1861 - 1896
Herman Webster Mudgett (May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896), better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American serial killer. While he confessed to 27 murders, he was convicted and sentenced to death for only one murder, that of accomplice and business partner Benjamin Pitezel. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H. H. Holmes has received more than 12,377,960 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). H. H. Holmes is the 31st most popular extremist (up from 34th in 2019), the 689th most popular biography from United States (up from 787th in 2019) and the 12th 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.
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Among extremists, H. H. Holmes ranks 31 out of 205. Before him are Amon Göth, John Wayne Gacy, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Carlos the Jackal, Mehmet Ali Ağca, and Ayman al-Zawahiri. After him are Tommaso Buscetta, Luis Carrero Blanco, Nathuram Godse, Otto Ohlendorf, Barry Seal, and Peter Kürten.
1908 - 1946
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 25
1942 - 1994
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 26
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 27
1949 - Present
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 28
1958 - Present
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 29
1951 - Present
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 30
1861 - 1896
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 31
1928 - 2000
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 32
1904 - 1973
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 33
1910 - 1949
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 34
1907 - 1951
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 35
1939 - Present
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 36
1883 - 1931
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 37
Among people born in 1861, H. H. Holmes ranks 18. Before him are Alfred North Whitehead, Robert Bosch, Halford Mackinder, Georgy Lvov, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, and Aristide Maillol. After him are José Rizal, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Antoine Bourdelle, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Maximilian von Spee, and Anton Arensky. Among people deceased in 1896, H. H. Holmes ranks 13. Before him are Otto Lilienthal, August Kekulé, Hippolyte Fizeau, John Everett Millais, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. After him are José Rizal, John Langdon Down, Edmond de Goncourt, Richard Avenarius, Ivar Aasen, and Ambroise Thomas.
1861 - 1947
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 12
1861 - 1942
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 13
1861 - 1947
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 14
1861 - 1925
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 15
1861 - 1947
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 16
1861 - 1944
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 17
1861 - 1896
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 18
1861 - 1896
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 19
1861 - 1951
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 20
1861 - 1929
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 21
1861 - 1944
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 22
1861 - 1914
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 23
1861 - 1906
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 24
1848 - 1896
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 7
1829 - 1896
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 8
1819 - 1896
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 9
1829 - 1896
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 10
1811 - 1896
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 11
1831 - 1896
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 12
1861 - 1896
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 13
1861 - 1896
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 14
1828 - 1896
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 15
1822 - 1896
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 16
1843 - 1896
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 17
1813 - 1896
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 18
1811 - 1896
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 19
Among people born in United States, H. H. Holmes ranks 689 out of 15,968. Before him are John Irving (1942), Gene Wilder (1933), Robert Nozick (1938), Theodore William Richards (1868), Billy Graham (1918), and Jonas Salk (1914). After him are Francis Fukuyama (1952), John Goodman (1952), Robert Altman (1925), Dennis Tito (1940), Bill Evans (1929), and Vincente Minnelli (1903).
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 683
1933 - 2016
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 684
1938 - 2002
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 685
1868 - 1928
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 686
1918 - 2018
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 687
1914 - 1995
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 688
1861 - 1896
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 689
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 690
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 691
1925 - 2006
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 692
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 693
1929 - 1980
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 694
1903 - 1986
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 695
Among extremists born in United States, H. H. Holmes ranks 12. Before him are Ted Kaczynski (1942), Zodiac Killer (1940), Albert Fish (1870), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Jim Jones (1931), and John Wayne Gacy (1942). After him are Barry Seal (1939), Butch Cassidy (1866), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Frank Sheeran (1920), William Kemmler (1860), and Whitey Bulger (1929).
1942 - Present
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 6
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 7
1870 - 1936
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 8
1895 - 1954
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 9
1931 - 1978
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 10
1942 - 1994
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 11
1861 - 1896
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 12
1939 - Present
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 13
1866 - 1908
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 14
1936 - 2001
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 15
1920 - 2003
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 16
1860 - 1890
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 17
1929 - 2018
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 18