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Machine Gun Kelly

1895 - 1954

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George Kelly Barnes (July 18, 1900 – July 17, 1954), better known by his nickname "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, active during the Prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. He is best known for the kidnapping of oil tycoon and businessman Charles F. Urschel in July 1933, from which he and his gang collected a $200,000 ransom (equivalent to $4.71 million in 2023). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Machine Gun Kelly has received more than 4,020,333 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Machine Gun Kelly is the 165th most popular extremist (down from 28th in 2019), the 3,791st most popular biography from United States (down from 572nd in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Extremist.

Machine Gun Kelly is most famous for his song "Bad Boy" which is a tribute to the late rapper Notorious B.I.G.

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  • 4.0M

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  • 52.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Machine Gun Kelly ranks 165 out of 283. Before him are Louis Farrakhan, Luciano Moggi, Robert Ford, Jan-Carl Raspe, Saif al-Adel, and Golden State Killer. After him are Mary Bell, Ibn al-Khattab, Eugène Terre'Blanche, Baby Face Nelson, Radislav Krstić, and Nancy Spungen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Machine Gun Kelly ranks 140. Before him are Gustav Lombard, Vsevolod Merkulov, Carl Lutz, Roza Eskenazi, Feng Youlan, and Bill W.. After him are Erich Abraham, Jankel Adler, Iona Nikitchenko, Nahum Goldmann, Laurens Hammond, and Paul Gorguloff. Among people deceased in 1954, Machine Gun Kelly ranks 75. Before him are Wilhelm Brückner, Frans G. Bengtsson, Henri Laurens, Édouard Le Roy, M. N. Roy, and Rudolf Beran. After him are Clara Westhoff, Hugo Eckener, B. C. Forbes, Joachim Lemelsen, Saburō Kurusu, and Hella Wuolijoki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Machine Gun Kelly ranks 3,791 out of 20,380. Before him are Kaʻahumanu (1768), Isiah Thomas (1961), Harriet Lane (1830), Wanda Jackson (1937), Ty Cobb (1886), and John Perkins (1945). After him are Sarah Paulson (1974), Bernie Mac (1957), Jim Croce (1943), Thomas Newman (1955), Robert Foxworth (1941), and Michael Richards (1949).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Machine Gun Kelly ranks 49. Before him are Joseph Valachi (1904), Patty Hearst (1954), Jerry Brudos (1939), Louis Farrakhan (1933), Robert Ford (1862), and Golden State Killer (1945). After him are Baby Face Nelson (1908), Nancy Spungen (1958), Dean Corll (1939), Tex Watson (1945), Jane Toppan (1854), and Samuel Little (1940).

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