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Joseph Augustus Zarelli

1953 - 1957

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Joseph Augustus Zarelli (January 13, 1953 – February 1957), previously known as the "Boy in the Box", "Boy in a Box" or "America's Unknown Child", was an American 4-year-old male whose nude, malnourished, beaten body was found on the side of Susquehanna Road, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 25, 1957. Joseph appeared to have been cleaned and freshly groomed, with a recent haircut and trimmed fingernails, although he had suffered extensive physical attacks prior to his death, with multiple bruises on his body. He was also severely malnourished. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Augustus Zarelli has received more than 10,090 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joseph Augustus Zarelli is the 103rd most popular celebrity (down from 76th in 2019), the 5,603rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,750th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Celebrity.

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  • 10k

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  • 56.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Joseph Augustus Zarelli ranks 103 out of 265. Before him are Virginia Dare, Barbara Hutton, Marita Lindahl, William Masters, Susana Duijm, and Herbert Norkus. After him are Settela Steinbach, Johnny Appleseed, Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Bep Voskuijl, Amparo Muñoz, and Carol Morris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Joseph Augustus Zarelli ranks 244. Before him are Pavel Vinogradov, Pertti Karppinen, Romas Kalanta, Bruce Kulick, Alex Van Halen, and Charles Martin Smith. After him are Hisako, Princess Takamado, Patrick Doyle, Norberto Alonso, Desmond Child, Mokhtar Dahari, and Kurt Fuller. Among people deceased in 1957, Joseph Augustus Zarelli ranks 149. Before him are Walter Jakobsson, Norma Talmadge, Ted Meredith, Wilhelm Nusselt, Mark Aldanov, and Heinrich Campendonk. After him are Carl-Gustaf Rossby, P. C. Chang, Leopold Staff, Elizabeth Hesselblad, Alice Milliat, and Mstislav Dobuzhinsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Augustus Zarelli ranks 5,603 out of 20,380. Before him are Sally Kellerman (1937), Jean Bartik (1924), Luther Vandross (1951), Seth Neddermeyer (1907), Ron Silver (1946), and Merle Haggard (1937). After him are Bobby Bland (1930), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (1973), Erica Jong (1942), Jobyna Ralston (1899), L. Scott Caldwell (1950), and Michael Gross (1947).

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Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Joseph Augustus Zarelli ranks 37. Before him are Tiffany Trump (1993), Genie (1957), John Rogan (1867), Virginia Dare (1587), Barbara Hutton (1912), and William Masters (1915). After him are Johnny Appleseed (1774), Carol Morris (1936), Ashrita Furman (1954), Miriam Stevenson (1933), Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867), and Deborah Shelton (1948).

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