1933 - 1991
Joachim Georg Kroll (17 April 1933 – 1 July 1991) was a West German serial killer, child molester, necrophile, and cannibal. He was known as the Ruhr Cannibal (Ruhrkannibale), Ruhr Hunter (Ruhrjäger) and the Duisburg Man-Eater (Duisburger Menschenfresser). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joachim Kroll has received more than 296,157 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joachim Kroll is the 91st most popular extremist (up from 94th in 2019), the 352nd most popular biography from Poland and the 2nd most popular Polish Extremist.
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Among extremists, Joachim Kroll ranks 91 out of 205. Before him are Taha Yassin Ramadan, Jacques Mesrine, Armin Meiwes, Delphine LaLaurie, Robert Hansen, and Kang Kek Iew. After him are Gary Ridgway, Pedro López, Michel Fourniret, Sirhan Sirhan, Horst Mahler, and Charles Whitman.
1938 - 2007
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 85
1936 - 1979
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 86
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 87
1787 - 1849
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 88
1939 - 2014
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 89
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 90
1933 - 1991
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 91
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 92
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 93
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 94
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 95
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 96
1941 - 1966
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 97
Among people born in 1933, Joachim Kroll ranks 116. Before him are Narriman Sadek, Maurice André, Lynn Cohen, György Konrád, Renée Taylor, and Charlie Wilson. After him are Debra Paget, Philippe de Broca, John Boorman, Tomas Milian, Sacha Distel, and Katharine, Duchess of Kent. Among people deceased in 1991, Joachim Kroll ranks 65. Before him are Henri de Lubac, Alfonso García Robles, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Brad Davis, Ralph Bellamy, and Boris Pugo. After him are Berenice Abbott, Eric Carr, Christian de Castries, Rudolf Serkin, Robert Maxwell, and Jean Bruller.
1933 - 2005
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 110
1933 - 2012
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 111
1933 - 2020
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 112
1933 - 2019
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 113
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 114
1933 - 2010
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 115
1933 - 1991
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 116
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 117
1933 - 2004
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 118
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 119
1933 - 2017
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 120
1933 - 2004
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 121
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 122
1896 - 1991
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 59
1911 - 1991
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 60
1914 - 1991
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 61
1949 - 1991
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 62
1904 - 1991
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 63
1937 - 1991
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 64
1933 - 1991
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 65
1898 - 1991
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 66
1950 - 1991
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 67
1902 - 1991
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 68
1903 - 1991
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 69
1923 - 1991
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 70
1902 - 1991
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 71
Among people born in Poland, Joachim Kroll ranks 352 out of 1,231. Before him are Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz (1893), Mieszko III the Old (1126), Ernst Wilimowski (1916), Artur Schnabel (1882), Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834), and Myechyslaw Hryb (1938). After him are Józef Beck (1894), Johann Daniel Titius (1729), Hugo Steinhaus (1887), Józef Elsner (1769), Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1954), and Leszek the White (1186).
1893 - 1968
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 346
1126 - 1202
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 347
1916 - 1997
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 348
1882 - 1951
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 349
1834 - 1861
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 350
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 351
1933 - 1991
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 352
1894 - 1944
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 353
1729 - 1796
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 354
1887 - 1972
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 355
1769 - 1854
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 356
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 357
1186 - 1227
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 358
Among extremists born in Poland, Joachim Kroll ranks 2. Before him are Karl Denke (1860). After him are Horst Mahler (1936) and Elisabeth Becker (1923).
1860 - 1924
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 1
1933 - 1991
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 2
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 3
1923 - 1946
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 4