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Sirhan Sirhan

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Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (; Arabic: سرحان بشارة سرحان Sirḥān Bišāra Sirḥān; born March 19, 1944) is a Palestinian-Jordanian man who was convicted of murdering Senator Robert F. Kennedy Sr., the younger brother of American president John F. Kennedy. On June 5, 1968, Sirhan shot and mortally wounded Robert Kennedy shortly after 12 midnight at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; Kennedy died the next day at Good Samaritan Hospital. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sirhan Sirhan has received more than 10,819,768 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Sirhan Sirhan is the 101st most popular extremist (down from 96th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Israel (up from 153rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Israeli Extremist.

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  • 56.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Sirhan Sirhan ranks 101 out of 209Before him are Jacques Mesrine, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Whitey Bulger, Charles Whitman, Joachim Kroll, and Luciano Leggio. After him are Dennis Nilsen, Delphine LaLaurie, Horst Mahler, Andrew Cunanan, Jack Unterweger, and Wadie Haddad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Sirhan Sirhan ranks 148Before him are Jon Anderson, Terry Brooks, Pat Martino, Rocky Johnson, Mary Robinson, and Igor Mitoraj. After him are Marie-Christine Barrault, James Heckman, Michael Rosbash, Peter Mayhew, Luis Ladaria Ferrer, and Geneviève Grad.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Sirhan Sirhan ranks 150 out of 430Before him are Menahem Golan (1929), Valerius Gratus (-50), Yigael Yadin (1917), Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi (1947), Angelus of Jerusalem (1185), and Ivry Gitlis (1922). After him are Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (1522), Procopius of Scythopolis (250), Lusius Quietus (100), Aristobulus II (null), Benny Gantz (1959), and Yaacov Agam (1928).

Among EXTREMISTS In Israel

Among extremists born in Israel, Sirhan Sirhan ranks 3Before him are Abu Nidal (1937) and George Habash (1926). After him are Wadie Haddad (1927) and Yigal Amir (1970).