeman (1930), Charles R. Knight (1874), Gil Birmingham (1953), and Mildred Davis (1901). After him are Bob Kiesel (1911), Ashley Benson (1989), George Floyd (1973), Mark Frost (1953), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), and Arthur Barnard (1929).
1921 - 2012
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 6,853
1900 - 1988
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 6,854
1930 - 1964
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 6,855
1874 - 1953
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 6,856
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 6,857
1901 - 1969
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 6,858
1942 - 2006
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 6,859
1911 - 1993
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 6,860
1989 - Present
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 6,861
1973 - 2020
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 6,862
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 6,863
1892 - 1981
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 6,864
1929 - 2018
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 6,865
Among mafiosos born in United States, Kenneth Lay ranks 23. Before him are Lepke Buchalter (1897), Dutch Schultz (1902), Jonathan Pollard (1954), Vincent Gigante (1928), Belle Starr (1848), and Tony Accardo (1906). After him are Assata Shakur (1947), Troy Davis (1968), and Amanda Knox (1987).
1897 - 1944
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 17
1902 - 1935
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 18
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 19
1928 - 2005
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 20
1848 - 1889
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 21
1906 - 1992
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 22
1942 - 2006
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 23
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 24
1968 - 2011
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 25
1987 - Present
HPI: 34.17
Rank: 26