Extremist

H. H. Holmes

American serial killer

1861 - 1896

EN.WIKIPEDIA PAGE VIEWS (PV)

Photo of H. H. Holmes

Icon of person H. H. Holmes

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). H. H. Holmes is the 38th most popular extremist (down from 37th in 2024), the 911th most popular biography from United States (down from 755th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Extremist.

H. H. Holmes is most famous for the murders he committed in the late 1800s. He was a con man who would lure people to his hotel, kill them, and then steal their belongings.

Memorability Metrics

1.3M

Page Views

Past 12 months

70.65

HPI

Historical Popularity Index

Data Insights

#911 / 23k

H. H. Holmes ranks #911 among 23,232 people in Pantheon born in United States, inside the top 4% of that group.

Page views of H. H. Holmes by language

Loading...

Among Extremists

Among extremists, H. H. Holmes ranks 38 out of 336. Before him are Ulrike Meinhof, Frank Sheeran, Cleon, Charles Ponzi, Anders Behring Breivik, and John Hinckley Jr.. After him are Robert-François Damiens, Luis Carrero Blanco, Timothy McVeigh, Otto Ohlendorf, Andreas Baader, and Issei Sagawa.

Most Popular Extremists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previous peopleLoad more people

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, H. H. Holmes ranks 21. Before him are Aristide Maillol, Robert Bosch, José Rizal, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, and Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After him are James Naismith, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Antoine Bourdelle, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Italo Svevo, and Maximilian von Spee. Among people deceased in 1896, H. H. Holmes ranks 15. Before him are Hippolyte Fizeau, William Morris, Otto Lilienthal, John Everett Millais, José Rizal, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. After him are Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Edmond de Goncourt, Louis-Jules Trochu, Richard Avenarius, Ambroise Thomas, and Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours.

Others Born in 1861

Go to all Rankings
Load previous peopleLoad more people

Others Deceased in 1896

Go to all Rankings
Load previous peopleLoad more people

In United States

Among people born in United States, H. H. Holmes ranks 911 out of 23,232. Before him are F. Murray Abraham (1939), John Hinckley Jr. (1955), Robert Hofstadter (1915), Chris Isaak (1956), Tippi Hedren (1930), and Thomas Friedman (1953). After him are John Huston (1906), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Farrah Fawcett (1947), Roy Orbison (1936), Pete Seeger (1919), and Edwin S. Porter (1870).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previous peopleLoad more people

Among Extremists In United States

Among extremists born in United States, H. H. Holmes ranks 16. Before him are John Wayne Gacy (1942), Ed Gein (1906), Albert Fish (1870), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Frank Sheeran (1920), and John Hinckley Jr. (1955). After him are Timothy McVeigh (1968), Jim Jones (1931), William Kemmler (1860), Butch Cassidy (1866), Tex Watson (1945), and Gary Gilmore (1940).

American born Extremists

Go to all Rankings
Load previous peopleLoad more people
العربية•中文•Nederlands•English•Français•Deutsch•Magyar•Italiano•日本語•Polski•Português•Русский•Español