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Louis Farrakhan

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Louis Farrakhan (; born Louis Eugene Walcott; May 11, 1933) is an American religious leader who heads the Nation of Islam (NOI), a black nationalist organization. Farrakhan is notable for his leadership of the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C., and for his rhetoric that has been widely denounced as antisemitic and racist. Prior to joining the NOI, Farrakhan was a calypso singer who used the stage name Calypso Gene. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Farrakhan has received more than 11,715,144 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Louis Farrakhan is the 159th most popular extremist (down from 142nd in 2019), the 3,525th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,270th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Extremist.

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  • 53.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Louis Farrakhan ranks 159 out of 283. Before him are Stefano Delle Chiaie, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, John Adams, Cleveland Torso Murderer, Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, and Jerry Brudos. After him are Luciano Moggi, Robert Ford, Jan-Carl Raspe, Saif al-Adel, Golden State Killer, and Machine Gun Kelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Louis Farrakhan ranks 182. Before him are Christian Ferras, Sabah Fakhri, Humberto Maschio, Yevgeny Khrunov, William Anders, and Paul de Senneville. After him are Eddie Adams, Dan Flavin, Isao Iwabuchi, Juan Marsé, Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, and Josef Kadraba.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Farrakhan ranks 3,525 out of 20,380. Before him are Aaron Paul (1979), Rufus Wainwright (1973), John Zerzan (1943), Wayne Knight (1955), Pernell Roberts (1928), and Maria Tallchief (1925). After him are Jim Simons (1938), Walter Cronkite (1916), Alicia Silverstone (1976), Steve Lukather (1957), Alice Walton (1949), and Irene Dunne (1898).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Louis Farrakhan ranks 46. Before him are Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), Sam Giancana (1908), Leon Czolgosz (1873), Joseph Valachi (1904), Patty Hearst (1954), and Jerry Brudos (1939). After him are Robert Ford (1862), Golden State Killer (1945), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Nancy Spungen (1958), and Dean Corll (1939).

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