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Seung-Hui Cho

1984 - 2007

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Seung-Hui Cho (; Korean: 조승희; [tɕo sɯŋhi] ; January 18, 1984 – April 16, 2007) was a South Korean mass murderer who perpetrated the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. Cho killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols on April 16, 2007, at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. This killing is the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, and was at the time the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. A senior-level undergraduate student of creative writing at the university, Cho died by suicide after police breached the doors of Virginia Tech's Norris Hall which Cho had locked with heavy chains, where most of the shooting had taken place. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seung-Hui Cho is the 268th most popular extremist (down from 251st in 2019), the 772nd most popular biography from South Korea (down from 499th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Korean Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Seung-Hui Cho ranks 268 out of 283Before him are Moses Sithole, Wail al-Shehri, Atefeh Sahaaleh, James Holmes, Colin Pitchfork, and Baitullah Mehsud. After him are Hamza al-Ghamdi, Satam al-Suqami, Beverley Allitt, Mohammed Bijeh, Waleed al-Shehri, and Amy Fisher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Seung-Hui Cho ranks 492Before him are Artsvik, Darío Cvitanich, Masoud Shojaei, Sofia Arvidsson, Deron Williams, and Xavier Margairaz. After him are Rodri, Shoji Yamada, Andrew Bogut, Jane Zhang, Alysson Paradis, and Kyoko Yano. Among people deceased in 2007, Seung-Hui Cho ranks 423Before him are Cyprian Ekwensi, Phil O'Donnell, Jeroen Boere, Charles Nelson Reilly, Maria Cioncan, and Diego Corrales. After him are Barbara McNair, U;Nee, Barbara Gittings, Thomas Eagleton, Luther Ingram, and Derek Dougan.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Seung-Hui Cho ranks 772 out of 1,128Before him are Jung Ji-hyun (1983), Go Ah-sung (1992), Park Jung-ah (1981), Kim Sung-kyu (1989), Kim Young-chul (1976), and Solar (1991). After him are Kim Do-heon (1982), Doyoung (1996), Linda Park (1978), Lee Hae-ri (1985), B.I (1996), and Pak Se-ri (1977).

Among EXTREMISTS In South Korea

Among extremists born in South Korea, Seung-Hui Cho ranks 2Before him are Yoo Young-chul (1970).