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Marshall Applewhite

1931 - 1997

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Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr. (May 17, 1931 – March 26, 1997), also known as Do, among other names, was an American religious leader who founded and led the Heaven's Gate new religious movement (often described as a cult), and organized their mass suicide in 1997. The suicide is the largest mass suicide to occur inside the U.S. As a young man, Applewhite attended several universities and served in the United States Army. He initially pursued a career in education until he resigned from the University of St. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Marshall Applewhite is the 240th most popular extremist (down from 219th in 2024), the 8,467th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,231st in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Marshall Applewhite ranks 240 out of 283. Before him are Robert Pickton, John Bodkin Adams, Édouard Vaillant, Dawood Ibrahim, Abubakar Shekau, and Nguyễn Văn Trỗi. After him are Warren Jeffs, Richard Jewell, Zacarias Moussaoui, Joseph Paul Franklin, Francis Parker Yockey, and Javed Iqbal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Marshall Applewhite ranks 460. Before him are Giovanni Battista Rabino, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Sonny Clark, Marina Popovich, Pierre Chambon, and Mitzi Gaynor. After him are Norman Mineta, Virginia McKenna, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, Věra Suková, Nelly Kaplan, and Maxine Singer. Among people deceased in 1997, Marshall Applewhite ranks 248. Before him are Matti Sippala, Spartaco Bandinelli, Michael Manley, Abdelkader Ben Bouali, Aleksandr Ivanov, and Ferenc Sipos. After him are Julio Musimessi, Ben Hogan, Sidney Darlington, Jacques Pollet, Ngiratkel Etpison, and Georgi Yumatov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marshall Applewhite ranks 8,469 out of 20,380. Before him are Mike D'Antoni (1951), George Murdock (1897), Andrew Cuomo (1957), Frank Hussey (1905), Darryl Jones (1961), and Kenny Drew (1928). After him are Terry Kinney (1954), Dorothy Cheney (1916), John Wooden (1910), Jackie DeShannon (1941), John Morton (1725), and Michael Nesmith (1942).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Marshall Applewhite ranks 82. Before him are Robert Berdella (1949), William Bonin (1947), Mildred Gillars (1900), Frank James (1843), Christopher Scarver (1969), and Ottis Toole (1947). After him are Warren Jeffs (1955), Richard Jewell (1962), Joseph Paul Franklin (1950), Francis Parker Yockey (1917), Richard B. Spencer (1978), and Eric Rudolph (1966).

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