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Marvin Heemeyer

1951 - 2004

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Marvin John Heemeyer (October 28, 1951 – June 4, 2004) was an American automobile muffler repair shop owner who demolished numerous buildings with a modified bulldozer in Granby, Colorado in 2004. Heemeyer had various grudges against Granby town officials, neighbors of his muffler shop, the local press, and various other citizens of Granby. Over about eighteen months, Heemeyer secretly armored a Komatsu D355A bulldozer with layers of steel and concrete. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marvin Heemeyer has received more than 8,760,290 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Marvin Heemeyer is the 517th most popular businessperson (down from 478th in 2019), the 7,952nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,252nd in 2019) and the 184th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 8.8M

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  • 44.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Marvin Heemeyer ranks 517 out of 601. Before him are Lisa Su, Richard Hilton, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, Shane McMahon, Robert Trump, and Benjamin Vulliamy. After him are Richard DeVos, Joel Glazer, Kevin Systrom, Svend Foyn, Francesc Xavier Bultó, and Allan Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Marvin Heemeyer ranks 394. Before him are Rino Fisichella, Steve Hillage, Luc Millecamps, Jean-Louis Borloo, Dani, and Timothy Bottoms. After him are Lin Chuan, Kevin Whately, Alfonso Portillo, Fyodor Konyukhov, Rafael Vaganian, and Silvi Vrait. Among people deceased in 2004, Marvin Heemeyer ranks 228. Before him are Mikhail Voronin, Anna Lee, Guinn Smith, Yordan Radichkov, Mochtar Lubis, and Zurab Sakandelidze. After him are Heinrich Mark, Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, George Baird, Veerappan, Mildred McDaniel, and Jean Graczyk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marvin Heemeyer ranks 7,952 out of 18,182. Before him are Ann Coulter (1961), Richard Egan (1921), Stephanie McMahon (1976), Melinda Clarke (1969), Daniel Barringer (1860), and Vanessa Blue (1974). After him are Jared Martin (1941), John McLean (1878), Jorja Fox (1968), Kevin Gage (1959), James LoMenzo (1959), and Arthur Crudup (1905).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Marvin Heemeyer ranks 184. Before him are Susan Kare (1954), George Steinbrenner (1930), Henry Flagler (1830), Richard Hilton (1955), Shane McMahon (1970), and Robert Trump (1948). After him are Richard DeVos (1926), Joel Glazer (1970), Kevin Systrom (1983), James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1841), Michael Burry (1971), and Cyrus West Field (1819).

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