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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 733,255 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Henri Désiré Landru is the 43rd most popular extremist (up from 63rd in 2019), the 965th most popular biography from France (up from 1,244th in 2019) and the 2nd 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 43 out of 209. Before him are Peter Kürten, Vincenzo Peruggia, William Kemmler, Emperor Norton, George Jung, and Issei Sagawa. After him are Jeffrey Dahmer, Sawney Bean, Fritz Haarmann, Pavlik Morozov, Madame de Brinvilliers, and Abu Nidal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Henri Désiré Landru ranks 22. Before him are Frederick Trump, Calouste Gulbenkian, Christian Lous Lange, Komitas, Siegfried Wagner, and Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria. After him are Emilio Aguinaldo, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Felix Salten, Karl Seitz, Gustaf Dalén, and Albert Roussel. Among people deceased in 1922, Henri Désiré Landru ranks 21. Before him are Vittorio Monti, Ernest Solvay, Michael Collins, Nellie Bly, Walther Rathenau, and Yamagata Aritomo. After him are Andrey Markov, Rudolf Kjellén, Alessandro Moreschi, Léon Bonnat, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, and Paul Deschanel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Désiré Landru ranks 965 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean Anouilh (1910), Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (1654), Pierre Brice (1929), Adela of Champagne (1140), Jean-Claude Trichet (1942), and Louise of Lorraine (1553). After him are Marcellin Berthelot (1827), Marie Duplessis (1824), Henri, Prince of Condé (1552), Ivo of Kermartin (1253), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), and La Voisin (1640).

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Among EXTREMISTS In France

Among extremists born in France, Henri Désiré Landru ranks 2. Before him are Gilles de Rais (1405). After him are Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409), Robert-François Damiens (1715), Michel Fourniret (1942), Jacques Mesrine (1936), Édouard Vaillant (1840), and Zacarias Moussaoui (1968).

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