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Louis Farrakhan

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Louis Farrakhan (; born Louis Eugene Walcott; May 11, 1933) is an American religious leader who heads the Nation of Islam (NOI), an organization which combines black nationalism and Islamic teachings. Prior to joining the NOI, Farrakhan was a calypso singer who used the stage name Calypso Gene. Early in his career, he served as the minister of mosques in Boston and Harlem and was appointed to the post of National Representative of the Nation of Islam by then-NOI leader Elijah Muhammad. He adopted the name Louis X before being named Louis Farrakhan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Farrakhan is the 183rd most popular extremist (down from 160th in 2019), the 4,737th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,525th in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Louis Farrakhan ranks 183 out of 283. Before him are Jonathan Wild, Viktor Bout, Joaquin Murrieta, Ahmad Sa'adat, Perkin Warbeck, and Abu Ayyub al-Masri. After him are Tsutomu Miyazaki, Dean Corll, Radislav Krstić, Yigal Amir, Béla Kiss, and Jan-Carl Raspe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Louis Farrakhan ranks 231. Before him are Mary Ure, Julieta Serrano, Egil Danielsen, Syd Mead, Carlos Correia, and Maximilian, Margrave of Baden. After him are Romuald Klim, Justo Tejada, Mark Eyskens, Madhubala, René Burri, and Lynn Cohen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Farrakhan ranks 4,737 out of 20,380. Before him are Misha Collins (1974), Douglas Tompkins (1943), Huey Long (1893), Jay Wright Forrester (1918), Jim Thorpe (1887), and Donna Tartt (1963). After him are Lunalilo (1835), Roy Ayers (1940), Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Kenneth Anger (1927), Stephen Tobolowsky (1951), and David J. Griffiths (1942).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Louis Farrakhan ranks 61. Before him are Andrew Cunanan (1969), Richard Chase (1950), Nancy Spungen (1958), Jerry Brudos (1939), Ross Ulbricht (1984), and Baby Face Nelson (1908). After him are Dean Corll (1939), Herbert Mullin (1947), Bugs Moran (1893), Carl Panzram (1892), Patty Hearst (1954), and Mary Surratt (1823).

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