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Rodney Alcala

1943 - 2021

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Rodney James Alcala (born Rodrigo Jacques Alcala; August 23, 1943 – July 24, 2021), also known as John Berger and John Burger, was an American serial killer and convicted sex offender who was sentenced to death in California for five murders committed between 1977 and 1979. He pleaded guilty and received a sentence of twenty-five years to life for two further murders committed in New York State. He was also indicted for one murder in Wyoming, although the charges filed there were dropped. While Alcala has been conclusively linked to nine murders, the true number of victims remains unknown and could be as high as 130. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rodney Alcala is the 66th most popular extremist (up from 128th in 2019), the 1,643rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,862nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Extremist.

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Among extremists, Rodney Alcala ranks 66 out of 283. Before him are Dennis Rader, Edmund Kemper, Fritz Haarmann, Tommaso Buscetta, Henri Désiré Landru, and Aileen Wuornos. After him are Marvin Heemeyer, Jordan Belfort, Marc Dutroux, Boris Savinkov, Carlo Gambino, and Jean II, Duke of Alençon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Rodney Alcala ranks 93. Before him are Barbara Bouchet, Chantal Mouffe, Oskar Lafontaine, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Mohammed Badie, and Wanda Rutkiewicz. After him are Piet Keizer, Roy Andersson, Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Ken Thompson, Colin Baker, and Jean-Claude Killy. Among people deceased in 2021, Rodney Alcala ranks 74. Before him are Phil Spector, Norman Lloyd, Giampiero Boniperti, Edward de Bono, Edita Gruberová, and Milva. After him are Kenneth Kaunda, Hal Holbrook, Lina Wertmüller, Abimael Guzmán, Anne Rice, and Larry King.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rodney Alcala ranks 1,643 out of 20,380. Before him are W. Edwards Deming (1900), Lyonel Feininger (1871), Dave Brubeck (1920), Aileen Wuornos (1956), Gloria Gaynor (1947), and Roy O. Disney (1893). After him are John B. Kelly Sr. (1889), Dirk Benedict (1945), Charles Ives (1874), Mike Portnoy (1967), Mike DeWine (1947), and Hal Holbrook (1925).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Rodney Alcala ranks 26. Before him are Butch Cassidy (1866), Tex Watson (1945), Gary Gilmore (1940), Dennis Rader (1945), Edmund Kemper (1948), and Aileen Wuornos (1956). After him are Marvin Heemeyer (1951), Jordan Belfort (1962), Axeman of New Orleans (null), George Jung (1942), Barry Seal (1939), and Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951).

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