EXTREMIST

David Berkowitz

1953 - Today

Photo of David Berkowitz

Icon of person David Berkowitz

David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco; June 1, 1953), also known as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer and former U.S. Army soldier who committed a series of stabbings and shootings between 1975 and 1977 in New York City, killing six people and wounding eleven others. Armed with a .44 Special caliber Bulldog revolver during most of his crimes, he terrorized New Yorkers with many letters mocking the police and promising further crimes, leading to possibly the biggest manhunt in the city's history. Berkowitz was arrested on August 10, 1977, and subsequently indicted for eight shootings. He confessed to all of them, and initially claimed to have been obeying the orders of a demon manifested in the form of a black dog "Sam" which belonged to his neighbor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Berkowitz is the 130th most popular extremist (down from 125th in 2019), the 3,176th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,738th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Extremist.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of David Berkowitz by language

Loading...

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, David Berkowitz ranks 130 out of 283. Before him are Kang Kek Iew, Rafael Caro Quintero, Kōzō Okamoto, Albert Anastasia, Luciano Leggio, and Dinko Šakić. After him are Omar Abdel-Rahman, Delphine LaLaurie, Wilhelm Boger, Robert Hansen, Charles Sobhraj, and Aldrich Ames.

Most Popular Extremists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, David Berkowitz ranks 126. Before him are Ziyad al-Nakhalah, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Laurentino Cortizo, Sophie Calle, Teresa Orlowski, and Massimo Troisi. After him are Rick Moranis, Franz Klammer, Toshio Takabayashi, Tom Hulce, Jamaal Wilkes, and Michael Bolton.

Others Born in 1953

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, David Berkowitz ranks 3,176 out of 20,380. Before him are Donna Karan (1948), Marshall Harvey Stone (1903), Anna May Wong (1905), Elizabeth Loftus (1944), Tommie Smith (1944), and John Fetterman (1969). After him are Brenda Lee (1944), Edsel Ford (1893), Bobby Brown (1969), Dusty Hill (1949), Ken Carpenter (1913), and Delphine LaLaurie (1787).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, David Berkowitz ranks 43. Before him are Bobby Joe Long (1953), Ma Barker (1873), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Robert Stroud (1890), Richard Ramirez (1960), and Anwar al-Awlaki (1971). After him are Delphine LaLaurie (1787), Robert Hansen (1939), Aldrich Ames (1941), Baruch Goldstein (1956), Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), and Whitey Bulger (1929).

American born Extremists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous