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Valerie Solanas

1936 - 1988

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Valerie Jean Solanas (April 9, 1936 – April 25, 1988) was an American radical feminist known for the SCUM Manifesto, which she self-published in 1967, and her attempt to murder artist Andy Warhol in 1968. On June 3, 1968, Solanas went to The Factory, shot Warhol and art critic Mario Amaya, and attempted to shoot Warhol's manager, Fred Hughes. Solanas was charged with attempted murder, assault, and illegal possession of a firearm. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valerie Solanas has received more than 4,777,923 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Valerie Solanas is the 1,065th most popular writer (up from 1,237th in 2019), the 1,244th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,560th in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Writer.

Valerie Solanas is most famous for her radical feminist manifesto, "SCUM Manifesto," in which she advocates for the elimination of men.

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Among writers, Valerie Solanas ranks 1,065 out of 7,302. Before her are Ibn Sirin, Zelda Fitzgerald, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Titus Pomponius Atticus, Egeria, and Ernst Toller. After her are Sonia Rykiel, Madeleine de Scudéry, Ilia Chavchavadze, Diana Wynne Jones, Dionysius Thrax, and Robert Graves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Valerie Solanas ranks 59. Before her are Choummaly Sayasone, Richard Wilson, Denny Hulme, Boniface Alexandre, Bekim Fehmiu, and Dražan Jerković. After her are Carla Bley, J. Michael Bishop, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Kris Kristofferson, and Alan J. Heeger. Among people deceased in 1988, Valerie Solanas ranks 30. Before her are Clifford D. Simak, Virginia Satir, Richard S. Castellano, Hiroaki Sato, Gert Fröbe, and Luis Barragán. After her are Christina Onassis, Farida of Egypt, Giuseppe Saragat, Franz Josef Strauss, Hermann Graf, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Valerie Solanas ranks 1,244 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Anne Hathaway (1982), Pete Seeger (1919), Uma Thurman (1970), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), and Mario Lanza (1921). After her are Gerald Edelman (1929), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Claudia Goldin (1946), Evander Holyfield (1962), Jacque Fresco (1916), and Marvin Minsky (1927).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Valerie Solanas ranks 121. Before her are William Gibson (1948), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), Marshall Rosenberg (1934), Sam Shepard (1943), Tess Gerritsen (1953), and Zelda Fitzgerald (1900). After her are Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840), Michael Connelly (1956), Norman Mailer (1923), John Grisham (1955), John Updike (1932), and Fredric Brown (1906).

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