1965 - 2012
Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an American author and activist who was a victim of police brutality by the Los Angeles Police Department. On March 3, 1991, King was beaten by LAPD officers after a high-speed chase during his arrest for drunk driving on I-210. An uninvolved individual, George Holliday, filmed the incident from his nearby balcony and sent the footage to local news station KTLA. The footage showed an unarmed King on the ground being beaten after initially evading arrest. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rodney King has received more than 10,466,004 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Rodney King is the 20th most popular celebrity (up from 32nd in 2019), the 789th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,446th in 2019) and the 8th 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 20 out of 184. Before him are Anna Anderson, Empress Michiko, Mary Mallon, Monica Lewinsky, Margaret Brown, and Rosalia Lombardo. After him are Kim Kardashian, Philippe Petit, Don King, Jacques Mayol, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, and Peggy Guggenheim.
1896 - 1984
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 14
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 15
1869 - 1938
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 16
1973 - Present
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 17
1867 - 1932
HPI: 72.56
Rank: 18
1918 - 1920
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 19
1965 - 2012
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 20
1980 - Present
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 21
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 22
1931 - Present
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 23
1927 - 2001
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 24
1939 - 2015
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 25
1898 - 1979
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 26
Among people born in 1965, Rodney King ranks 7. Before him are J. K. Rowling, Bashar al-Assad, Tedros Adhanom, Salman Khan, Dmitry Medvedev, and Charlie Sheen. After him are Robert Downey Jr., Björk, Gheorghe Hagi, Waris Dirie, Brandon Lee, and Shah Rukh Khan. Among people deceased in 2012, Rodney King ranks 32. Before him are Jean Giraud, Stephen Covey, Tony Scott, Matilde Camus, Carlos Fuentes, and Hebe Camargo. After him are Dave Brubeck, Antoni Tàpies, Kiro Gligorov, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Sun Myung Moon, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
1965 - Present
HPI: 77.15
Rank: 1
1965 - Present
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 2
1965 - Present
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 3
1965 - Present
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 4
1965 - Present
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 5
1965 - Present
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 6
1965 - 2012
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 7
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 8
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 9
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 10
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 11
1965 - 1993
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 12
1965 - Present
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 13
1938 - 2012
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 26
1932 - 2012
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 27
1944 - 2012
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 28
1919 - 2012
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 29
1928 - 2012
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 30
1929 - 2012
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 31
1965 - 2012
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 32
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 33
1923 - 2012
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 34
1917 - 2012
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 35
1923 - 2012
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 36
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 37
1925 - 2012
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 38
Among people born in United States, Rodney King ranks 789 out of 15,968. Before him are John Reed (1887), Steven Weinberg (1933), Matthew McConaughey (1969), Raquel Welch (1940), Steve Reich (1936), and John Fante (1909). After him are Tobin Bell (1942), Bob Beamon (1946), Edward C. Tolman (1886), John Jacob Astor IV (1864), Paul Morphy (1837), and Robert Wagner (1930).
1887 - 1920
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 783
1933 - Present
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 784
1969 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 785
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 786
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 787
1909 - 1983
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 788
1965 - 2012
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 789
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 790
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 791
1886 - 1959
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 792
1864 - 1912
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 793
1837 - 1884
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 794
1930 - Present
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 795
Among celebrities born in United States, Rodney King ranks 8. Before him are Phineas Gage (1823), Robert Wadlow (1918), Buffalo Bill (1846), Black Dahlia (1924), Monica Lewinsky (1973), and Margaret Brown (1867). After him are Kim Kardashian (1980), Don King (1931), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), Rosemary Kennedy (1918), Sarah Knauss (1880), and Kim Peek (1951).
1823 - 1860
HPI: 79.76
Rank: 2
1918 - 1940
HPI: 78.88
Rank: 3
1846 - 1917
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 4
1924 - 1947
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 5
1973 - Present
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 6
1867 - 1932
HPI: 72.56
Rank: 7
1965 - 2012
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 8
1980 - Present
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 9
1931 - Present
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 10
1898 - 1979
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 11
1918 - 2005
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 12
1880 - 1999
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 13
1951 - 2009
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 14