1949 - Today
Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949) is an American serial killer known as the Green River Killer. He was initially convicted of 48 separate murders committed between the early 1980s and late 1990s. As part of his plea bargain, another conviction was added, bringing the total number of convictions to 49, making him the second most prolific serial killer in United States history according to confirmed murders.Most of Ridgway's victims were alleged to be sex workers and other women in vulnerable circumstances, including underage runaways. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Ridgway has received more than 14,937,776 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Ridgway is the 83rd most popular extremist (up from 93rd in 2019), the 1,833rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,199th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Extremist.
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Among extremists, Gary Ridgway ranks 83 out of 209. Before him are Carlo Gambino, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Oskar Gröning, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Johann Rattenhuber, and Armin Meiwes. After him are Kang Kek Iew, Anders Behring Breivik, Pedro López, Harold Shipman, Frank Nitti, and Susan Atkins.
1902 - 1976
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 77
1938 - 2007
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 78
1921 - 2018
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 79
1730 - 1801
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 80
1897 - 1957
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 81
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 82
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 83
1942 - 2020
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 84
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 85
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 86
1946 - 2004
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 87
1886 - 1943
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 88
1948 - 2009
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 89
Among people born in 1949, Gary Ridgway ranks 86. Before him are Brahim Ghali, Horst Ludwig Störmer, Lasse Virén, Morten Olsen, Paloma Picasso, and Arif Alvi. After him are Salif Keita, Sergei Bagapsh, Dusty Hill, Alan García, Ward Cunningham, and Vicky Leandros.
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 80
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 81
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 82
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 83
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 84
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 85
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 86
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 87
1949 - 2011
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 88
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 89
1949 - 2019
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 90
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 91
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 92
Among people born in United States, Gary Ridgway ranks 1,833 out of 18,182. Before him are Antony Blinken (1962), Eddie Constantine (1913), Phil Knight (1938), Tobe Hooper (1943), Frances Conroy (1953), and Dorothy Parker (1893). After him are George Roy Hill (1921), Bess Truman (1885), Woody Guthrie (1912), Kirsten Dunst (1982), Lily Tomlin (1939), and Jan-Michael Vincent (1944).
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 1,827
1913 - 1993
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,828
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,829
1943 - 2017
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,830
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,831
1893 - 1967
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 1,832
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,833
1921 - 2002
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,834
1885 - 1982
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,835
1912 - 1967
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,836
1982 - Present
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,837
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,838
1944 - 2019
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,839
Among extremists born in United States, Gary Ridgway ranks 27. Before him are Timothy McVeigh (1968), Dennis Rader (1945), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Ma Barker (1873), Richard Ramirez (1960), and James Earl Ray (1928). After him are Susan Atkins (1948), Aileen Wuornos (1956), David Berkowitz (1953), Whitey Bulger (1929), Charles Whitman (1941), and Delphine LaLaurie (1787).
1968 - 2001
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 21
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 22
1936 - 2001
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 23
1873 - 1935
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 24
1960 - 2013
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 25
1928 - 1998
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 26
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 27
1948 - 2009
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 28
1956 - 2002
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 29
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 30
1929 - 2018
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 31
1941 - 1966
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 32
1787 - 1849
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 33