1905 - 1992
Albert Pierrepoint (; 30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) was an English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father Henry and uncle Thomas were official hangmen before him. Pierrepoint was born in Clayton in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Pierrepoint has received more than 2,784,865 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Albert Pierrepoint is the 32nd most popular celebrity (up from 37th in 2019), the 850th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,074th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Celebrity.
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Among celebrities, Albert Pierrepoint ranks 32 out of 181. Before him are Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Don King, Rodney King, Jacques Mayol, Mary Mallon, and Kim Kardashian. After him are Blanche Monnier, Rosemary Kennedy, Besarion Jughashvili, Cecilia Gallerani, Edie Sedgwick, and Thérésa Tallien.
1942 - 2022
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 26
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 27
1965 - 2012
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 28
1927 - 2001
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 29
1869 - 1938
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 30
1980 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 31
1905 - 1992
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 32
1849 - 1913
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 33
1918 - 2005
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 34
1850 - 1909
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 35
1473 - 1536
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 36
1943 - 1971
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 37
1773 - 1835
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 38
Among people born in 1905, Albert Pierrepoint ranks 44. Before him are Ivan Serov, Fred Trump, Prince John of the United Kingdom, Harry Harlow, Otto Preminger, and Félix Houphouët-Boigny. After him are Takashi Shimura, Carl Gustav Hempel, Erwin Chargaff, Lale Andersen, Emmanuel Mounier, and Kurt Gerstein. Among people deceased in 1992, Albert Pierrepoint ranks 39. Before him are H. L. A. Hart, Kaysone Phomvihane, David Bohm, Sam Walton, Denny Hulme, and César Manrique. After him are Peter D. Mitchell, Joan Fuster, John Sturges, José Ferrer, Lev Gumilyov, and Denholm Elliott.
1905 - 1990
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 38
1905 - 1999
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 39
1905 - 1919
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 40
1905 - 1981
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 41
1905 - 1986
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 42
1905 - 1993
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 43
1905 - 1992
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 44
1905 - 1982
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 45
1905 - 1997
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 46
1905 - 2002
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 47
1905 - 1972
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 48
1905 - 1950
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 49
1905 - 1945
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 50
1907 - 1992
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 33
1920 - 1992
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 34
1992 - 1992
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 35
1918 - 1992
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 36
1936 - 1992
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 37
1919 - 1992
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 38
1905 - 1992
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 39
1920 - 1992
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 40
1922 - 1992
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 41
1910 - 1992
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 42
1912 - 1992
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 43
1912 - 1992
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 44
1922 - 1992
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 45
Among people born in United Kingdom, Albert Pierrepoint ranks 850 out of 7,765. Before him are Anthony James Leggett (1938), Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), John Cale (1942), John Cockcroft (1897), Damon Hill (1960), and Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671). After him are W. H. Auden (1907), Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), William Penn (1645), William John Macquorn Rankine (1820), and Billy Idol (1955).
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 844
1764 - 1845
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 845
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 846
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 847
1960 - Present
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 848
1671 - 1713
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 849
1905 - 1992
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 850
1907 - 1973
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 851
1881 - 1959
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 852
1889 - 1977
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 853
1645 - 1718
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 854
1820 - 1872
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 855
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 856
Among celebrities born in United Kingdom, Albert Pierrepoint ranks 5. Before him are Millvina Dean (1912), Joseph Merrick (1862), Mary Anning (1799), and Mary Mallon (1869). After him are Alice Keppel (1868), Christine Keeler (1942), Jane Morris (1839), Louise Brown (1978), and Domino Harvey (1969).
1912 - 2009
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 1
1862 - 1890
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 2
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 3
1869 - 1938
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 4
1905 - 1992
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 5
1868 - 1947
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 6
1942 - 2017
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 7
1839 - 1914
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 8
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 9
1969 - 2005
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 10