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Ta Mok

1926 - 2006

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Ta Mok (Khmer: តាម៉ុក; born Chhit Choeun, ឈិត ជឿន; 1924 – 21 July 2006), also known as Nguon Kang, was a Cambodian military chief and soldier who was a senior figure in the Khmer Rouge and the leader of the national army of Democratic Kampuchea. He was also known as "Brother Number Four" or "the Butcher". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ta Mok has received more than 427,309 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ta Mok is the 22nd most popular mafioso (up from 26th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Cambodia (up from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Cambodian Mafioso.

Ta mok is a traditional Thai dessert that is made from sweetened coconut milk and rice flour. It is most famous for its distinctive, chewy texture.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ta Moks by language

Over the past year Ta Mok has had the most page views in the with 66,260 views, followed by Japanese (29,610), and Chinese (19,993). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Breton (64.44%), Urdu (56.38%), and Japanese (31.02%)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Ta Mok ranks 22 out of 70. Before him are Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Wyatt Earp, John Gotti, Semion Mogilevich, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and Ned Kelly. After him are Tamam Shud case, Vito Genovese, Vito Cascio Ferro, Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Salvatore Giuliano, and Khun Sa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Ta Mok ranks 84. Before him are Michel Butor, Norman Jewison, Yoshio Okada, Aaron Klug, Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, and Francisco Rabal. After him are Gus Grissom, Poul Anderson, Joan Sutherland, György Kurtág, Joachim Fest, and James Stirling. Among people deceased in 2006, Ta Mok ranks 57. Before him are Shelley Winters, Gillo Pontecorvo, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Romano Mussolini, Mariska Veres, and Karel Appel. After him are Robert Bruce Merrifield, James Van Allen, Murray Bookchin, David Bronstein, Shamil Basayev, and Glenn Ford.

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In Cambodia

Among people born in Cambodia, Ta Mok ranks 12 out of 40. Before him are Jayavarman VII (1125), Khieu Samphan (1931), Sisowath Monivong (1875), Heng Samrin (1934), Norodom of Cambodia (1834), and Jayavarman II (800). After him are Suryavarman II (1095), Kang Kek Iew (1942), Ram Khamhaeng (1237), Norodom Suramarit (1896), Sisowath of Cambodia (1840), and Norodom Ranariddh (1944).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Cambodia

Among mafiosos born in Cambodia, Ta Mok ranks 1. 

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    Ta Mok

    1926 - 2006

    HPI: 60.40

    Rank: 1

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