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Timothy McVeigh

1968 - 2001

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Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was an American domestic terrorist who masterminded and perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The bombing itself killed 167 people (including 19 children), injured 684 people, and destroyed one-third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. A rescue worker was killed after the bombing when debris struck her head, bringing the total to 168 killed. It remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Timothy McVeigh is the 40th most popular extremist (up from 46th in 2019), the 1,100th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,080th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Extremist.

Timothy McVeigh is most famous for bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. He was convicted of the bombing and executed by lethal injection on June 11, 2001.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Timothy McVeigh ranks 40 out of 283. Before him are Charles Ponzi, Anders Behring Breivik, John Hinckley Jr., H. H. Holmes, Robert-François Damiens, and Luis Carrero Blanco. After him are Otto Ohlendorf, Andreas Baader, Issei Sagawa, Peter Kürten, Nedeljko Čabrinović, and George Habash.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Timothy McVeigh ranks 12. Before him are Marine Le Pen, Anastacia, Daniel Craig, Scott Morrison, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Didier Deschamps. After him are Hugh Jackman, Davor Šuker, Lisa Marie Presley, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Tito Vilanova. Among people deceased in 2001, Timothy McVeigh ranks 31. Before him are Ernst Gombrich, Nikolay Basov, Morris, William Hanna, Marie José of Belgium, and Donald J. Cram. After him are Masao Ono, Robert Ludlum, Carroll O'Connor, Douglas Adams, Mohamed Atta, and Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Timothy McVeigh ranks 1,100 out of 20,380. Before him are John Archibald Wheeler (1911), Gene Wilder (1933), Lee Radziwill (1933), Kris Kristofferson (1936), Chris Gardner (1954), and George Whipple (1878). After him are Robert Crippen (1937), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), Marla Maples (1963), John Cassavetes (1929), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), and Robert H. Grubbs (1942).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Timothy McVeigh ranks 17. Before him are Ed Gein (1906), Albert Fish (1870), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Frank Sheeran (1920), John Hinckley Jr. (1955), and H. H. Holmes (1861). After him are Jim Jones (1931), William Kemmler (1860), Butch Cassidy (1866), Tex Watson (1945), Gary Gilmore (1940), and Dennis Rader (1945).

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