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Zodiac Killer

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The Zodiac Killer is the pseudonym of an unidentified serial killer who murdered five known victims in the San Francisco Bay Area between December 1968 and October 1969. The case has been described as "arguably the most famous unsolved murder case in American history," and has become both a fixture of popular culture and a focus for efforts by amateur detectives. The Zodiac's known attacks took place in Benicia, Vallejo, unincorporated Napa County, and the City and County of San Francisco proper. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zodiac Killer has received more than 38,328,720 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Zodiac Killer is the 3rd most popular extremist (up from 16th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from United States (up from 362nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Extremist.

The Zodiac Killer is most famous for the murders that occurred in the late 1960s and early 1970s in California. He is believed to have killed at least five people, but the number of victims could be as high as 37.

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  • 83.07

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  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Zodiac Killer ranks 3 out of 283. Before him are Jack the Ripper, and Lee Harvey Oswald. After him are John Wilkes Booth, Osama bin Laden, Gavrilo Princip, Elizabeth Báthory, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Herostratus, Gilles de Rais, and Man in the Iron Mask.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Zodiac Killer ranks 6. Before him are Pelé, Bruce Lee, Margrethe II of Denmark, Al Pacino, and John Lennon. After him are Chuck Norris, Annie Ernaux, Michael Gambon, Constantine II of Greece, Ringo Starr, and Nursultan Nazarbayev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zodiac Killer ranks 47 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert De Niro (1943), Janis Joplin (1943), Harry S. Truman (1884), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896), J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904), and Mark Twain (1835). After him are Maria Callas (1923), Bernie Sanders (1941), Cher (1946), Clint Eastwood (1930), Wallis Simpson (1896), and Al Gore (1948).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Zodiac Killer ranks 2. Before him are Lee Harvey Oswald (1939). After him are John Wilkes Booth (1838), Charles Manson (1934), Ted Bundy (1946), Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), John Wayne Gacy (1942), Ted Kaczynski (1942), Ed Gein (1906), Albert Fish (1870), H. H. Holmes (1861), and Jim Jones (1931).

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