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Dylann Roof

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Dylann Storm Roof (born April 3, 1994) is an American mass murderer, white supremacist and neo-Nazi who perpetrated the Charleston church shooting. During a Bible study on June 17, 2015, at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, Roof killed nine people and injured a tenth, all African Americans, including senior pastor and state senator Clementa C. Pinckney. After several people identified Roof as the main suspect, he became the center of a manhunt that ended the morning after the shooting with his arrest in Shelby, North Carolina. He later confessed that he committed the shooting in hopes of igniting a race war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Dylann Roof is the 320th most popular extremist (down from 288th in 2024), the 20,814th most popular biography from United States (down from 19,335th in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Dylann Roof ranks 320 out of 283. Before him are Omar Khadr, Samantha Lewthwaite, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Elliot Rodger, and Adam Yahiye Gadahn. After him are Lucy Letby, John Walker Lindh, and Thomas Matthew Crooks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1994, Dylann Roof ranks 1,099. Before him are Óscar Whalley, Dimitrios Agravanis, Alexander Choupenitch, Kyohei Yoshino, Wang Zhelin, and Roberta Bruni. After him are Roberto Chen, Kazuki Kozuka, Florent Hadergjonaj, Adrien Hunou, Lasha Gobadze, and King Krule.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dylann Roof ranks 20,822 out of 20,380. Before him are Scott Halberstadt (1976), Josh Davis (1972), Jeremy Pargo (1986), Janee' Kassanavoid (1995), Alexandra Chando (1986), and Carli Lloyd (1989). After him are Scarlett Bordeaux (1991), Lil Mama (1989), Casey DeSantis (1980), DeMarre Carroll (1986), Carl Landry (1983), and John John Florence (1992).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Dylann Roof ranks 96. Before him are Gary Ray Bowles (1962), James Holmes (1987), Ronald Dominique (1964), Amy Fisher (1974), Omar Mateen (1986), and Adam Yahiye Gadahn (1978). After him are John Walker Lindh (1981), and Thomas Matthew Crooks (2003).

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