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Fred West

1941 - 1995

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Frederick Walter Stephen West (29 September 1941 – 1 January 1995) was an English serial killer, who committed at least twelve murders between 1967 and 1987 in Gloucestershire, the majority with his second wife, Rose West. All the victims were young women. At least eight of these murders involved the Wests' sexual gratification and included rape, bondage, torture, and mutilation; the victims' dismembered bodies were typically buried in the cellar or garden of the West residence in Gloucester, which became known as the "House of Horrors". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred West has received more than 9,841,056 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Fred West is the 135th most popular extremist (up from 172nd in 2019), the 1,777th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,409th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Extremist.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Fred West ranks 135 out of 283. Before him are Joaquin Murrieta, Rafael Caro Quintero, Josef Blösche, Robert Stroud, Albert Anastasia, and Charles Whitman. After him are Jalaluddin Haqqani, Richard Chase, Joseph Bonanno, Patricia Krenwinkel, Sam Giancana, and Leon Czolgosz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Fred West ranks 183. Before him are Amir Pnueli, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Ghena Dimitrova, Peter Cullen, Patricio Guzmán, and Charles Whitman. After him are Umberto Bossi, Sarah Miles, George P. Cosmatos, Lothar Emmerich, Captain Beefheart, and Chubby Checker. Among people deceased in 1995, Fred West ranks 108. Before him are Theodor Wisch, Kingsley Amis, Bobby Riggs, Adolfo Pedernera, André Frossard, and Masashi Watanabe. After him are J. Presper Eckert, Annie M. G. Schmidt, Erik Nilsson, Matti Pellonpää, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and Vladimír Dzurilla.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Fred West ranks 1,777 out of 8,785. Before him are Donald Maclean (1913), Mark Hollis (1955), Paul Di'Anno (1958), Reginald Lee (1870), Keith Flint (1969), and William Sealy Gosset (1876). After him are Henry More (1614), Raymond Williams (1921), William Buckland (1784), David Roberts (1796), Stephen Toulmin (1922), and William Jones (1675).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Fred West ranks 5. Before him are Sawney Bean (1600), Emperor Norton (1818), Harold Shipman (1946), and Dennis Nilsen (1945). After him are John Adams (1767), Mary Bell (1957), John Haigh (1909), Mary Ann Cotton (1832), Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Guy Burgess (1911), and Amelia Dyer (1837).

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