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James Earl Ray

1928 - 1998

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James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998) was an American fugitive who was convicted of the Murder of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. After the assassination, Ray fled to London and was captured there. Ray was convicted in 1969 after entering a guilty plea—thus forgoing a jury trial and the possibility of a death sentence—and was sentenced to 99 years of imprisonment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Earl Ray is the 96th most popular extremist (down from 81st in 2019), the 2,255th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,701st in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Extremist.

James Earl Ray is most famous for assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, James Earl Ray ranks 96 out of 283. Before him are Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Willi Herold, Susan Atkins, John Christie, John List, and Luis Garavito. After him are Johann Rattenhuber, Wilhelm Voigt, Gary Ridgway, Vincenzo Peruggia, Monika Ertl, and Michel Fourniret.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, James Earl Ray ranks 123. Before him are Gene Sharp, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Friedrich Wetter, Federico Bahamontes, Fumihiko Maki, and Gordie Howe. After him are Juan María Bordaberry, Djivan Gasparyan, Helen Frankenthaler, Hayden White, James Randi, and Al Lettieri. Among people deceased in 1998, James Earl Ray ranks 71. Before him are Adem Jashari, Kurt Franz, Wolf Vostell, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Verner Panton, and Efim Geller. After him are Anne Desclos, Don Taylor, Marie-Louise von Franz, Gulzarilal Nanda, George Wallace, and Archie Moore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Earl Ray ranks 2,255 out of 20,380. Before him are Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Joe Lynn Turner (1951), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), Roger Myerson (1951), and Harvey Milk (1930). After him are Ralph Macchio (1961), Eartha Kitt (1927), Eric Adams (1952), Bob Odenkirk (1962), William Levada (1936), and DJ Khaled (1975).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, James Earl Ray ranks 35. Before him are Axeman of New Orleans (null), George Jung (1942), Barry Seal (1939), Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951), Susan Atkins (1948), and John List (1925). After him are Gary Ridgway (1949), Bobby Joe Long (1953), Ma Barker (1873), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Robert Stroud (1890), and Richard Ramirez (1960).

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