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Nancy Spungen

1958 - 1978

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Nancy Laura Spungen (; February 27, 1958 – October 12, 1978) was the American girlfriend of English musician Sid Vicious and a figure of the 1970s punk rock scene. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Spungen was an emotionally disturbed child who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 15. After being expelled from college, she flew to London in December 1976 at the height of the punk rock movement, where she became involved with Vicious, the bassist for the Sex Pistols. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nancy Spungen has received more than 4,712,016 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Spungen is the 163rd most popular extremist (down from 138th in 2019), the 4,081st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,545th in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Nancy Spungen ranks 163 out of 209. Before her are John Wesley Hardin, Guy Burgess, Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Jan-Carl Raspe, and Ibn al-Khattab. After her are John List, Stand Watie, Joseph Kony, Viktor Bout, Mary Surratt, and Charles Starkweather.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Nancy Spungen ranks 103. Before her are Eric Singer, Tita, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, Jennifer Tilly, Fish, and Gennady Padalka. After her are Colm Feore, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Domenico Dolce, Dragan Đokanović, Didier Reynders, and Terry Fox. Among people deceased in 1978, Nancy Spungen ranks 113. Before her are José Gonzalvo, Ivan Tyulenev, Julio Jaramillo, Bernhard Karlgren, Ángel Bossio, and Zivia Lubetkin. After her are Lon L. Fuller, Alexander Gerschenkron, Raymond Braine, Leo Genn, Franz Bäke, and John D. Rockefeller III.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Spungen ranks 4,081 out of 18,182. Before her are Kristen Bell (1980), La Monte Young (1935), Paul Wesley (1982), Jackie Earle Haley (1961), Reggie Miller (1965), and Augustine Washington (1694). After her are Mira Sorvino (1967), Warren Oates (1928), Gene Kranz (1933), Howard Keel (1919), Celeste Holm (1917), and Clifton James (1920).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Nancy Spungen ranks 57. Before her are Golden State Killer (1945), Dean Corll (1939), Samuel Little (1940), Stephen Paddock (1953), Robert Ford (1862), and John Wesley Hardin (1853). After her are John List (1925), Stand Watie (1806), Mary Surratt (1823), Charles Starkweather (1938), Stanley Williams (1953), and Frank James (1843).

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