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Whitey Bulger

1929 - 2018

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James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger Jr. ( ; September 3, 1929 – October 30, 2018) was an American organized crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish mob group based in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, northwest of Boston. On December 23, 1994, Bulger went into hiding after his former FBI handler, John Connolly, tipped him off about a pending RICO indictment against him. He remained at large for 16 years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Whitey Bulger is the 146th most popular extremist (down from 94th in 2019), the 3,480th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,924th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Extremist.

Whitey Bulger is most famous for being an Irish-American mobster who became a government informant and was a fugitive from the law for 16 years before being captured in 2011.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Whitey Bulger ranks 146 out of 283. Before him are Eugen Weidmann, Frank Nitti, Baruch Goldstein, Patricia Krenwinkel, Dennis Nilsen, and Sante Geronimo Caserio. After him are Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, Josef Blösche, Stephen Paddock, Fred West, Alexandros Koryzis, and Marcus Fulvius Flaccus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Whitey Bulger ranks 176. Before him are Kiki Håkansson, Carlos Lacoste, Vic Morrow, Jeremy Thorpe, Anne Ramsey, and Ferenc Mohácsi. After him are David Doyle, Benny Golson, David Kelly, Nargis, Zeca Afonso, and Fred Sinowatz. Among people deceased in 2018, Whitey Bulger ranks 143. Before him are Serge Dassault, Aharon Appelfeld, Dennis Nilsen, Lill-Babs, Michael Anderson, and Peter G. Peterson. After him are June Whitfield, Roger Piantoni, Oleg Tabakov, Venantino Venantini, Neil Simon, and Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Whitey Bulger ranks 3,480 out of 20,380. Before him are Anne Ramsey (1929), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950), Jennifer Beals (1963), Will Patton (1954), John DeLorean (1925), and Lizzie Borden (1860). After him are Derrick Rose (1988), Mary Astor (1906), Ralph Craig (1889), Ed Sullivan (1901), James Turrell (1943), and Walker Evans (1903).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Whitey Bulger ranks 49. Before him are David Berkowitz (1953), Delphine LaLaurie (1787), Robert Hansen (1939), Aldrich Ames (1941), Baruch Goldstein (1956), and Patricia Krenwinkel (1947). After him are Stephen Paddock (1953), Joseph Valachi (1904), Samuel Little (1940), Charles Whitman (1941), Sam Giancana (1908), and Andrew Cunanan (1969).

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