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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Bonin has received more than 2,483,304 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Bonin is the 198th most popular extremist, the 7,002nd most popular biography from United States and the 72nd most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, William Bonin ranks 198 out of 209. Before him are Gary Gilmore, Édouard Vaillant, Zacarias Moussaoui, John Hinckley Jr., Ahmed Jabari, and Mildred Gillars. After him are Francis Parker Yockey, Howard Marks, Abdul Quader Molla, Ramzi Yousef, Robert Pickton, and Abubakar Shekau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, William Bonin ranks 483. Before him are Hans Ooft, Mike Chapman, Kathy Acker, John Varley, Peter Riegert, and Hubert Védrine. After him are Richard Portnow, Barbara Cassin, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Giorgio Francia, Geydar Dzhemal, and John Ratzenberger. Among people deceased in 1996, William Bonin ranks 221. Before him are Anni Steuer, José dos Santos Lopes, Bernhard Klodt, Kusuo Kitamura, McLean Stevenson, and Gino Bramieri. After him are Walter M. Miller Jr., Ludovico Avio, Wálter Guevara, Osvaldo Velloso de Barros, Gilles Grangier, and Olle Åhlund.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Bonin ranks 7,002 out of 18,182. Before him are Trish Van Devere (1941), Avery Brooks (1948), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), Margaret E. Knight (1838), Leonard Warren (1911), and Leonard Slatkin (1944). After him are Tom Robbins (1932), Richard Portnow (1947), Joseph Bologna (1934), Jason Kidd (1973), Walter Block (1941), and Robert T. Bakker (1945).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, William Bonin ranks 72. Before him are Ross Ulbricht (1984), Marshall Applewhite (1931), Joseph Paul Franklin (1950), Gary Gilmore (1940), John Hinckley Jr. (1955), and Mildred Gillars (1900). After him are Francis Parker Yockey (1917), Anwar al-Awlaki (1971), Jared Fogle (1977), Amy Fisher (1974), Richard B. Spencer (1978), and Omar Mateen (1986).

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