1908 - 1934
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 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". A violent bank robber, Lester Joseph Gillis killed more agents of the FBI than has any other criminal. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baby Face Nelson has received more than 3,800,335 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Baby Face Nelson is the 108th most popular extremist (down from 104th in 2019), the 2,798th most popular biography from United States and the 37th most popular American Extremist.
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Among extremists, Baby Face Nelson ranks 108 out of 205. Before him are Belle Gunness, Aldrich Ames, Mary Bell, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, Leon Czolgosz, and Alexandros Koryzis. After him are Omar Abdel-Rahman, Aslan Usoyan, Joseph Bonanno, Wadie Haddad, Joseph Valachi, and John Adams.
1859 - 1908
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 102
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 103
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 104
150 BC - 121 BC
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 105
1873 - 1901
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 106
1885 - 1941
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 107
1908 - 1934
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 108
1938 - 2017
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 109
1937 - 2013
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 110
1905 - 2002
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 111
1927 - 1978
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 112
1904 - 1971
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 113
1767 - 1829
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 114
Among people born in 1908, Baby Face Nelson ranks 111. Before him are Lionel Hampton, Carlo Abarth, Arturo Frondizi, Victor Weisskopf, Teizo Takeuchi, and Robert Rossen. After him are Harold Holt, Lupe Vélez, Jacques Massu, Afet İnan, Edgar Faure, and John Tuzo Wilson. Among people deceased in 1934, Baby Face Nelson ranks 68. Before him are Karl Ernst, James Mark Baldwin, Oskar von Hutier, Infante Gonzalo of Spain, Paul Ulrich Villard, and Ferdinand von Bredow. After him are Carlos Chagas, Erich Mühsam, Thorleif Haug, Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Herbert Chapman, and Charley Patton.
1908 - 2002
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 105
1908 - 1979
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 106
1908 - 1995
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 107
1908 - 2002
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 108
1908 - 1946
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 109
1908 - 1966
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 110
1908 - 1934
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 111
1908 - 1967
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 112
1908 - 1944
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 113
1908 - 2002
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 114
1908 - 1985
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 115
1908 - 1988
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 116
1908 - 1993
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 117
1904 - 1934
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 62
1861 - 1934
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 63
1857 - 1934
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 64
1914 - 1934
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 65
1860 - 1934
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 66
1884 - 1934
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 67
1908 - 1934
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 68
1879 - 1934
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 69
1878 - 1934
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 70
1894 - 1934
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 71
1855 - 1934
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 72
1878 - 1934
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 73
1891 - 1934
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 74
Among people born in United States, Baby Face Nelson ranks 2,798 out of 15,968. Before him are Fritz Leiber (1910), John de Lancie (1948), Horace Wells (1815), Robert Rossen (1908), Irving Thalberg (1899), and Robert Sean Leonard (1969). After him are Derrick Rose (1988), Mangas Coloradas (1792), George William Hill (1838), Mary Wickes (1910), Lyman Spitzer (1914), and Cameron Mitchell (1918).
1910 - 1992
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 2,792
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 2,793
1815 - 1848
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 2,794
1908 - 1966
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 2,795
1899 - 1936
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 2,796
1969 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,797
1908 - 1934
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,798
1988 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,799
1792 - 1863
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,800
1838 - 1914
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,801
1910 - 1995
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,802
1914 - 1997
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,803
1918 - 1994
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,804
Among extremists born in United States, Baby Face Nelson ranks 37. Before him are Robert Hansen (1939), Gary Ridgway (1949), Charles Whitman (1941), Andrew Cunanan (1969), Aldrich Ames (1941), and Leon Czolgosz (1873). After him are Joseph Valachi (1904), Sam Giancana (1908), David Berkowitz (1953), Jerry Brudos (1939), Baruch Goldstein (1956), and Robert Stroud (1890).
1939 - 2014
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 31
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 32
1941 - 1966
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 33
1969 - 1997
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 34
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 35
1873 - 1901
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 36
1908 - 1934
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 37
1904 - 1971
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 38
1908 - 1975
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 39
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 40
1939 - 2006
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 41
1956 - 1994
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 42
1890 - 1963
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 43