1965 - 2012
Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an African American man who was a victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high speed pursuit for driving while intoxicated on the I-210. An uninvolved resident, George Holliday, saw and filmed the incident from his nearby balcony and sent the footage, which showed the unarmed King on the ground being beaten after initially evading arrest, to local news station KTLA. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rodney King has received more than 14,451,760 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Rodney King is the 27th most popular celebrity (down from 20th in 2019), the 1,214th most popular biography from United States (down from 789th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Celebrity.
Rodney King is most famous for being the victim of a brutal beating by the LAPD in 1991.
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Among celebrities, Rodney King ranks 27 out of 181. Before him are Dodi Fayed, Sarah Knauss, Marie Duplessis, Peggy Guggenheim, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, and Don King. After him are Jacques Mayol, Mary Mallon, Kim Kardashian, Albert Pierrepoint, Blanche Monnier, and Rosemary Kennedy.
1955 - 1997
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 21
1880 - 1999
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 22
1824 - 1847
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 23
1898 - 1979
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 24
1942 - 2022
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 25
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 26
1965 - 2012
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 27
1927 - 2001
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 28
1869 - 1938
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 29
1980 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 30
1905 - 1992
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 31
1849 - 1913
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 32
1918 - 2005
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 33
Among people born in 1965, Rodney King ranks 20. Before him are Björk, Sarah Jessica Parker, Brooke Shields, Gong Li, Khaled Hosseini, and Dragan Stojković. After him are Laurent Blanc, José Luis Chilavert, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Shamil Basayev, Waris Dirie, and Ben Stiller. Among people deceased in 2012, Rodney King ranks 47. Before him are Joseph Murray, Sun Myung Moon, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Etta James, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, and E. Donnall Thomas. After him are Lucio Dalla, Erland Josephson, Chadli Bendjedid, Chavela Vargas, F. Sherwood Rowland, and Hebe Camargo.
1965 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 14
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 15
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 16
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 17
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 18
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 19
1965 - 2012
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 20
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 21
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 22
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 23
1965 - 2006
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 24
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 25
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 26
1919 - 2012
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 41
1920 - 2012
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 42
1933 - 2012
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 43
1938 - 2012
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 44
1918 - 2012
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 45
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 46
1965 - 2012
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 47
1943 - 2012
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 48
1923 - 2012
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 49
1929 - 2012
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 50
1919 - 2012
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 51
1927 - 2012
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 52
1929 - 2012
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 53
Among people born in United States, Rodney King ranks 1,214 out of 18,182. Before him are Idina Menzel (1971), E. Donnall Thomas (1920), Bruce Dern (1936), Arthur Kornberg (1918), Mike Markkula (1942), and Mary Jackson (1921). After him are John Gotti (1940), Nicholas Ray (1911), Vera Miles (1929), Will Durant (1885), Michael Moore (1954), and William Randolph Hearst (1863).
1971 - Present
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 1,208
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 1,209
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,210
1918 - 2007
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,211
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,212
1921 - 2005
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,213
1965 - 2012
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,214
1940 - 2002
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,215
1911 - 1979
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 1,216
1929 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,217
1885 - 1981
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,218
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,219
1863 - 1951
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 1,220
Among celebrities born in United States, Rodney King ranks 13. Before him are Jon Brower Minnoch (1941), Monica Lewinsky (1973), Margaret Brown (1867), Sarah Knauss (1880), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), and Don King (1931). After him are Kim Kardashian (1980), Rosemary Kennedy (1918), Edie Sedgwick (1943), Anna Nicole Smith (1967), Kim Peek (1951), and Dan Inosanto (1936).
1941 - 1983
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 7
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 8
1867 - 1932
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 9
1880 - 1999
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 10
1898 - 1979
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 11
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 12
1965 - 2012
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 13
1980 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 14
1918 - 2005
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 15
1943 - 1971
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 16
1967 - 2007
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 17
1951 - 2009
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 18
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 19