1870 - 1936
Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish (May 19, 1870 – January 16, 1936) was an American serial killer, rapist, child molester and cannibal who committed at least three child murders between July 1924 and June 1928. He was also known as the Gray Man, the Werewolf of Wysteria, the Brooklyn Vampire, the Moon Maniac and the Boogey Man. Fish was a suspect in at least ten murders during his lifetime, although he only confessed to three murders that police were able to trace to a known homicide. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Fish has received more than 11,722,971 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Albert Fish is the 19th most popular extremist (down from 18th in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from United States (down from 378th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Extremist.
Albert Fish is most famous for being a serial killer and cannibal. Fish was born in 1870 and was executed in 1936. He killed at least 10 children and mutilated their bodies.
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Among extremists, Albert Fish ranks 19 out of 209. Before him are Andrei Chikatilo, Ramón Mercader, Abdullah Öcalan, Zodiac Killer, Ed Gein, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. After him are Ulrike Meinhof, Charles Ponzi, Ayman al-Zawahiri, John Wayne Gacy, Jim Jones, and Carlos the Jackal.
1936 - 1994
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 13
1913 - 1978
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 14
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 15
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 16
1906 - 1984
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 17
1971 - 2019
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 18
1870 - 1936
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 19
1934 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 20
1882 - 1949
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 21
1951 - 2022
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 22
1942 - 1994
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 23
1931 - 1978
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 24
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 25
Among people born in 1870, Albert Fish ranks 10. Before him are Franz Lehár, Christian X of Denmark, Adolf Loos, Jean Baptiste Perrin, Jules Bordet, and Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. After him are William G. Morgan, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Louis II, Prince of Monaco, Lavr Kornilov, Karl Renner, and Juho Kusti Paasikivi. Among people deceased in 1936, Albert Fish ranks 13. Before him are Luigi Pirandello, Lu Xun, Ferdinand Tönnies, Lev Kamenev, Grigory Zinoviev, and Eleftherios Venizelos. After him are G. K. Chesterton, Alexander Glazunov, Miguel de Unamuno, Fuad I of Egypt, Grazia Deledda, and Premchand.
1870 - 1948
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 4
1870 - 1947
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 5
1870 - 1933
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 6
1870 - 1942
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 7
1870 - 1961
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 8
1870 - 1950
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 9
1870 - 1936
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 10
1870 - 1942
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 11
1870 - 1930
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 12
1870 - 1949
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 13
1870 - 1918
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 14
1870 - 1950
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 15
1870 - 1956
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 16
1867 - 1936
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 7
1881 - 1936
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 8
1855 - 1936
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 9
1883 - 1936
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 10
1883 - 1936
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 11
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 12
1870 - 1936
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 13
1874 - 1936
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 14
1865 - 1936
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 15
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 16
1868 - 1936
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 17
1871 - 1936
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 18
1880 - 1936
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 19
Among people born in United States, Albert Fish ranks 424 out of 18,182. Before him are Dwayne Johnson (1972), Harold Ramis (1944), Colin Powell (1937), Alexander Calder (1898), John Tyler (1790), and Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959). After him are William G. Morgan (1870), Caitlyn Jenner (1949), Mike Tyson (1966), Frank Abagnale (1948), Willem Dafoe (1955), and Kip Thorne (1940).
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 418
1944 - 2014
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 419
1937 - 2021
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 420
1898 - 1976
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 421
1790 - 1862
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 422
1959 - 1997
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 423
1870 - 1936
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 424
1870 - 1942
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 425
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 426
1966 - Present
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 427
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 428
1955 - Present
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 429
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 430
Among extremists born in United States, Albert Fish ranks 8. Before him are Charles Manson (1934), Ted Bundy (1946), Lee Harvey Oswald (1939), Ted Kaczynski (1942), Zodiac Killer (1940), and Ed Gein (1906). After him are John Wayne Gacy (1942), Jim Jones (1931), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), H. H. Holmes (1861), William Kemmler (1860), and George Jung (1942).
1934 - 2017
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 2
1946 - 1989
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 3
1939 - 1963
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 4
1942 - 2023
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 6
1906 - 1984
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 7
1870 - 1936
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 8
1942 - 1994
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 9
1931 - 1978
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 10
1895 - 1954
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 11
1861 - 1896
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 12
1860 - 1890
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 13
1942 - 2021
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 14