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Mark David Chapman

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Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955) is an American man who murdered English musician John Lennon in New York City on December 8, 1980. As Lennon walked into the archway of The Dakota, his apartment building on the Upper West Side, Chapman fired five shots at the musician from a few yards away with a Charter Arms Undercover .38 Special revolver. Lennon was hit four times from the back. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark David Chapman has received more than 15,443,041 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Mark David Chapman is the 15th most popular mafioso (up from 18th in 2019), the 838th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,020th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Mafioso.

Mark David Chapman is most famous for assassinating John Lennon.

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  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Mark David Chapman ranks 15 out of 70. Before him are Bernardo Provenzano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Abagnale, Karl Gebhardt, John Dillinger, and Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo. After him are Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Wyatt Earp, John Gotti, Semion Mogilevich, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and Ned Kelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Mark David Chapman ranks 38. Before him are Marcelo Bielsa, Donatella Versace, Najib Mikati, Svante Pääbo, Kris Jenner, and Liu Xiaobo. After him are Mariano Rajoy, Lazarus Chakwera, Billy Bob Thornton, Shoko Asahara, Martin Schulz, and Roland Emmerich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mark David Chapman ranks 838 out of 20,380. Before him are Scott Joplin (1868), Rudy Giuliani (1944), Bill Evans (1929), Don Johnson (1949), Linda Hunt (1945), and Victor Fleming (1889). After him are Mark Margolis (1939), Ray Manzarek (1939), Stanley B. Prusiner (1942), Wes Craven (1939), Jerome Isaac Friedman (1930), and Benny Goodman (1909).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Mark David Chapman ranks 7. Before him are Al Capone (1899), Billy the Kid (1859), Jack Ruby (1911), Jesse James (1847), Frank Abagnale (1948), and John Dillinger (1903). After him are Wyatt Earp (1848), John Gotti (1940), Richard Kuklinski (1935), Frank Lucas (1930), Sundance Kid (1867), and Mickey Cohen (1913).

American born Mafiosos

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