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Charles Sobhraj

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Charles Sobhraj (born Hotchand Bhawnani Gurmukh Sobhraj; 6 April 1944) is a French serial killer, fraudster, and thief whose victims were mainly Western tourists travelling on the hippie trail of South Asia during the 1970s. He was known as the Bikini Killer because of the attire of several of his victims, as well as the Splitting Killer and the Serpent for "his snake-like ability to avoid detection by authorities". It is thought that Sobhraj murdered at least 20 tourists in South and Southeast Asia, including 14 in Thailand. He was convicted and jailed in India from 1976 to 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Sobhraj is the 135th most popular extremist (down from 72nd in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Vietnamese Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Charles Sobhraj ranks 135 out of 283. Before him are Dinko Šakić, David Berkowitz, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Delphine LaLaurie, Wilhelm Boger, and Robert Hansen. After him are Aldrich Ames, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Jacques Mesrine, Eugen Weidmann, Frank Nitti, and Baruch Goldstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Charles Sobhraj ranks 240. Before him are Elizabeth Loftus, Tommie Smith, Brenda Lee, Christian Boltanski, Peter Lindbergh, and Goukouni Oueddei. After him are Rory Byrne, James Michel, Juan Ramón Verón, Jill Clayburgh, Şerif Gören, and Brian Weiss.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Charles Sobhraj ranks 46 out of 136. Before him are Nguyễn Minh Triết (1942), Phạm Minh Chính (1958), Marie-France Pisier (1944), Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (1930), Tự Đức (1829), and Trương Tấn Sang (1949). After him are Michel Henry (1922), Lý Thái Tổ (974), Duy Tân (1900), Phan Thi Kim Phuc (1963), Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (924), and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Vietnam

Among extremists born in Vietnam, Charles Sobhraj ranks 1. After him are Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (1940).

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