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Assata Shakur

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Assata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron; July 16, 1947), also known as Joanne Chesimard, is an American political activist who was a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA). In 1977, she was convicted in the murder of state trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. She escaped from prison in 1979 and is wanted by the FBI, with a $1 million FBI reward for information leading to her capture, and an additional $1 million reward offered by the New Jersey attorney general. Born in Flushing, Queens, Byron grew up in New York City and Wilmington, North Carolina. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Assata Shakur is the 55th most popular mafioso (up from 57th in 2019), the 7,422nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,994th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Mafioso.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Assata Shakur ranks 55 out of 70. Before her are Teresa Claramunt Creus, Sammy Gravano, Joseph Colombo, Joe Profaci, Anna Sorokin, and Tony Accardo. After her are Carlos Marcello, Abu Qatada, Sergei Magnitsky, Jonathan Pollard, Kenneth Lay, and Iva Toguri D'Aquino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Assata Shakur ranks 538. Before her are Dương Thu Hương, Tatyana Vasilyeva, Moufida Tlatli, Sef Vergoossen, Abraham Laboriel, and Guy François. After her are Geydar Dzhemal, Haim Katz, Bill Smitrovich, Mark Dvoretsky, Job Cohen, and Terje Rypdal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Assata Shakur ranks 7,424 out of 20,380. Before her are Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805), Dennis Ralston (1942), Mario Cuomo (1932), Richard D. Zanuck (1934), Sandy Dennis (1937), and Marilyn Miller (1898). After her are Jeffrey Donovan (1968), Johnny Mathis (1935), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), Lisa Murkowski (1957), Edith Clarke (1883), and Patrick Kilpatrick (1949).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Assata Shakur ranks 22. Before her are Robert Hanssen (1944), Dutch Schultz (1902), Belle Starr (1848), Sammy Gravano (1945), Joseph Colombo (1923), and Tony Accardo (1906). After her are Jonathan Pollard (1954), Kenneth Lay (1942), Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), and Troy Davis (1968).

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