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Henry Lee Lucas

1936 - 2001

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Henry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936 – March 12, 2001), also known as the Confession Killer, was an American convicted murderer. Lucas was convicted of murdering his mother in 1960 and two others in 1983. He rose to infamy as a claimed serial killer while incarcerated for these crimes when he falsely confessed to approximately 600 other murders to Texas Rangers and other law enforcement officials. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Lee Lucas has received more than 7,658,641 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Henry Lee Lucas is the 91st most popular extremist (down from 70th in 2019), the 1,869th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,430th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Extremist.

Henry Lee Lucas is most famous for being a serial killer. He was convicted of 11 murders in the U.S. and confessed to hundreds more.

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  • 3.23

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Henry Lee Lucas ranks 91 out of 283. Before him are Sada Abe, Anders Behring Breivik, Susan Atkins, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Fritz Honka, and Nedeljko Čabrinović. After him are Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Whitey Bulger, Jacques Mesrine, Luciano Leggio, Jack Unterweger, and Harold Shipman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Henry Lee Lucas ranks 106. Before him are Wilfried Martens, Roy Emerson, Ken Mattingly, Paul L. Smith, Nicos Poulantzas, and Théo Sarapo. After him are Glenda Jackson, Aleida March, Didier Ratsiraka, Frank Stella, Christiane Martel, and James Mirrlees. Among people deceased in 2001, Henry Lee Lucas ranks 58. Before him are Birendra of Nepal, Michele Alboreto, Rehavam Ze'evi, Joey Ramone, Seishiro Shimatani, and Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen. After him are Stanley Kramer, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Masao Ono, Joseph Greenberg, Francisco Varela, and Vittorio Brambilla.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Lee Lucas ranks 1,869 out of 20,380. Before him are Arthur Danto (1924), Andy Kaufman (1949), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966), Sam Houston (1793), Karen Carpenter (1950), and Stacy Keach (1941). After him are Megan Fox (1986), Ben Carson (1951), Robert Ryan (1909), Edward Albee (1928), Pat Garrett (1850), and Pat Riley (1945).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Henry Lee Lucas ranks 26. Before him are Gary Ridgway (1949), Jordan Belfort (1962), Frank Sheeran (1920), Ma Barker (1873), James Earl Ray (1928), and Susan Atkins (1948). After him are Whitey Bulger (1929), Robert Hansen (1939), Barry Seal (1939), Richard Ramirez (1960), Baruch Goldstein (1956), and Delphine LaLaurie (1787).

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