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Billy the Kid

1859 - 1881

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Henry McCarty (September 17 or November 23, 1859 – July 14, 1881), alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who was linked to nine murders, four for which he was solely responsible, and five in which he may have played a role alongside others. He is also noted for his involvement in New Mexico's Lincoln County War. McCarty was orphaned at the age of 15. His first arrest was for stealing food at the age of 16 in 1875. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Billy the Kid is the 3rd most popular mafioso (up from 6th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from United States (down from 308th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Mafioso.

Billy the Kid is most famous for being a notorious outlaw and gunfighter in the Wild West. He was also a cattle rustler, horse thief, and murderer.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Billy the Kid ranks 3 out of 70. Before him are Pablo Escobar, and Al Capone. After him are Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Lucky Luciano, Salvatore Riina, Frank Lucas, Jesse James, Tamam Shud case, Jack Ruby, Griselda Blanco, and Meyer Lansky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Billy the Kid ranks 13. Before him are Edmund Husserl, Svante Arrhenius, John Dewey, Georges Seurat, Alfred Dreyfus, and Yuan Shikai. After him are Verner von Heidenstam, Sholem Aleichem, Alexandre Millerand, Jean Jaurès, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, and Jerome K. Jerome. Among people deceased in 1881, Billy the Kid ranks 4. Before him are Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexander II of Russia, and Modest Mussorgsky. After him are James A. Garfield, Benjamin Disraeli, Lewis H. Morgan, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Thomas Carlyle, Jenny von Westphalen, and Henri Vieuxtemps.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy the Kid ranks 312 out of 20,380. Before him are Wild Bill Hickok (1837), Steve Ballmer (1956), Samuel P. Huntington (1927), William Jennings Bryan (1860), Orson Welles (1915), and Tommy Lee Jones (1946). After him are Steve Bannon (1953), John R. Bolton (1948), Jay-Z (1969), Walt Whitman (1819), Paul Auster (1947), and Donald A. Glaser (1926).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Billy the Kid ranks 2. Before him are Al Capone (1899). After him are Frank Lucas (1930), Jesse James (1847), Jack Ruby (1911), John Dillinger (1903), Frank Abagnale (1948), Wyatt Earp (1848), Mark David Chapman (1955), John Gotti (1940), Lepke Buchalter (1897), and Sundance Kid (1867).

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