1560 - 1614
Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (Hungarian: Báthori Erzsébet, pronounced [ˈbaːtori ˈɛrʒeːbɛt]; Slovak: Alžbeta Bátoriová; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the Báthory family, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia). Báthory and four of her servants were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls and women from 1590 to 1610. Her servants were put on trial and convicted whereas Báthory was imprisoned within the Castle of Csejte (Čachtice), where she died under mysterious circumstances.The charges levelled against Báthory have been described by several historians as a witch-hunt. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Báthory has received more than 9,664,661 page views. Her biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 56 in 2019). Elizabeth Báthory is the 4th most popular extremist, the 3rd most popular biography from Hungary and the most popular Hungarian Extremist.
Elizabeth Báthory is most famous for being a noblewoman who was accused of torturing and killing as many as 650 young women and girls in the 16th century.
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Among extremists, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 4 out of 209. Before her are Jack the Ripper, John Wilkes Booth, and Charles Manson. After her are Gavrilo Princip, Osama bin Laden, Ted Bundy, Herostratus, Lee Harvey Oswald, Man in the Iron Mask, Gilles de Rais, and Ted Kaczynski.
1850 - Present
HPI: 83.88
Rank: 1
1838 - 1865
HPI: 79.24
Rank: 2
1934 - 2017
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 3
1560 - 1614
HPI: 78.32
Rank: 4
1894 - 1918
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 5
1957 - 2011
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 6
1946 - 1989
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 7
301 BC - 356 BC
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 8
1939 - 1963
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 9
1640 - 1703
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 10
1405 - 1440
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 11
1942 - 2023
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1560, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 1. After her are Annibale Carracci, Thomas Harriot, Jacobus Arminius, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Gaspard Bauhin, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Thomas Cavendish, Anton Praetorius, Juan Sánchez Cotán, and Domenico Tintoretto. Among people deceased in 1614, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 2. Before her is El Greco. After her are Lavinia Fontana, Camillus de Lellis, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Marina Mniszech, Mavro Orbini, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Isaac Casaubon, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Luís Vaz de Torres, and François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti.
1560 - 1614
HPI: 78.32
Rank: 1
1560 - 1609
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 2
1560 - 1621
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 3
1560 - 1609
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 4
1560 - 1621
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 5
1560 - 1624
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 6
1560 - 1591
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 7
1560 - 1641
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 8
1560 - 1592
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 9
1560 - 1613
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 10
1560 - 1627
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 11
1560 - 1635
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 12
1541 - 1614
HPI: 80.36
Rank: 1
1560 - 1614
HPI: 78.32
Rank: 2
1552 - 1614
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 3
1550 - 1614
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 4
1565 - 1614
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 5
1588 - 1614
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 6
1563 - 1614
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 7
1547 - 1614
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 8
1559 - 1614
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 9
1540 - 1614
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 10
1565 - 1614
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 11
1558 - 1614
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 12
Among people born in Hungary, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 3 out of 866. Before her are Martin of Tours (316) and Ferenc Puskás (1927). After her are John von Neumann (1903), Rudolf Steiner (1861), Theodor Herzl (1860), Matthias Corvinus (1443), George Soros (1930), Harry Houdini (1874), Louis II of Hungary (1506), Stephen I of Hungary (975), and Miklós Horthy (1868).
316 - 397
HPI: 81.20
Rank: 1
1927 - 2006
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 2
1560 - 1614
HPI: 78.32
Rank: 3
1903 - 1957
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 4
1861 - 1925
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 5
1860 - 1904
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 6
1443 - 1490
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 7
1930 - Present
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 8
1874 - 1926
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 9
1506 - 1526
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 10
975 - 1038
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 11
1868 - 1957
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 12
Among extremists born in Hungary, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 1. After her are Béla Kiss (1877).