1967 - Today
Viktor Anatolyevich Bout (; Russian: Ви́ктор Анато́льевич Бут; born 13 January 1967) is a Russian arms dealer. An entrepreneur and former Soviet military translator, he reportedly used his multiple air transport companies to smuggle weapons since the collapse of communism from Eastern Europe to Africa and the Middle East during the 1990s and early 2000s. Bout was nicknamed the Merchant of Death and Sanctions Buster for his reported wide-reaching operations, extensive clientele, and willingness to bypass embargoes.On 6 March 2008, Bout was arrested in Thailand on terrorism charges by the Royal Thai Police in cooperation with American authorities, and the United States ambassador requested his extradition under the Extradition Act with Thailand, which was eventually mandated by the Thai High Court in August 2010. Bout was accused of intending to smuggle arms to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for use against U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Bout has received more than 1,379,754 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Viktor Bout is the 166th most popular extremist (down from 145th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Tajikistan and the most popular Tadzhik Extremist.
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Among extremists, Viktor Bout ranks 166 out of 205. Before him are Gary Gilmore, Ibn al-Khattab, Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Ernst Zündel, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and John Bodkin Adams. After him are Howard Marks, Mary Surratt, Irmgard Möller, Peter Sutcliffe, Alexander Pichushkin, and Stuart Christie.
1940 - 1977
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 160
1969 - 2002
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 161
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 162
1939 - 2017
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 163
1968 - 2010
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 164
1899 - 1983
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 165
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 166
1945 - 2016
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 167
1823 - 1865
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 168
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 169
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 170
1974 - Present
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 171
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 172
Among people born in 1967, Viktor Bout ranks 111. Before him are Takehito Koyasu, Layne Staley, Satya Nadella, Keith Urban, Benny Benassi, and Basile Boli. After him are Sable, Mario Cipollini, Takehiko Inoue, Akshay Kumar, Jonathan Littell, and Steve Zahn.
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 105
1967 - 2002
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 106
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 107
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 108
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 109
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 110
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 111
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 112
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 113
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 114
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 115
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 116
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 117
Among people born in Tajikistan, Viktor Bout ranks 12 out of 18. Before him are Abu-Mahmud Khojandi (940), Rahmon Nabiyev (1930), Vladimir Voinovich (1932), Oqil Oqilov (1944), Qahhor Mahkamov (1932), and Nellie Kim (1957). After him are Kokhir Rasulzoda (1959), Dilshod Nazarov (1982), Rashid Rakhimov (1965), Rasul Boqiev (1982), Khasan Baroyev (1982), and Alan Kasaev (1986).
940 - 1000
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 6
1930 - 1993
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 7
1932 - 2018
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 8
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 9
1932 - 2016
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 10
1957 - Present
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 11
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 12
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 13
1982 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 14
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 15
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 16
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 17
1986 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 18
Among extremists born in Tajikistan, Viktor Bout ranks 1.