1870 - 1936
Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish (May 19, 1870 – January 16, 1936) was an American serial killer, child rapist, and cannibal. He was also known as the Gray Man, the Werewolf of Wysteria, the Brooklyn Vampire, the Moon Maniac, and The Boogey Man. Fish once boasted that he "had children in every state", and at one time stated his number of victims was about 100. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Fish has received more than 7,042,314 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Albert Fish is the 18th most popular extremist, the 378th most popular biography from United States (down from 367th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Extremist.
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Among extremists, Albert Fish ranks 18 out of 205. Before him are Andrei Chikatilo, Ed Gein, Ramón Mercader, Ulrike Meinhof, Ted Kaczynski, and Zodiac Killer. After him are Abdullah Öcalan, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Charles Ponzi, Cleon, Machine Gun Kelly, and Jim Jones.
1936 - 1994
HPI: 78.03
Rank: 12
1906 - 1984
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 13
1913 - 1978
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 14
1934 - 1976
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 15
1942 - Present
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 16
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 17
1870 - 1936
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 18
1949 - Present
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 19
1971 - 2019
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 20
1882 - 1949
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 21
450 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 22
1895 - 1954
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 23
1931 - 1978
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 24
Among people born in 1870, Albert Fish ranks 9. Before him are Alfred Adler, Christian X of Denmark, Franz Lehár, Adolf Loos, William G. Morgan, and Jean Baptiste Perrin. After him are Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Jules Bordet, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Lavr Kornilov, Ivan Bunin, and Louis II, Prince of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1936, Albert Fish ranks 12. Before him are Lu Xun, Oswald Spengler, Lev Kamenev, Ferdinand Tönnies, Luigi Pirandello, and Grigory Zinoviev. After him are G. K. Chesterton, Miguel de Unamuno, Alexander Glazunov, Eleftherios Venizelos, Louis Blériot, and Grazia Deledda.
1870 - 1937
HPI: 83.57
Rank: 3
1870 - 1947
HPI: 77.81
Rank: 4
1870 - 1948
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 5
1870 - 1933
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 6
1870 - 1942
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 7
1870 - 1942
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 8
1870 - 1936
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 9
1870 - 1950
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 10
1870 - 1961
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 11
1870 - 1930
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 12
1870 - 1918
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 13
1870 - 1953
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 14
1870 - 1949
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 15
1881 - 1936
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 6
1880 - 1936
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 7
1883 - 1936
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 8
1855 - 1936
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 9
1867 - 1936
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 10
1883 - 1936
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 11
1870 - 1936
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 12
1874 - 1936
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 13
1864 - 1936
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 14
1865 - 1936
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 15
1864 - 1936
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 16
1872 - 1936
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 17
1871 - 1936
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 18
Among people born in United States, Albert Fish ranks 378 out of 15,968. Before him are Gertrude Stein (1874), Sydney Pollack (1934), Art Garfunkel (1941), Steve Ballmer (1956), Jefferson Davis (1808), and Arthur Compton (1892). After him are George Armstrong Custer (1839), Calvin Klein (1942), Dian Fossey (1932), Tim Burton (1958), Dennis Hopper (1936), and Carl David Anderson (1905).
1874 - 1946
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 372
1934 - 2008
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 373
1941 - Present
HPI: 75.60
Rank: 374
1956 - Present
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 375
1808 - 1889
HPI: 75.58
Rank: 376
1892 - 1962
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 377
1870 - 1936
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 378
1839 - 1876
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 379
1942 - Present
HPI: 75.55
Rank: 380
1932 - 1985
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 381
1958 - Present
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 382
1936 - 2010
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 383
1905 - 1991
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 384
Among extremists born in United States, Albert Fish ranks 8. Before him are John Wilkes Booth (1838), Ted Bundy (1946), Lee Harvey Oswald (1939), Ed Gein (1906), Ted Kaczynski (1942), and Zodiac Killer (1940). After him are Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Jim Jones (1931), John Wayne Gacy (1942), H. H. Holmes (1861), Barry Seal (1939), and Butch Cassidy (1866).
1838 - 1865
HPI: 84.67
Rank: 2
1946 - 1989
HPI: 80.85
Rank: 3
1939 - 1963
HPI: 80.09
Rank: 4
1906 - 1984
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 5
1942 - Present
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 6
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 7
1870 - 1936
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 8
1895 - 1954
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 9
1931 - 1978
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 10
1942 - 1994
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 11
1861 - 1896
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 12
1939 - Present
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 13
1866 - 1908
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 14