1941 - 1995
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, Rosemary 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 Wests' Cromwell Street home 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 6,083,272 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Fred West is the 154th most popular extremist (down from 153rd in 2019), the 2,484th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,175th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Extremist.
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Among extremists, Fred West ranks 154 out of 205. Before him are Bugs Moran, Rodney Alcala, Yigal Amir, Jan-Carl Raspe, Richard Chase, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. After him are Guy Burgess, Gary Gilmore, Ibn al-Khattab, Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Ernst Zündel, and Abu Ayyub al-Masri.
1893 - 1957
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 148
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 149
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 150
1944 - 1977
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 151
1950 - 1980
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 152
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 153
1941 - 1995
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 154
1911 - 1963
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 155
1940 - 1977
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 156
1969 - 2002
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 157
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 158
1939 - 2017
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 159
1968 - 2010
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 160
Among people born in 1941, Fred West ranks 264. Before him are Robert Foxworth, Ryuichi Sugiyama, Miriam Margolyes, Ayşe Kulin, David Crystal, and Angelo Domenghini. After him are Ana Maria Machado, Lucien Aimar, Neelie Kroes, Alfred Aho, Hipólito Mejía, and Tomaž Šalamun. Among people deceased in 1995, Fred West ranks 143. Before him are Jüri Järvet, Vladimír Dzurilla, Kukrit Pramoj, Sergio Bertoni, Henri Laborit, and Harry Guardino. After him are Ingo Schwichtenberg, John Cairncross, Dany Robin, Olga Taussky-Todd, Bobby Riggs, and Butterfly McQueen.
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 258
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 259
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 260
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 261
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 262
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 263
1941 - 1995
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 264
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 265
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 266
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 267
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 268
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 269
1941 - 2014
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 270
1919 - 1995
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 137
1942 - 1995
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 138
1911 - 1995
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 139
1915 - 1995
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 140
1914 - 1995
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 141
1925 - 1995
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 142
1941 - 1995
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 143
1965 - 1995
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 144
1913 - 1995
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 145
1927 - 1995
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 146
1906 - 1995
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 147
1918 - 1995
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 148
1911 - 1995
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 149
Among people born in United Kingdom, Fred West ranks 2,484 out of 6,924. Before him are John Soane (1753), Ouida (1839), Nicholas Hilliard (1547), Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (1987), Eric Ambler (1909), and Caroline Munro (1949). After him are Raphael Holinshed (1529), Cynewulf of Wessex (750), Nicholas Clay (1946), William Edward Ayrton (1847), Jon Finch (1942), and Steve Davis (1957).
1753 - 1837
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 2,478
1839 - 1908
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 2,479
1547 - 1619
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 2,480
1987 - Present
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 2,481
1909 - 1998
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 2,482
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 2,483
1941 - 1995
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 2,484
1529 - 1580
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 2,485
750 - 786
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 2,486
1946 - 2000
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 2,487
1847 - 1908
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 2,488
1942 - 2012
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 2,489
1957 - Present
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 2,490
Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Fred West ranks 8. Before him are Emperor Norton (1818), Mary Bell (1957), John Adams (1767), Harold Shipman (1946), John Haigh (1909), and Jonathan Wild (1683). After him are Guy Burgess (1911), John Bodkin Adams (1899), Howard Marks (1945), Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Stuart Christie (1946), and Dick Turpin (1705).
1818 - 1880
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 2
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 3
1767 - 1829
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 4
1946 - 2004
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 5
1909 - 1949
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 6
1683 - 1725
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 7
1941 - 1995
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 8
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