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Ruth Ellis

British murderer and last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom

1926 - 1955

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Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruth Ellis is the 741st most popular companion, the 3,102nd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 59th most popular British Companion.

Ruth Ellis became the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom after fatally shooting her abusive lover David Blakely. On Easter Sunday 10 April 1955 she shot Blakely dead outside The Magdala public house in Hampstead London. In 2026 Ellis was conditionally pardoned commuting her sentence from execution to life imprisonment.

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Ruth Ellis's biography spans 20 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 58.21.

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Among Companions

Among companions, Ruth Ellis ranks 741 out of 818. Before her are Mastani, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg, Synadene, Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir, Nazikeda Kadın, and Berengaria of León. After her are Margaret of L'Aigle, Antigone Costanda, Kim Yoon-ok, Galina Lukashenko, Lucretia Garfield, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Ruth Ellis ranks 276. Before her are Robert Ballaman, Heriberto Herrera, Erich Juskowiak, Pascual Pérez, Otto Graf Lambsdorff, and Lev Dyomin. After her are Genrich Altshuller, Tadeusz Konwicki, Alfreda Markowska, Giancarlo Bergamini, José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, and Shigeru Kayano. Among people deceased in 1955, Ruth Ellis ranks 112. Before her are Jack McGrath, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, Hamida Javanshir, William R. Orthwein, Tetsuzō Iwamoto, and Helena Roerich. After her are Martha Norelius, Ona Munson, Karl Hofer, František Janda-Suk, Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich, and Willi Baumeister.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ruth Ellis ranks 3,102 out of 9,870. Before her are Jim Ratcliffe (1952), Paul Nurse (1949), Imogen Heap (1977), John Playfair (1748), Lady Sarah Chatto (1964), and Christopher O'Neill (1974). After her are Matthew Locke (1621), Laura Mulvey (1941), Janet Baker (1933), Robin Milner (1934), Ronald Speirs (1920), and Philip Stone (1924).

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Among Companions In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Ruth Ellis ranks 59. Before her are Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269), Ælfgifu of Northampton (990), Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece (1968), Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210), Edith Tolkien (1889), and Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261). After her are John Brown (1826), Maureen Starkey Tigrett (1946), Eanflæd (626), Euphemia de Ross (1333), and Carrie Johnson (1988).

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