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Henri Désiré Landru

1869 - 1922

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Henri Désiré Landru (12 April 1869 – 25 February 1922) (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi deziʁe lɑ̃dʁy]) was a French serial killer, nicknamed the Bluebeard of Gambais. He murdered at least seven women in the village of Gambais between December 1915 and January 1919. Landru also killed at least three other women and a young man in the house he rented from December 1914 to August 1915 in the town of Vernouillet, a town 35 kilometres (22 mi) northwest of Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Désiré Landru has received more than 778,572 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Henri Désiré Landru is the 60th most popular extremist (down from 43rd in 2019), the 1,355th most popular biography from France (down from 962nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Extremist.

Henri Désiré Landru was a French serial killer who murdered ten women between 1914 and 1919. He was captured in 1919 and sentenced to death by guillotine.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Henri Désiré Landru ranks 60 out of 283. Before him are Aileen Wuornos, Sawney Bean, Michel Fourniret, Dennis Rader, Marc Dutroux, and Mohammed Deif. After him are Luis Garavito, Boris Savinkov, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Pedro López, and Carlo Gambino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Henri Désiré Landru ranks 36. Before him are Francisco Largo Caballero, Martin Andersen Nexø, Óscar Carmona, Bogd Khan, Max Hoffmann, and Pyotr Krasnov. After him are Carl Schuhmann, Vasily Bartold, Gaetano Bresci, Mary Mallon, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, and Richard Abegg. Among people deceased in 1922, Henri Désiré Landru ranks 35. Before him are Alessandro Moreschi, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Lothar von Richthofen, Velimir Khlebnikov, Ōkuma Shigenobu, and Hermann Alexander Diels. After him are Catherine Dolgorukov, Giovanni Verga, Arthur Nikisch, Gaston, Count of Eu, Edmund Leighton, and Wolfgang Kapp.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Désiré Landru ranks 1,355 out of 6,770. Before him are Adalbert of Magdeburg (910), André Michelin (1853), Louis III of Anjou (1403), Richardis (840), Georges Prêtre (1924), and Sebastian Castellio (1515). After him are Françoise Gilot (1921), Gabriel Lamé (1795), Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (1435), Louis, Prince of Condé (1530), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), and Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517).

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Among EXTREMISTS In France

Among extremists born in France, Henri Désiré Landru ranks 4. Before him are Gilles de Rais (1405), Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), and Michel Fourniret (1942). After him are Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409), Robert-François Damiens (1715), Jacques Mesrine (1936), Édouard Vaillant (1840), Yvan Colonna (1960), and Zacarias Moussaoui (1968).

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