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Baby Face Nelson

1908 - 1934

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Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934), also known as George Nelson and Baby Face Nelson, was an American bank robber who became a criminal partner of John Dillinger, when he helped Dillinger escape from prison, in Crown Point, Indiana. Later, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that Nelson and the remaining gang of bank robbers were collectively "Public Enemy Number One". The "Baby Face Nelson" nickname derived from Gillis being a short man with a youthful appearance; however, in the professional realm, Gillis's fellow criminals addressed him as "Jimmy". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baby Face Nelson has received more than 4,896,557 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Baby Face Nelson is the 169th most popular extremist (down from 108th in 2019), the 3,861st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,400th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Baby Face Nelson ranks 169 out of 283. Before him are Saif al-Adel, Golden State Killer, Machine Gun Kelly, Mary Bell, Ibn al-Khattab, and Eugène Terre'Blanche. After him are Radislav Krstić, Nancy Spungen, Dean Corll, Émile Henry, Tex Watson, and John Haigh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Baby Face Nelson ranks 165. Before him are Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, Gioacchino Guaragna, Titus Burckhardt, Luis Regueiro, William Hartnell, and Nikolay Nosov. After him are Fritz Fischer, Virginia Cherrill, Ho Jong-suk, René Daumal, Bronisława Wajs, and Bobojon Ghafurov. Among people deceased in 1934, Baby Face Nelson ranks 85. Before him are Lauri Ingman, Carlos Chagas, François Coty, Rudolf Maister, Pablo Gargallo, and Gustave Lanson. After him are Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, Catherine Breshkovsky, Alfred Bruneau, Carl Charlier, Karl von Einem, and João do Canto e Castro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Baby Face Nelson ranks 3,861 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruno Kirby (1949), Thomas Gibson (1962), Bob Seger (1945), Gregory Corso (1930), Marion Davies (1897), and Genie (1957). After him are Florence Harding (1860), Peter Steele (1962), Wayne Rainey (1960), Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), Sam Phillips (1923), and Ronnie Spector (1943).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Baby Face Nelson ranks 50. Before him are Patty Hearst (1954), Jerry Brudos (1939), Louis Farrakhan (1933), Robert Ford (1862), Golden State Killer (1945), and Machine Gun Kelly (1895). After him are Nancy Spungen (1958), Dean Corll (1939), Tex Watson (1945), Jane Toppan (1854), Samuel Little (1940), and Bugs Moran (1893).

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