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William Bonin

1947 - 1996

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William George Bonin (January 8, 1947 – February 23, 1996), also called the Freeway Killer and the Freeway Strangler, was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured, and murdered young men and boys between November 1968 and June 1980 in southern California. He admitted to committing 21 murders, but was only convicted of 14, and is suspected of even more.Bonin generally operated by luring his victims into his van under the guise of consensual sex. He became known as the "Freeway Killer" because most of his victims' bodies were discovered beside freeways. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Bonin has received more than 2,452,388 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Bonin is the 211th most popular extremist (down from 198th in 2019), the 6,034th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,988th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Extremist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of William Bonins by language

Over the past year William Bonin has had the most page views in the with 344,142 views, followed by Russian (30,165), and German (28,931). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (54.92%), Russian (30.18%), and Korean (19.93%)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, William Bonin ranks 211 out of 283. Before him are Abdullah Çatlı, Herbert Mullin, Axeman of New Orleans, John Bodkin Adams, Ernst Zündel, and Christopher Scarver. After him are Dawood Ibrahim, Jonathan Wild, Dick Turpin, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, Ottis Toole, and Marshall Applewhite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, William Bonin ranks 458. Before him are Brian Herbert, Wilko Johnson, Jan T. Gross, Peter Cosgrove, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, and Moses Blah. After him are Đurđica Bjedov, Emiel Puttemans, Maurizio Micheli, Teemu Sippo, Mazie Hirono, and Jozef Móder. Among people deceased in 1996, William Bonin ranks 203. Before him are N. T. Rama Rao, Roger Lapébie, Michel Pablo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Eva Cassidy, and San Yu. After him are Claude Mauriac, Rene Bond, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Raaj Kumar, Ennio de Giorgi, and Ottis Toole.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Bonin ranks 6,034 out of 20,380. Before him are Mark Boone Junior (1955), Ken Olsen (1926), Michael Cudlitz (1964), Jeffrey Ullman (1942), Jerry Lucas (1940), and Owen Garriott (1930). After him are Walter Burley Griffin (1876), John William Casilear (1811), Geraldine Ferraro (1935), Kim Dickens (1965), Stan Hansen (1949), and Lupe Ontiveros (1942).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, William Bonin ranks 71. Before him are Stand Watie (1806), Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951), Frank James (1843), Herbert Mullin (1947), Axeman of New Orleans (null), and Christopher Scarver (1969). After him are Ottis Toole (1947), Marshall Applewhite (1931), Gary Gilmore (1940), Robert Berdella (1949), John List (1925), and Mildred Gillars (1900).

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