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Dennis Nilsen

1945 - 2018

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Dennis Andrew Nilsen (23 November 1945 – 12 May 2018) was a Scottish serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983. Convicted at the Old Bailey of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder, Nilsen was sentenced to life imprisonment on 4 November 1983, with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 25 years; this recommendation was later changed to a whole life tariff in December 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dennis Nilsen has received more than 11,131,466 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Dennis Nilsen is the 102nd most popular extremist (up from 173rd in 2019), the 1,370th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,224th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Extremist.

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  • 56.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Dennis Nilsen ranks 102 out of 209. Before him are Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Whitey Bulger, Charles Whitman, Joachim Kroll, Luciano Leggio, and Sirhan Sirhan. After him are Delphine LaLaurie, Horst Mahler, Andrew Cunanan, Jack Unterweger, Wadie Haddad, and Baby Face Nelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Dennis Nilsen ranks 122. Before him are Henry Winkler, Alain Juppé, Tammam Salam, Robert Cialdini, Catherine Spaak, and Hans-Gert Pöttering. After him are Raymond E. Feist, Birendra of Nepal, Mahinda Rajapaksa, George Miller, Wim Suurbier, and Billy Drago. Among people deceased in 2018, Dennis Nilsen ranks 98. Before him are Luisa Cuesta, Whitey Bulger, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Tsukasa Hosaka, Joseph Kobzon, and Quini. After him are Henri Michel, Belisario Betancur, Nicanor Parra, Uri Avnery, Bruno Sammartino, and Richard Pipes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dennis Nilsen ranks 1,370 out of 7,765. Before him are Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), John Toshack (1949), Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936), Samuel Wallis (1728), and Edward Lear (1812). After him are Malcolm Lowry (1909), Thomas Sydenham (1624), Frank Lampard (1978), Neville Marriner (1924), Thomas Browne (1605), and Anthony Daniels (1946).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Dennis Nilsen ranks 4. Before him are Emperor Norton (1818), Sawney Bean (1600), and Harold Shipman (1946). After him are Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Mary Ann Cotton (1832), John Adams (1767), Mary Bell (1957), Guy Burgess (1911), Fred West (1941), John Haigh (1909), and John Christie (1899).

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