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Nancy Spungen

1958 - 1978

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Nancy Laura Spungen (; February 27, 1958 – October 12, 1978) was the American girlfriend of English musician Sid Vicious and a figure of the 1970s punk rock scene. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Spungen was an emotionally disturbed child who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 15. After being expelled from college, she moved to New York City and became a stripper. Known for being a groupie, she flew to London in December 1976 at the height of the punk rock movement, where she became involved with Vicious, the bassist for the Sex Pistols. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Spungen is the 165th most popular extremist (up from 171st in 2019), the 4,192nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,991st in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Nancy Spungen ranks 165 out of 283. Before her are Samuel Little, Charles Whitman, Sam Giancana, Luciano Moggi, Andrew Cunanan, and Richard Chase. After her are Cleveland Torso Murderer, Mary Bell, Eugène Terre'Blanche, Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Jerry Brudos, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Nancy Spungen ranks 124. Before her are Andy Gibb, Miranda Richardson, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Samira Said, Steve Guttenberg, and Anatoli Boukreev. After her are Natalya Estemirova, Didier Reynders, Yoshito Usui, Hiroshi Yoshida, Kevin Sorbo, and Gennady Padalka. Among people deceased in 1978, Nancy Spungen ranks 112. Before her are Gig Young, Carlos Chávez, Ivan Tyulenev, Jean Acker, Lucius D. Clay, and Mária Mednyánszky. After her are Henryk Zygalski, Semyon Krivoshein, Hans Stuck, Bernhard Karlgren, Costante Girardengo, and Juan Evaristo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Spungen ranks 4,192 out of 20,380. Before her are Black Hawk (1767), Richard Wright (1908), Douglas G. Hurley (1966), Ralph Nader (1934), Conan O'Brien (1963), and Richard Chase (1950). After her are Chris O'Donnell (1970), Gordon Mitchell (1923), George Mikan (1924), David Huddleston (1930), Charles Barton (1902), and George Dewey (1837).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Nancy Spungen ranks 57. Before her are Joseph Valachi (1904), Samuel Little (1940), Charles Whitman (1941), Sam Giancana (1908), Andrew Cunanan (1969), and Richard Chase (1950). After her are Jerry Brudos (1939), Ross Ulbricht (1984), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Louis Farrakhan (1933), Dean Corll (1939), and Herbert Mullin (1947).

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