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Lee Harvey Oswald

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Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was a U.S. Marine veteran and Marxist activist who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963. Oswald was placed in juvenile detention at age 12 for truancy, during which he was assessed by a psychiatrist as "emotionally disturbed" due to a lack of normal family life. He attended 12 schools in his youth, quitting repeatedly, and at age 17 he joined the Marines, where he was court-martialed twice and jailed. In 1959, he was discharged from active duty into the Marine Corps Reserve, then flew to Europe and defected to the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Harvey Oswald is the 12th most popular extremist (down from 2nd in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from United States (down from 37th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Extremist.

Lee Harvey Oswald is most famous for assassinating President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Lee Harvey Oswald ranks 12 out of 283. Before him are Charles Manson, Zodiac Killer, Ted Bundy, Abdullah Öcalan, Herostratus, and Amon Göth. After him are Frederick Trump, Man in the Iron Mask, Gilles de Rais, Leon Czolgosz, Golden State Killer, and Ayman al-Zawahiri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Lee Harvey Oswald ranks 7. Before him are Ali Khamenei, Marvin Gaye, Terence Hill, Tina Turner, Francis Ford Coppola, and Ian McKellen. After him are Stanislav Petrov, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Peter Grünberg, Giovanni Trapattoni, Amos Oz, and Amanda Lear. Among people deceased in 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald ranks 11. Before him are Jean Cocteau, Georges Braque, Aldous Huxley, Robert Schuman, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Tristan Tzara. After him are C. S. Lewis, Ngo Dinh Diem, Thích Quảng Đức, Francis Poulenc, Abd el-Krim, and Theodor Heuss.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lee Harvey Oswald ranks 248 out of 20,380. Before him are Geronimo (1829), George Gershwin (1898), Gregory Peck (1916), Luis Walter Alvarez (1911), Tim Cook (1960), and Sharon Tate (1943). After him are Thomas Kuhn (1922), Cameron Diaz (1972), Olympias (-375), Barry White (1944), Charlton Heston (1923), and Eli Whitney (1765).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Lee Harvey Oswald ranks 5. Before him are John Wilkes Booth (1838), Charles Manson (1934), Zodiac Killer (1940), and Ted Bundy (1946). After him are Leon Czolgosz (1873), Golden State Killer (1945), Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), Ted Kaczynski (1942), John Wayne Gacy (1942), Ed Gein (1906), and Albert Fish (1870).

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