James Earl Ray

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James Earl Ray

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James Earl Ray - American criminal, convicted for the murder of civil rights activist and Nobel peace prize laureate Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. This person is the 3340th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of people. Article “James Earl Ray” in Simple English Wikipedia has 37.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 13 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Achievements in all the time:
Global Wikipedia:
The 3340th most popular in people.

Since the creation of article “James Earl Ray”, its content was written by 21 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1625 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

James Earl Ray is on the 3340th place in global ranking of people on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 16 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 698 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #256 in June 2024
  • Global: #2212 in January 2019

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #4405 in January 2022
  • Global: #536 in April 2018

There are 31 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
James Earl Ray
76.1083
2Serbian (sr)
Џејмс Ерл Реј
42.2441
3German (de)
James Earl Ray
39.8801
4Simple English (simple)
James Earl Ray
37.6799
5Danish (da)
James Earl Ray
33.3625
6Arabic (ar)
جيمس إيرل راي
32.6763
7Norwegian (no)
James Earl Ray
32.3495
8Portuguese (pt)
James Earl Ray
27.5522
9Italian (it)
James Earl Ray
27.1924
10Ukrainian (uk)
Джеймс Ерл Рей
26.7557
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "James Earl Ray" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
James Earl Ray
18 947 507
2German (de)
James Earl Ray
1 236 702
3French (fr)
James Earl Ray
979 671
4Russian (ru)
Рэй, Джеймс Эрл
717 215
5Spanish (es)
James Earl Ray
692 598
6Portuguese (pt)
James Earl Ray
499 353
7Japanese (ja)
ジェームズ・アール・レイ
373 125
8Polish (pl)
James Earl Ray
299 884
9Dutch (nl)
James Earl Ray
275 388
10Italian (it)
James Earl Ray
245 272
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "James Earl Ray" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
James Earl Ray
56 843
2German (de)
James Earl Ray
3 224
3Spanish (es)
James Earl Ray
1 827
4Russian (ru)
Рэй, Джеймс Эрл
1 738
5French (fr)
James Earl Ray
1 726
6Japanese (ja)
ジェームズ・アール・レイ
1 559
7Portuguese (pt)
James Earl Ray
1 142
8Italian (it)
James Earl Ray
840
9Polish (pl)
James Earl Ray
679
10Dutch (nl)
James Earl Ray
489
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "James Earl Ray" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
James Earl Ray
753
2German (de)
James Earl Ray
119
3French (fr)
James Earl Ray
109
4Dutch (nl)
James Earl Ray
63
5Russian (ru)
Рэй, Джеймс Эрл
57
6Hebrew (he)
ג'יימס ארל ריי
44
7Danish (da)
James Earl Ray
42
8Spanish (es)
James Earl Ray
42
9Italian (it)
James Earl Ray
42
10Swedish (sv)
James Earl Ray
36
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "James Earl Ray" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
James Earl Ray
8
2Arabic (ar)
جيمس إيرل راي
2
3Basque (eu)
James Earl Ray
1
4Catalan (ca)
James Earl Ray
0
5Czech (cs)
James Earl Ray
0
6Danish (da)
James Earl Ray
0
7German (de)
James Earl Ray
0
8Esperanto (eo)
James Earl Ray
0
9Spanish (es)
James Earl Ray
0
10Estonian (et)
James Earl Ray
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "James Earl Ray" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
James Earl Ray
292
2French (fr)
James Earl Ray
54
3Italian (it)
James Earl Ray
27
4German (de)
James Earl Ray
26
5Portuguese (pt)
James Earl Ray
26
6Spanish (es)
James Earl Ray
23
7Dutch (nl)
James Earl Ray
22
8Swedish (sv)
James Earl Ray
22
9Hebrew (he)
ג'יימס ארל ריי
20
10Polish (pl)
James Earl Ray
20
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
جيمس إيرل راي
caCatalan
James Earl Ray
csCzech
James Earl Ray
daDanish
James Earl Ray
deGerman
James Earl Ray
enEnglish
James Earl Ray
eoEsperanto
James Earl Ray
esSpanish
James Earl Ray
etEstonian
James Earl Ray
euBasque
James Earl Ray
faPersian
جیمز ارل ری
fiFinnish
James Earl Ray
frFrench
James Earl Ray
heHebrew
ג'יימס ארל ריי
hyArmenian
Ջեյմս Էրլ Ռեյ
idIndonesian
James Earl Ray
itItalian
James Earl Ray
jaJapanese
ジェームズ・アール・レイ
koKorean
제임스 얼 레이
nlDutch
James Earl Ray
noNorwegian
James Earl Ray
plPolish
James Earl Ray
ptPortuguese
James Earl Ray
ruRussian
Рэй, Джеймс Эрл
simpleSimple English
James Earl Ray
slSlovenian
James Earl Ray
srSerbian
Џејмс Ерл Реј
svSwedish
James Earl Ray
ukUkrainian
Джеймс Ерл Рей
viVietnamese
James Earl Ray
zhChinese
詹姆斯·厄尔·雷

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#4405
01.2022
Global:
#536
04.2018

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#256
06.2024
Global:
#2212
01.2019

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on James Earl Ray from Wikipedia articles about Martin Luther King Jr., Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., John Edward Douglas, FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and Barkley Marathons. Whereas reading the article about James Earl Ray people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Loyd Jowers, Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., George Wallace, Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories and Martin Luther King Jr..

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 1 July 2026

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