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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Nick Berg

1978 - 2004

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Nicholas Evan Berg (April 2, 1978 – May 7, 2004) was an American freelance radio-tower repairman who went to Iraq after the United States' invasion of Iraq. He was abducted and beheaded according to a video released in May 2004 by Islamist militants in response to the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse involving the United States Army and Iraqi prisoners. The CIA claimed Berg was murdered by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nick Berg has received more than 1,402,214 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nick Berg is the 1,659th most popular military personnel (down from 1,463rd in 2019), the 14,998th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,130th in 2019) and the 172nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Nick Berg ranks 1,659 out of 1,468. Before him are Nasser Shabani, H. R. McMaster, Yevgeny Rodionov, Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster, and Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. After him are Pat Tillman, CC Sabathia, Rojda Felat, Bowe Bergdahl, Robert Abajyan, and Evan McMullin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Nick Berg ranks 663. Before him are Manuchar Kvirkvelia, Shawn Crawford, Vincent Macaigne, Hideaki Kitajima, Collin Benjamin, and Jérémie Elkaïm. After him are Claudia Nystad, Mariano Zabaleta, Juan Miguel Mercado, Alberto Martín, Alberto Rivera, and Ricardo Rocha. Among people deceased in 2004, Nick Berg ranks 307. Before him are Mikael Ljungberg, Arturo Tolentino, Johnny Warren, Brock Adams, Terje Bakken, and Sergejs Žoltoks. After him are Pat Tillman, Atefeh Sahaaleh, and Soundarya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nick Berg ranks 14,998 out of 18,182. Before him are James Jones (1980), Roy Halladay (1977), Kristoffer Polaha (1977), Ed Brubaker (1966), Rex J. Walheim (1962), and Masta Killa (1969). After him are Armelia McQueen (1952), TobyMac (1964), Valeska Suratt (1882), Mel Carnahan (1934), Sean Parnell (1962), and Christina Moore (1973).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Nick Berg ranks 172. Before him are Henry Heth (1825), Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805), Lynndie England (1982), Chelsea Manning (1987), Hugh McCulloch (1808), and H. R. McMaster (1962). After him are Pat Tillman (1976), CC Sabathia (1980), Bowe Bergdahl (1986), and Evan McMullin (1976).

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