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Armin Meiwes

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Armin Meiwes (German: [ˈmaɪvəs]; born 1 December 1961) is a German former computer repair technician who received international attention for murdering and eating a voluntary victim in 2001, whom he had found via the Internet. After Meiwes and the victim jointly attempted to eat the victim's severed penis, Meiwes murdered his victim and proceeded to eat a large amount of his flesh. He was arrested in December 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Armin Meiwes has received more than 5,883,544 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Armin Meiwes is the 83rd most popular extremist (down from 82nd in 2019), the 1,486th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,491st in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Extremist.

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  • 58.97

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Armin Meiwes ranks 83 out of 283. Before him are Ma Barker, Emperor Norton, Wadie Haddad, Matija Gubec, James Earl Ray, and Vincenzo Peruggia. After him are Robert-François Damiens, Sada Abe, Anders Behring Breivik, Susan Atkins, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, and Fritz Honka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Armin Meiwes ranks 48. Before him are Karl von Habsburg, Andy Lau, Macky Sall, Ricky Gervais, Ben Johnson, and Lisa Gerrard. After him are Ian Rush, Aziz Akhannouch, Daniele Massaro, Wayne Gretzky, Walter Mazzarri, and Arnaldur Indriðason.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Armin Meiwes ranks 1,486 out of 7,253. Before him are Robert Siodmak (1900), Karl Eberhard Schöngarth (1903), Albert Bierstadt (1830), Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1758), Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1784), and Mechtilde (1241). After him are Nicolaus von Below (1907), Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach (1682), Richard Z. Kruspe (1967), Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887), and Rupert of Salzburg (650).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Germany

Among extremists born in Germany, Armin Meiwes ranks 10. Before him are Andreas Baader (1943), Peter Kürten (1883), Fritz Haarmann (1879), Gudrun Ensslin (1940), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), and Willi Herold (1925). After him are Fritz Honka (1935), Oskar Gröning (1921), Johann Rattenhuber (1897), Monika Ertl (1937), Therese Brandl (1902), and Eugen Weidmann (1908).

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