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Velupillai Prabhakaran

1954 - 2009

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Velupillai Prabhakaran (; Tamil: வேலுப்பிள்ளை பிரபாகரன்; [ˈʋeːlɯpːiɭːaɪ pɾaˈbaːhaɾan]; 26 November 1954 – 18 May 2009) was a Tamil revolutionary. Prabhakaran was a major figure of Tamil nationalism, and the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The LTTE was a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka in reaction to the oppression of the country's Tamil population by the Sri Lankan government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Velupillai Prabhakaran has received more than 4,253,547 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 42 in 2019). Velupillai Prabhakaran is the 20th most popular mafioso (up from 25th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Sri Lanka (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Sri Lankan Mafioso.

Velupillai Prabhakaran is most famous for being the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a militant organization that fought for the independence of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Velupillai Prabhakaran ranks 20 out of 70. Before him are Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Mark David Chapman, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Wyatt Earp, John Gotti, and Semion Mogilevich. After him are Ned Kelly, Ta Mok, Tamam Shud case, Vito Genovese, Vito Cascio Ferro, and Jenny-Wanda Barkmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Velupillai Prabhakaran ranks 40. Before him are Jim Belushi, David Grossman, Paolo Gentiloni, Carlos Ghosn, Gianna Nannini, and Aleksander Kwaśniewski. After him are Kathleen Turner, Bernard Hinault, Eric Gerets, Ron Howard, Rene Russo, and Andrej Babiš. Among people deceased in 2009, Velupillai Prabhakaran ranks 36. Before him are Robert F. Furchgott, Günther Rall, João Bernardo Vieira, Jennifer Jones, Leszek Kołakowski, and Juan Almeida Bosque. After him are Ephraim Katzir, Marek Edelman, Hussein-Ali Montazeri, John Updike, Amin al-Hafiz, and Pavle, Serbian Patriarch.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Velupillai Prabhakaran ranks 2 out of 51. Before him are Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916). After him are Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877), Ranil Wickremesinghe (1949), Anagarika Dharmapala (1864), William Chester Minor (1834), Tony Hoare (1934), Aryadeva (200), St John Philby (1885), Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945), S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899), and Chandrika Kumaratunga (1945).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Sri Lanka

Among mafiosos born in Sri Lanka, Velupillai Prabhakaran ranks 1. 

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