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Richard Ramirez

1960 - 2013

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Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez (; February 29, 1960 – June 7, 2013), known as Richard Ramirez, dubbed the Night Stalker, the Walk-In Killer and the Valley Intruder, was an American serial killer and sex offender whose crime spree took place in California from June 1984 until his capture in August 1985. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1989, and died while awaiting execution in 2013. Ramirez' crimes were heavily influenced by a troubled childhood. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Ramirez has received more than 28,787,214 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Richard Ramirez is the 73rd most popular extremist (up from 140th in 2019), the 1,497th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,615th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Extremist.

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  • 59.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Richard Ramirez ranks 73 out of 209. Before him are Charles Sobhraj, Boris Savinkov, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Henry Lee Lucas, Jalaluddin Haqqani, and Ma Barker. After him are Willi Herold, James Earl Ray, Robert-François Damiens, Carlo Gambino, Taha Yassin Ramadan, and Oskar Gröning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Richard Ramirez ranks 43. Before him are David Duchovny, Nena, Stanley Tucci, Barham Salih, Hassan Nasrallah, and Hiroyuki Sanada. After him are Reed Hastings, John F. Kennedy Jr., Kim Wilde, Jennifer Grey, Anne Parillaud, and Thomas Haden Church. Among people deceased in 2013, Richard Ramirez ranks 54. Before him are J. J. Cale, Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Sara Montiel, and Chinua Achebe. After him are John Cornforth, James Avery, Henri Dutilleux, James Gandolfini, Abdul Rahim Hatif, and David H. Hubel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Ramirez ranks 1,497 out of 18,182. Before him are Ma Barker (1873), Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925), Lloyd Bridges (1913), Alfred G. Gilman (1941), Samuel C. C. Ting (1936), and George Papandreou (1952). After him are Robert J. Shiller (1946), George Stevens (1904), Sonny Rollins (1930), Angelo Badalamenti (1937), Virginia Cherrill (1908), and Chris Cornell (1964).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Richard Ramirez ranks 25. Before him are Frank Sheeran (1920), Barry Seal (1939), Timothy McVeigh (1968), Dennis Rader (1945), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), and Ma Barker (1873). After him are James Earl Ray (1928), Gary Ridgway (1949), Susan Atkins (1948), Aileen Wuornos (1956), David Berkowitz (1953), and Whitey Bulger (1929).

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