1940 - 1977
Gudrun Ensslin (German: [ˈɡuːdʁuːn ˈɛnsliːn]; 15 August 1940 – 18 October 1977) was a German far-left terrorist and founder of the West German far-left militant group Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion, or RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang). After becoming involved with co-founder Andreas Baader, Ensslin was influential in the politicization of his anarchist beliefs. Ensslin was perhaps the intellectual head of the RAF. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gudrun Ensslin has received more than 613,503 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Gudrun Ensslin is the 53rd most popular extremist (down from 49th in 2019), the 927th most popular biography from Germany (down from 886th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Extremist.
Gudrun Ensslin is most famous for being a member of the West German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction. She was born in 1944 and died in 1977.
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Among extremists, Gudrun Ensslin ranks 53 out of 209. Before her are Pavlik Morozov, Madame de Brinvilliers, Abu Nidal, Butch Cassidy, Patrizia Reggiani, and Edmund Kemper. After her are Jordan Belfort, Friedrich Jeckeln, George Habash, Frank Sheeran, Karl Denke, and Hermine Braunsteiner.
1918 - 1932
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 47
1630 - 1676
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 48
1937 - 2002
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 49
1866 - 1908
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 50
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 51
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 52
1940 - 1977
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 53
1962 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 54
1895 - 1946
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 55
1926 - 2008
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 56
1920 - 2003
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 57
1860 - 1924
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 58
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 59
Among people born in 1940, Gudrun Ensslin ranks 76. Before her are Abdurrahman Wahid, Burt Young, Fatema Mernissi, Bruce Chatwin, Robin Cook, and Milena Dravić. After her are Lance Henriksen, Marlène Jobert, James Brolin, John Gotti, Joachim Frank, and Astrud Gilberto. Among people deceased in 1977, Gudrun Ensslin ranks 34. Before her are Clementine Churchill, Lee Miller, Ali Shariati, Henri-Georges Clouzot, James Jones, and Naum Gabo. After her are Sergey Ilyushin, Archibald Hill, Peter Finch, Olave Baden-Powell, Stefania Turkewich, and Steve Biko.
1940 - 2009
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 70
1940 - 2023
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 71
1940 - 2015
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 72
1940 - 1989
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 73
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 74
1940 - 2018
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 75
1940 - 1977
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 76
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 77
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 78
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 79
1940 - 2002
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 80
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 81
1940 - 2023
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 82
1885 - 1977
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 28
1907 - 1977
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 29
1933 - 1977
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 30
1907 - 1977
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 31
1921 - 1977
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 32
1890 - 1977
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 33
1940 - 1977
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 34
1894 - 1977
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 35
1886 - 1977
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 36
1916 - 1977
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 37
1889 - 1977
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 38
1898 - 1977
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 39
1946 - 1977
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 40
Among people born in Germany, Gudrun Ensslin ranks 927 out of 6,142. Before her are Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845), Rudi Völler (1960), Theodor Billroth (1829), Ernst vom Rath (1909), Udo Kier (1944), and Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557). After her are Princess Auguste of Bavaria (1877), Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), Ulrich von Jungingen (1360), Carl Stamitz (1745), and Oskar Schlemmer (1888).
1845 - 1912
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 921
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 922
1829 - 1894
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 923
1909 - 1938
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 924
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 925
1557 - 1631
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 926
1940 - 1977
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 927
1877 - 1964
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 928
1443 - 1500
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 929
1895 - 1946
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 930
1360 - 1410
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 931
1745 - 1801
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 932
1888 - 1943
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 933
Among extremists born in Germany, Gudrun Ensslin ranks 7. Before her are Ulrike Meinhof (1934), Frederick Trump (1869), Otto Ohlendorf (1907), Andreas Baader (1943), Peter Kürten (1883), and Fritz Haarmann (1879). After her are Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), Willi Herold (1925), Oskar Gröning (1921), Johann Rattenhuber (1897), Armin Meiwes (1961), and Brigitte Mohnhaupt (1949).
1934 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 1
1869 - 1918
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 2
1907 - 1951
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 3
1943 - 1977
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 4
1883 - 1931
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 5
1879 - 1925
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 6
1940 - 1977
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 7
1895 - 1946
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 8
1925 - 1946
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 9
1921 - 2018
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 10
1897 - 1957
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 11
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 12
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 13