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Marvin Heemeyer

1951 - 2004

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Marvin John Heemeyer (October 28, 1951 – June 4, 2004) was an American man who demolished numerous buildings with a modified bulldozer in Granby, Colorado, in June 2004. Heemeyer's machine was posthumously labeled by some members of the media and later adopted by some of Heemeyer's supporters as the "Killdozer". Over about eighteen months, Heemeyer secretly armored a Komatsu D355A bulldozer with layers of steel and concrete. Granby town officials, neighbors of his muffler shop, the local press, and various other citizens of Granby had slighted Heemeyer in various ways, including imposing strict zoning rules which impeded Heemeyer's ability to operate his muffler repair shop. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marvin Heemeyer is the 68th most popular extremist (up from 228th in 2019), the 1,673rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,975th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Extremist.

Marvin Heemeyer was an American man from Granby, Colorado who became known for his brutal revenge rampage in 2004 when he upgraded a bulldozer with layers of steel armor and weaponry and demolished numerous buildings in the town after disputes with municipal officials. This notorious event, called the "Killdozer" rampage, drew national attention and made Heemeyer an infamous anti-government figure before he died by suicide inside the armored bulldozer.

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Among extremists, Marvin Heemeyer ranks 68 out of 283. Before him are Edmund Kemper, Fritz Haarmann, Tommaso Buscetta, Henri Désiré Landru, Aileen Wuornos, and Rodney Alcala. After him are Jordan Belfort, Marc Dutroux, Boris Savinkov, Carlo Gambino, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, and Sada Abe.

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Among people born in 1951, Marvin Heemeyer ranks 69. Before him are Nicu Ceaușescu, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Blaise Compaoré, Sergei Skripal, Patrick Allen, and Queen Noor of Jordan. After him are Mark Harmon, Fernando Lugo, Álvaro Colom, Jarmila Kratochvílová, Jaco Pastorius, and Ben Feringa. Among people deceased in 2004, Marvin Heemeyer ranks 45. Before him are Ingrid Thulin, John Pople, Thomas Klestil, Godfrey Hounsfield, Masanori Tokita, and Takeshi Kamo. After him are Matthäus Hetzenauer, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Saizo Saito, Andriyan Nikolayev, Otto Kumm, and Theo van Gogh.

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Among people born in United States, Marvin Heemeyer ranks 1,673 out of 20,380. Before him are Dwight Schultz (1947), Queen Noor of Jordan (1951), Rosemary Kennedy (1918), Eric Johnson (1954), Rubin Carter (1937), and Ken Thompson (1943). After him are Garry Marshall (1934), Michael Stuart Brown (1941), George Read (1733), Dean Reed (1938), Chris Columbus (1958), and Anne Rice (1941).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Marvin Heemeyer ranks 27. Before him are Tex Watson (1945), Gary Gilmore (1940), Dennis Rader (1945), Edmund Kemper (1948), Aileen Wuornos (1956), and Rodney Alcala (1943). After him are Jordan Belfort (1962), Axeman of New Orleans (null), George Jung (1942), Barry Seal (1939), Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951), and Susan Atkins (1948).

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