1945 - 2018
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 in London, England. 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 twenty-five years. This recommendation was later changed to a whole life tariff. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dennis Nilsen has received more than 6,988,958 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Dennis Nilsen is the 170th most popular extremist (down from 140th in 2019), the 3,228th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,609th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Extremist.
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Among extremists, Dennis Nilsen ranks 170 out of 205. Before him are Mary Surratt, Irmgard Möller, Peter Sutcliffe, Alexander Pichushkin, Stuart Christie, and Dick Turpin. After him are John List, Édouard Vaillant, John Christie, Yoo Young-chul, John Hinckley Jr., and Ahmed Jabari.
1823 - 1865
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 164
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 165
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 166
1974 - Present
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 167
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 168
1705 - 1739
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 169
1945 - 2018
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 170
1925 - 2008
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 171
1840 - 1915
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 172
1899 - 1953
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 173
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 174
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 175
1960 - 2012
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 176
Among people born in 1945, Dennis Nilsen ranks 326. Before him are Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Tony Kaye, Pakalitha Mosisili, Pierre Michon, Meira Kumar, and Paul Kennedy. After him are Raila Odinga, Liu Yandong, Tommy Svensson, Gamal El-Ghitani, Roland Moreno, and Mario Livio. Among people deceased in 2018, Dennis Nilsen ranks 276. Before him are Gianfranco Parolini, Toshiko Fujita, Sergio Pitol, John Miles, Kader Khan, and Kim Yong-chun. After him are Valentina Rastvorova, Pat Torpey, Alexander Zakharchenko, Álvaro Arzú, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, and Lassie Lou Ahern.
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 320
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 321
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 322
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 323
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 324
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 325
1945 - 2018
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 326
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 327
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 328
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 329
1945 - 2015
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 330
1945 - 2012
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 331
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 332
1930 - 2018
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 270
1950 - 2018
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 271
1933 - 2018
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 272
1943 - 2018
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 273
1937 - 2018
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 274
1936 - 2018
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 275
1945 - 2018
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 276
1933 - 2018
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 277
1953 - 2018
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 278
1976 - 2018
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 279
1946 - 2018
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 280
1919 - 2018
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 281
1920 - 2018
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 282
Among people born in United Kingdom, Dennis Nilsen ranks 3,228 out of 6,924. Before him are Timothy Garton Ash (1955), George Nares (1831), John Mawe (1764), Dorothy Garrod (1892), Benedict Wong (1971), and Gary Numan (1958). After him are Richard Hoggart (1918), Calvin Harris (1984), Martin Parr (1952), Biff Byford (1951), William Huskisson (1770), and Kaya Scodelario (1992).
1955 - Present
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 3,222
1831 - 1915
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 3,223
1764 - 1829
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 3,224
1892 - 1968
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 3,225
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 3,226
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 3,227
1945 - 2018
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 3,228
1918 - 2014
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 3,229
1984 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 3,230
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 3,231
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 3,232
1770 - 1830
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 3,233
1992 - Present
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 3,234
Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Dennis Nilsen ranks 15. Before him are Guy Burgess (1911), John Bodkin Adams (1899), Howard Marks (1945), Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Stuart Christie (1946), and Dick Turpin (1705). After him are John Christie (1899), Beverley Allitt (1968), Colin Pitchfork (1960), and Tommy Robinson (1982).
1911 - 1963
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 9
1899 - 1983
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 10
1945 - 2016
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 11
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 12
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 13
1705 - 1739
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 14
1945 - 2018
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 15
1899 - 1953
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 16
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 17
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 18
1982 - Present
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 19