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Harold Shipman

1946 - 2004

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Harold Frederick Shipman (14 January 1946 – 13 January 2004), known to acquaintances as Fred Shipman, was an English doctor in general practice and serial killer. He is considered to be one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history, with an estimated 284 victims over a period of roughly 30 years. On 31 January 2000, Shipman was convicted of murdering 15 patients under his care. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Shipman has received more than 10,345,062 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Harold Shipman is the 97th most popular extremist (down from 87th in 2019), the 1,265th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,198th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Extremist.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Harold Shipman ranks 97 out of 283. Before him are Henry Lee Lucas, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Whitey Bulger, Jacques Mesrine, Luciano Leggio, and Jack Unterweger. After him are Sirhan Sirhan, Wilhelm Voigt, Oskar Gröning, Robert Hansen, Leonarda Cianciulli, and Barry Seal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Harold Shipman ranks 152. Before him are Jochen Mass, Suzanne Somers, Toktar Aubakirov, Tina Aumont, Jesualdo Ferreira, and Robert Mapplethorpe. After him are Linda Ronstadt, Pēteris Vasks, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Jan Kodeš, Francisco Varela, and Queen Saleha of Brunei. Among people deceased in 2004, Harold Shipman ranks 77. Before him are Frances Shand Kydd, Thanom Kittikachorn, Nino Manfredi, Rafael Eitan, Marco Pantani, and Masanori Tokita. After him are Miki Matsubara, Serge Reggiani, Jean Rouch, Uta Hagen, Olga Ladyzhenskaya, and Boris Trajkovski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harold Shipman ranks 1,265 out of 8,785. Before him are A. S. Byatt (1936), Andy Fletcher (1961), R. G. Collingwood (1889), Susan Boyle (1961), Dusty Springfield (1939), and Jon Anderson (1944). After him are David Chipperfield (1953), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Hudson Taylor (1832), Joseph Needham (1900), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), and Frances de la Tour (1944).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Harold Shipman ranks 3. Before him are Sawney Bean (1600), and Emperor Norton (1818). After him are Dennis Nilsen (1945), Fred West (1941), John Adams (1767), Mary Bell (1957), John Haigh (1909), Mary Ann Cotton (1832), Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Guy Burgess (1911), and Amelia Dyer (1837).

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