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John Hinckley Jr.

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John Warnock Hinckley Jr. (born May 29, 1955) is an American man who attempted to assassinate U.S. president Ronald Reagan as he left the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 1981, two months after Reagan's first inauguration. Using a revolver, Hinckley wounded Reagan, police officer Thomas Delahanty, Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy and White House Press Secretary James Brady. Brady was left disabled and died 33 years later from his injuries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Hinckley Jr. is the 36th most popular extremist (up from 229th in 2019), the 906th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,324th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 36 out of 283. Before him are Machine Gun Kelly, Ulrike Meinhof, Frank Sheeran, Cleon, Charles Ponzi, and Anders Behring Breivik. After him are H. H. Holmes, Robert-François Damiens, Luis Carrero Blanco, Timothy McVeigh, Otto Ohlendorf, and Andreas Baader.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 31. Before him are Haitham bin Tariq, Donatella Versace, Whoopi Goldberg, Katalin Karikó, Liu Xiaobo, and Angus Young. After him are Olga Korbut, Guillermo Lasso, Mariano Rajoy, Nina Hagen, Svante Pääbo, and Chow Yun-fat.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 906 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Curl (1933), Raquel Welch (1940), Jennifer Aniston (1969), Ron Perlman (1950), John Lewis (1940), and F. Murray Abraham (1939). After him are Robert Hofstadter (1915), Chris Isaak (1956), Tippi Hedren (1930), Thomas Friedman (1953), H. H. Holmes (1861), and John Huston (1906).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, John Hinckley Jr. ranks 15. Before him are Ted Kaczynski (1942), John Wayne Gacy (1942), Ed Gein (1906), Albert Fish (1870), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), and Frank Sheeran (1920). After him are H. H. Holmes (1861), Timothy McVeigh (1968), Jim Jones (1931), William Kemmler (1860), Butch Cassidy (1866), and Tex Watson (1945).

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