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Mark David Chapman

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Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955) is an American man who murdered English musician John Lennon in New York City on December 8, 1980. As Lennon walked into the archway of The Dakota, his apartment building on the Upper West Side, Chapman fired five shots at the musician from a few yards away with a Charter Arms Undercover .38 Special revolver. Lennon was hit four times from the back. He was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mark David Chapman is the 20th most popular mafioso (down from 15th in 2019), the 1,337th most popular biography from United States (down from 838th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Mafioso.

Mark David Chapman is most famous for assassinating John Lennon.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Mark David Chapman ranks 20 out of 70. Before him are Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Frank Abagnale, Karl Gebhardt, Bernardo Provenzano, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and Wyatt Earp. After him are Vito Genovese, John Gotti, Semion Mogilevich, Ta Mok, Ned Kelly, and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Mark David Chapman ranks 53. Before him are Dodi Fayed, Marcelo Bielsa, J. K. Simmons, Shoko Asahara, Najib Mikati, and Brendan Gleeson. After him are Héctor Cúper, John Grisham, Roland Emmerich, Binali Yıldırım, Gary Sinise, and Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mark David Chapman ranks 1,337 out of 20,380. Before him are Horatio Alger (1832), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), William Daniel Phillips (1948), Carl Spaatz (1891), Mr. T (1952), and Willie Nelson (1933). After him are John Updike (1932), Mary Jackson (1921), Ray Kurzweil (1948), Usher (1978), John Fante (1909), and Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Mark David Chapman ranks 9. Before him are Frank Lucas (1930), Jesse James (1847), Jack Ruby (1911), John Dillinger (1903), Frank Abagnale (1948), and Wyatt Earp (1848). After him are John Gotti (1940), Lepke Buchalter (1897), Sundance Kid (1867), Mickey Cohen (1913), Vincent Gigante (1928), and Richard Kuklinski (1935).

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