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Joseph Paul Franklin

1950 - 2013

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Joseph Paul Franklin (born James Clayton Vaughn Jr.; April 13, 1950 – November 20, 2013) was an American serial killer and white supremacist who engaged in a murder spree spanning the late 1970s and early 1980s. Franklin was convicted of several murders and received seven life sentences, as well as one death sentence. He also confessed to the attempted murders of magazine publisher and pornographer Larry Flynt in 1978 and civil rights activist Vernon Jordan in 1980. Both survived their injuries, but Flynt was left permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Paul Franklin is the 241st most popular extremist (down from 233rd in 2019), the 8,854th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,784th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Joseph Paul Franklin ranks 241 out of 283. Before him are Dawood Ibrahim, Abubakar Shekau, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, Marshall Applewhite, Warren Jeffs, and Zacarias Moussaoui. After him are Francis Parker Yockey, Javed Iqbal, Abdul Quader Molla, Yang Xinhai, Richard B. Spencer, and Yvan Colonna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Joseph Paul Franklin ranks 484. Before him are Kenzo Suzuki, Tadeusz Ślusarski, Alan Sorrenti, Evgeny Sveshnikov, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and Theo Custers. After him are Willie Colón, Bertrand Meyer, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Roland Andersson, Géza Csapó, and Han Berger. Among people deceased in 2013, Joseph Paul Franklin ranks 387. Before him are Regina Bianchi, Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Amar Bose, Stan Musial, Costică Ștefănescu, and Taisia Chenchik. After him are Chico Hamilton, Ebbe Parsner, Ronnie Ray Smith, Chrissy Amphlett, Gerard Cieślik, and Eero Kolehmainen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Paul Franklin ranks 8,856 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce Abbott (1954), Adolph Kiefer (1918), Lewis Cass (1782), Kevin Dobson (1943), CM Punk (1978), and Paul Heyman (1965). After him are Chico Hamilton (1921), S. Epatha Merkerson (1952), Samantha Mathis (1970), Scott Turow (1949), Kevin Dillon (1965), and George Deukmejian (1928).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Joseph Paul Franklin ranks 83. Before him are Mildred Gillars (1900), Frank James (1843), Christopher Scarver (1969), Ottis Toole (1947), Marshall Applewhite (1931), and Warren Jeffs (1955). After him are Francis Parker Yockey (1917), Richard B. Spencer (1978), Eric Rudolph (1966), Jared Fogle (1977), James Holmes (1987), and Amy Fisher (1974).

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