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Yvan Colonna

1960 - 2022

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Yvan Colonna (Corsican: Ivanu Colonna, [iˈvanu koˈlɔnna]; 7 April 1960 – 21 March 2022) was a Corsican nationalist convicted for the 1998 assassination of the prefect of Corse-du-Sud, Claude Érignac. He was beaten to death in prison by another inmate for "disrespecting Muhammad", sparking riots. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Yvan Colonna is the 253rd most popular extremist (down from 237th in 2024), the 5,130th most popular biography from France (down from 4,763rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Yvan Colonna ranks 253 out of 283. Before him are Javed Iqbal, Abdul Quader Molla, Yang Xinhai, Yolanda Saldívar, Richard B. Spencer, and Charles Cullen. After him are Howard Marks, Ramzi Yousef, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Eric Rudolph, and Charles Ng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Yvan Colonna ranks 489. Before him are Komi Sélom Klassou, Rui Águas, Dušan Pašek, Elmar Mammadyarov, Tony Hadley, and Dmitry Kharatyan. After him are Jocelyn Pook, Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis, Tim Mayotte, Karita Mattila, Masoumeh Ebtekar, and Azim Isabekov. Among people deceased in 2022, Yvan Colonna ranks 579. Before him are Txetxu Rojo, Lenny Von Dohlen, Keith Levene, Jorge Fons, James M. Bardeen, and Larry Storch. After him are Faouzi Mansouri, Patricia A. McKillip, António Lima Pereira, Volodymyr Vakulenko, Gail Halvorsen, and Leslie Jordan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yvan Colonna ranks 5,130 out of 6,770. Before him are Alexa Davalos (1982), Catherine Leroy (1944), Lydie Salvayre (1948), Stuart Price (1977), Marc Alexandre (1959), and Alain Couriol (1958). After him are Mike Sparken (1930), Giorgio Capitani (1927), Zabou Breitman (1959), Marcel Balsa (1909), David Beauchard (1959), and Philippe Montanier (1964).

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Among EXTREMISTS In France

Among extremists born in France, Yvan Colonna ranks 10. Before him are Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409), Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), Michel Fourniret (1942), Jacques Mesrine (1936), Édouard Vaillant (1840), and Zacarias Moussaoui (1968).

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