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Marshall Applewhite

1931 - 1997

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Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr. (May 17, 1931 – March 26, 1997), also known as Do, among other names, was an American religious leader who founded and led the Heaven's Gate new religious movement (often described as a cult), and organized their mass suicide in 1997. The suicide is the largest mass suicide to occur inside the U.S. As a young man, Applewhite attended several universities and served in the United States Army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marshall Applewhite has received more than 3,699,139 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Marshall Applewhite is the 189th most popular extremist, the 6,103rd most popular biography from United States and the 67th most popular American Extremist.

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  • 47.39

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Marshall Applewhite ranks 189 out of 209. Before him are Ross Ulbricht, Jonathan Wild, Irmgard Möller, Alexander Pichushkin, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, and Ahmad Sa'adat. After him are Dick Turpin, Joseph Paul Franklin, Gary Gilmore, Édouard Vaillant, Zacarias Moussaoui, and John Hinckley Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Marshall Applewhite ranks 316. Before him are Sonny Clark, Paulo Maluf, Bob Shaw, Michael Fisher, Hanoi Hannah, and Bernard Panafieu. After him are Imrich Stacho, Redha Malek, Mamie Van Doren, Diana Dors, Ahmed Laraki, and Klaus Rifbjerg. Among people deceased in 1997, Marshall Applewhite ranks 196. Before him are Julian Jaynes, Fritz Schär, Alfredo II, Laurean Rugambwa, Jan P. Syse, and Edmond Leburton. After him are Ben Hogan, Heikki Savolainen, Conlon Nancarrow, Dulce María Loynaz, Billie Dove, and Luther Allison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marshall Applewhite ranks 6,103 out of 18,182. Before him are Ally Sheedy (1962), Charlaine Harris (1951), Amiri Baraka (1934), Carter Burwell (1954), Andy Griffith (1926), and Julie Kavner (1950). After him are Karch Kiraly (1960), Clarence Williams III (1939), Stuart Hameroff (1947), Mena Suvari (1979), Kirk Alyn (1910), and Marian Seldes (1928).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Marshall Applewhite ranks 67. Before him are Charles Starkweather (1938), Stanley Williams (1953), Frank James (1843), Herbert Mullin (1947), Robert Berdella (1949), and Ross Ulbricht (1984). After him are Joseph Paul Franklin (1950), Gary Gilmore (1940), John Hinckley Jr. (1955), Mildred Gillars (1900), William Bonin (1947), and Francis Parker Yockey (1917).

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