1956 - 2002
Aileen Carol Wuornos (; born Pittman; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer. In 1989–1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, she shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients. Wuornos claimed that her clients had either raped or attempted to rape her, and that the homicides of the men were committed in self-defense. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aileen Wuornos has received more than 17,727,190 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Aileen Wuornos is the 91st most popular extremist (down from 68th in 2019), the 1,998th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,378th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Extremist.
Aileen Wuornos is most famous for being a serial killer who murdered seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990.
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Among extremists, Aileen Wuornos ranks 91 out of 209. Before her are Anders Behring Breivik, Pedro López, Harold Shipman, Frank Nitti, Susan Atkins, and Wilhelm Voigt. After her are Matija Gubec, David Berkowitz, Michel Fourniret, Jacques Mesrine, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Whitey Bulger.
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 85
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 86
1946 - 2004
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 87
1886 - 1943
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 88
1948 - 2009
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 89
1849 - 1922
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 90
1956 - 2002
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 91
1538 - 1573
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 92
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 93
1942 - 2021
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 94
1936 - 1979
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 95
1966 - 2006
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 96
1929 - 2018
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 97
Among people born in 1956, Aileen Wuornos ranks 56. Before her are Ravi Shankar, Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Michele Alboreto, Min Aung Hlaing, Michael Biehn, and Dave Murray. After her are Khaled Mashal, Krystian Zimerman, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Joan Allen, Almazbek Atambayev, and Abdalla Hamdok. Among people deceased in 2002, Aileen Wuornos ranks 66. Before her are Agatha Barbara, Pierre Werner, Sohn Kee-chung, Hugo Banzer, Abba Eban, and Joaquín Balaguer. After her are Infanta Beatriz of Spain, François Périer, John Entwistle, John Frankenheimer, Geraldine of Albania, and Choi Hong Hi.
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 50
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 51
1956 - 2001
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 52
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 53
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 54
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 55
1956 - 2002
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 56
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 57
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 58
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 59
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 60
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 61
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 62
1923 - 2002
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 60
1913 - 2002
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 61
1912 - 2002
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 62
1926 - 2002
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 63
1915 - 2002
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 64
1906 - 2002
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 65
1956 - 2002
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 66
1909 - 2002
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 67
1919 - 2002
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 68
1944 - 2002
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 69
1930 - 2002
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 70
1915 - 2002
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 71
1918 - 2002
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 72
Among people born in United States, Aileen Wuornos ranks 1,998 out of 18,182. Before her are Tom Hulce (1953), David Crosby (1941), Phil Ochs (1940), Robert Ryan (1909), George Kelly (1905), and Henry King (1886). After her are Martin Kove (1946), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Harlow Shapley (1885), George Lakoff (1941), John Landis (1950), and Peter Criss (1945).
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 1,992
1941 - 2023
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,993
1940 - 1976
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,994
1909 - 1973
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,995
1905 - 1967
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,996
1886 - 1982
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,997
1956 - 2002
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,998
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 1,999
1904 - 1971
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 2,000
1885 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 2,001
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 2,002
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 2,003
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 2,004
Among extremists born in United States, Aileen Wuornos ranks 29. Before her are Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Ma Barker (1873), Richard Ramirez (1960), James Earl Ray (1928), Gary Ridgway (1949), and Susan Atkins (1948). After her are David Berkowitz (1953), Whitey Bulger (1929), Charles Whitman (1941), Delphine LaLaurie (1787), Andrew Cunanan (1969), and Baby Face Nelson (1908).
1936 - 2001
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 23
1873 - 1935
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 24
1960 - 2013
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 25
1928 - 1998
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 26
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 27
1948 - 2009
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 28
1956 - 2002
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 29
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 30
1929 - 2018
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 31
1941 - 1966
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 32
1787 - 1849
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 33
1969 - 1997
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 34
1908 - 1934
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 35