1949 - 1993
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo eskoˈβaɾ]; 1 December 1949 – 2 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician, who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar was one of the wealthiest criminals in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by the time of his death—equivalent to $70 billion as of 2022—while his drug cartel monopolized the cocaine trade into the United States in the 1980s and early 1990s. Born in Rionegro and raised in Medellín, Escobar studied briefly at Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana of Medellín, but left without graduating; he instead began engaging in criminal activity, selling illegal cigarettes and fake lottery tickets, as well as participating in motor vehicle theft. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pablo Escobar has received more than 79,863,507 page views. His biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 87 in 2019). Pablo Escobar is the most popular mafioso, the most popular biography from Colombia and the most popular Colombian Mafioso.
Pablo Escobar was a Colombian drug lord who was responsible for the death of thousands of people.
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Among mafiosos, Pablo Escobar ranks 1 out of 52. After him are Al Capone, Billy the Kid, Lucky Luciano, John Dillinger, Jesse James, Salvatore Riina, Jack Ruby, Frank Abagnale, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Jeffrey Epstein, and Meyer Lansky.
1949 - 1993
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 1
1899 - 1947
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 2
1859 - 1881
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 3
1897 - 1962
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 4
1903 - 1934
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 5
1847 - 1882
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 6
1930 - 2017
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 7
1911 - 1967
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 9
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 10
1953 - 2019
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 11
1902 - 1983
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1949, Pablo Escobar ranks 1. After him are Meryl Streep, Haruki Murakami, Niki Lauda, António Guterres, Pedro Almodóvar, Mark Knopfler, Sigourney Weaver, Richard Gere, Arsène Wenger, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Anna Wintour. Among people deceased in 1993, Pablo Escobar ranks 1. After him are Audrey Hepburn, Federico Fellini, Rudolf Nureyev, Erich Hartmann, Frank Zappa, James Hunt, Baudouin of Belgium, William Golding, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Turgut Özal, and Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
1949 - 1993
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 1
1949 - Present
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 2
1949 - Present
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 3
1949 - 2019
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 4
1949 - Present
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 5
1949 - Present
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 6
1949 - Present
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 7
1949 - Present
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 8
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 10
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 11
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 12
1949 - 1993
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 1
1929 - 1993
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 2
1920 - 1993
HPI: 79.23
Rank: 3
1938 - 1993
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 4
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 5
1940 - 1993
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 6
1947 - 1993
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 7
1930 - 1993
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 8
1911 - 1993
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 9
1916 - 1993
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 10
1927 - 1993
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 11
1939 - 1993
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 12
Among people born in Colombia, Pablo Escobar ranks 1 out of 306. After him are Gabriel García Márquez (1927), Fernando Botero (1932), Shakira (1977), Juan Manuel Santos (1951), César Gaviria (1947), René Higuita (1966), Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela (1939), Carlos Valderrama (1961), Luis Carlos Galán (1943), Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913), and Rodrigo Lara (1946).
1949 - 1993
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 1
1927 - 2014
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 2
1932 - 2023
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 3
1977 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 4
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 5
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 6
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 7
1939 - 2022
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 8
1961 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 9
1943 - 1989
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 10
1913 - 1994
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 11
1946 - 1984
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 12
Among mafiosos born in Colombia, Pablo Escobar ranks 1. After him are Griselda Blanco (1943).