1972 - 2009
Sergei Leonidovich Magnitsky (Russian: Сергeй Леонидович Магнитский, pronounced [sʲɪrˈɡʲej lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ mɐɡˈnʲitskʲɪj]; Ukrainian: Сергій Леонідович Магнітський; 8 April 1972 – 16 November 2009) was a Russian tax advisor responsible for exposing corruption and misconduct by Russian government officials while representing client Hermitage Capital Management. His arrest in 2008 and subsequent death after eleven months in police custody generated international attention and triggered both official and unofficial inquiries into allegations of fraud, theft and human rights violations in Russia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergei Magnitsky has received more than 1,178,330 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Sergei Magnitsky is the 53rd most popular mafioso (down from 43rd in 2019), the 658th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 655th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Mafioso.
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Among mafiosos, Sergei Magnitsky ranks 53 out of 52. Before him are Jonathan Pollard, Salomon Morel, Vincent Gigante, Belle Starr, Tony Accardo, and Kenneth Lay. After him are Rakhat Aliyev, Assata Shakur, Abu Qatada, Anna Sorokin, Salah Abdeslam, and Troy Davis.
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 47
1919 - 2007
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 48
1928 - 2005
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 49
1848 - 1889
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 50
1906 - 1992
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 51
1942 - 2006
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 52
1972 - 2009
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 53
1962 - 2015
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 54
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 55
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 56
1991 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 57
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 58
1968 - 2011
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 59
Among people born in 1972, Sergei Magnitsky ranks 156. Before him are Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Jenny McCarthy, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Arturo Gatti, and Ewen Bremner. After him are Tré Cool, Ricardo Sá Pinto, Tego Calderón, Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, Anders Thomas Jensen, and Kirsten Vangsness. Among people deceased in 2009, Sergei Magnitsky ranks 248. Before him are Luciano Emmer, Dell Hymes, Ali Akbar Khan, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Arturo Gatti, and Harve Presnell. After him are Türkan Saylan, Olja Ivanjicki, Roger Planchon, Ingemar Johansson, Lei Clijsters, and John Keel.
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 150
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 151
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 152
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 153
1972 - 2009
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 154
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 155
1972 - 2009
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 156
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 157
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 158
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 159
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 160
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 161
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 162
1918 - 2009
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 242
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 243
1922 - 2009
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 244
1952 - 2009
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 245
1972 - 2009
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 246
1933 - 2009
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 247
1972 - 2009
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 248
1935 - 2009
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 249
1931 - 2009
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 250
1931 - 2009
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 251
1924 - 2009
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 252
1956 - 2009
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 253
1930 - 2009
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 254
Among people born in Ukraine, Sergei Magnitsky ranks 658 out of 1,083. Before him are Abraham Lempel (1936), Alexander Brailowsky (1896), Ivan Kavaleridze (1887), Marie Ljalková (1920), Vladimir Shainsky (1925), and Emil Paur (1855). After him are Estas Tonne (1975), Aleksei Petrenko (1938), Nikolay Davydenko (1981), Aleksandr Ponomarev (1918), Zinaida Turchyna (1946), and Mark Aldanov (1886).
1936 - 2023
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 652
1896 - 1976
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 653
1887 - 1978
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 654
1920 - 2011
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 655
1925 - 2017
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 656
1855 - 1932
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 657
1972 - 2009
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 658
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 659
1938 - 2017
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 660
1981 - Present
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 661
1918 - 1973
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 662
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 663
1886 - 1957
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 664
Among mafiosos born in Ukraine, Sergei Magnitsky ranks 2. Before him are Semion Mogilevich (1946).