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Nguyễn Văn Trỗi

1940 - 1964

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Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (1 February 1940 – 15 October 1964) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and member of the NLF (National Liberation Front). He gained notoriety after being captured by ARVN forces while trying to assassinate United States Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nguyễn Văn Trỗi has received more than 94,261 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nguyễn Văn Trỗi is the 219th most popular extremist (down from 187th in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Vietnamese Extremist.

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  • 94k

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  • 48.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi ranks 219 out of 283. Before him are Jonathan Wild, Dick Turpin, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, Ottis Toole, Marshall Applewhite, and Alexander Pichushkin. After him are Gary Gilmore, Robert Berdella, John List, Amparo Poch y Gascón, John Christie, and Mildred Gillars.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi ranks 352. Before him are Ole Lund Kirkegaard, Peter Gethin, Jacques Higelin, Győző Kulcsár, Eugen Drewermann, and Claire Bretécher. After him are Gary Gilmore, Vicente Miera, Michael Sarrazin, Adam Przeworski, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, and Ole Ernst. Among people deceased in 1964, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi ranks 145. Before him are Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Reg Parnell, Felisberto Hernández, Erik Malmberg, Theodore Freeman, and Agnes Miegel. After him are Edith Sitwell, Patrick Ryan, Albina Osipowich, Axel Norling, Werner Bergengruen, and Luis Batlle Berres.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi ranks 91 out of 136. Before him are Nick Ut (1951), Võ Văn Thưởng (1970), Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (1959), Dương Thu Hương (1947), Phạm Hùng (1912), and Trịnh Công Sơn (1939). After him are Phan Thanh Giản (1796), Phạm Minh Mẫn (1934), Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (1938), Ngô Bảo Châu (1972), Phạm Duy (1921), and Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ (1908).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Vietnam

Among extremists born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi ranks 2. Before him are Charles Sobhraj (1944).

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