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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 3,007 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Augustus Zarelli is the 76th most popular celebrity, the 3,760th most popular biography from United States and the 30th most popular American Celebrity.

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  • 15

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Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Joseph Augustus Zarelli ranks 76 out of 181. Before him are Sally Hemings, Evelyn McHale, Kourtney Kardashian, Denise Perrier, Ethel Kennedy, and Lindow Man. After him are Michel Lotito, Hana Brady, Roy Sullivan, Walther Kadow, Kim Ung-yong, and Johnny Appleseed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Joseph Augustus Zarelli ranks 129. Before him are Sophie Calle, Yolande Moreau, Laurentino Cortizo, Mark Thatcher, Leon Spinks, and Myung-whun Chung. After him are Nan Goldin, Ian Khama, Leonel Fernández, Salvatore Garau, David Hurley, and Amy Irving. Among people deceased in 1957, Joseph Augustus Zarelli ranks 109. Before him are Eugenio Castellotti, Abolqasem Lahouti, Hasui Kawase, Valery Larbaud, Claude Farrère, and Josephine Hull. After him are Marija Jurić Zagorka, Paja Jovanović, Frank País, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Harald Sverdrup, and Ralph Benatzky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Augustus Zarelli ranks 3,760 out of 18,182. Before him are Theodore Maiman (1927), Wesley Clark (1944), Leslie Jones (1967), Barry Commoner (1917), Philip Arthur Fisher (1907), and Sydne Rome (1951). After him are Paul Castellano (1915), Nan Goldin (1953), Seymour Cassel (1935), Don Alden Adams (1925), Harry Hammond Hess (1906), and Maila Nurmi (1922).

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Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Joseph Augustus Zarelli ranks 30. Before him are Paris Hilton (1981), Madeleine Astor (1893), Sally Hemings (1773), Evelyn McHale (1923), Kourtney Kardashian (1979), and Ethel Kennedy (1928). After him are Roy Sullivan (1912), Johnny Appleseed (1774), William Masters (1915), Jeane Dixon (1904), Genie (1957), and Virginia Dare (1587).

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