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Joseph Kony

1961 - Today

Joseph Kony

Joseph Rao Kony (born September 1961) is a Ugandan militant and warlord who founded the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Peacekeepers, the European Union, and various other governments including the United Kingdom and United States. An Acholi, Kony served as an altar boy in his childhood. After the Ugandan Civil War, Kony participated in the subsequent insurgency against president Yoweri Museveni under the Holy Spirit Movement or the Uganda People's Democratic Army before founding the LRA in 1987. Aiming to create a Christian state based on dominion theology, Kony directed the multi-decade Lord's Resistance Army insurgency. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Kony is the 48th most popular extremist (down from 40th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Uganda (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Ugandan Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Joseph Kony ranks 48 out of 283. Before him are Andreas Baader, Issei Sagawa, Peter Kürten, Nedeljko Čabrinović, George Habash, and Nathuram Godse. After him are Jim Jones, Sawney Bean, William Kemmler, Abu Nidal, Mohamed Atta, and Butch Cassidy.

Most Popular Extremists in Wikipedia

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Andreas Baader
1943 - 1977
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 42
Issei Sagawa
1949 - 2022
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 43
Peter Kürten
1883 - 1931
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 44
Nedeljko Čabrinović
1895 - 1916
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 45
George Habash
1926 - 2008
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 46
Nathuram Godse
1910 - 1949
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 47
Joseph Kony
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 48
Jim Jones
1931 - 1978
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 49
Sawney Bean
1600 - 1600
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 50
William Kemmler
1860 - 1890
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 51
Abu Nidal
1937 - 2002
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 52
Mohamed Atta
1968 - 2001
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 53
Butch Cassidy
1866 - 1908
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 54

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Joseph Kony ranks 25. Before him are Peter Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Enya, Manu Chao, James Gandolfini, and Luis de la Fuente. After him are Wayne Gretzky, Carlos Valderrama, Nastassja Kinski, David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, Meg Ryan, and Forest Whitaker.

Others Born in 1961

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Peter Jackson
FILM DIRECTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 19
Robert Carlyle
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 20
Enya
SINGER
1961 - Present
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 21
Manu Chao
SINGER
1961 - Present
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 22
James Gandolfini
ACTOR
1961 - 2013
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 23
Luis de la Fuente
COACH
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 24
Joseph Kony
EXTREMIST
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 25
Wayne Gretzky
HOCKEY PLAYER
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 26
Carlos Valderrama
SOCCER PLAYER
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 27
Nastassja Kinski
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 28
David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon
BUSINESSPERSON
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 29
Meg Ryan
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 30
Forest Whitaker
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 31