1899 - 1983
John Bodkin Adams (21 January 1899 – 4 July 1983) was a British general practitioner, convicted fraudster, and suspected serial killer. Between 1946 and 1956, 163 of his patients died while in comas, which was deemed to be worthy of investigation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bodkin Adams has received more than 1,024,852 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John Bodkin Adams is the 179th most popular extremist (down from 164th in 2019), the 2,759th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,621st in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Extremist.
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Among extremists, John Bodkin Adams ranks 179 out of 209. Before him are Stanley Williams, Brigitte Mohnhaupt, John Haigh, Frank James, John Christie, and Herbert Mullin. After him are Robert Berdella, Ernst Zündel, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Ross Ulbricht, Jonathan Wild, and Irmgard Möller.
1953 - 2005
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 173
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 174
1909 - 1949
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 175
1843 - 1915
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 176
1899 - 1953
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 177
1947 - 2022
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 178
1899 - 1983
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 179
1949 - 1992
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 180
1939 - 2017
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 181
1968 - 2010
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 182
1984 - Present
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 183
1683 - 1725
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 184
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 185
Among people born in 1899, John Bodkin Adams ranks 174. Before him are Ramón Muttis, Rudolf Svensson, John Christie, Joseph Guillemot, Weegee, and Arvīds Pelše. After him are Udham Singh, Otto E. Neugebauer, Juan Trippe, Hoagy Carmichael, René Petit, and Aldo Nadi. Among people deceased in 1983, John Bodkin Adams ranks 135. Before him are Lisette Model, Louise Weiss, Semyon Ignatyev, Edward Lawry Norton, Arvīds Pelše, and Mykola Bazhan. After him are Higinio Morínigo, Romain Maes, Mary Renault, Christophe Soglo, Alan Cunningham, and Larysa Hienijuš.
1899 - 1955
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 168
1899 - 1978
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 169
1899 - 1953
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 170
1899 - 1975
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 171
1899 - 1968
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 172
1899 - 1983
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 173
1899 - 1983
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 174
1899 - 1940
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 175
1899 - 1990
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 176
1899 - 1981
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 177
1899 - 1981
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 178
1899 - 1989
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 179
1899 - 1965
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 180
1901 - 1983
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 129
1893 - 1983
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 130
1904 - 1983
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 131
1898 - 1983
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 132
1899 - 1983
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 133
1904 - 1983
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 134
1899 - 1983
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 135
1897 - 1983
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 136
1912 - 1983
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 137
1905 - 1983
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 138
1909 - 1983
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 139
1887 - 1983
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 140
1910 - 1983
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 141
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bodkin Adams ranks 2,759 out of 7,765. Before him are George Robert Waterhouse (1810), Gerrard Winstanley (1609), Ian Paisley (1926), Nicol Williamson (1936), Carole Pateman (1940), and Lennie James (1965). After him are Tony Martin (1957), Paul Kennedy (1945), John Florio (1553), Tom Baker (1934), Billy Meredith (1874), and Edward Charles Howard (1774).
1810 - 1888
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 2,753
1609 - 1676
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 2,754
1926 - 2014
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 2,755
1936 - 2011
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 2,756
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 2,757
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 2,758
1899 - 1983
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 2,759
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,760
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,761
1553 - 1625
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,762
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,763
1874 - 1958
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,764
1774 - 1816
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,765
Among extremists born in United Kingdom, John Bodkin Adams ranks 13. Before him are John Adams (1767), Mary Bell (1957), Guy Burgess (1911), Fred West (1941), John Haigh (1909), and John Christie (1899). After him are Jonathan Wild (1683), Dick Turpin (1705), Howard Marks (1945), Stuart Christie (1946), Beverley Allitt (1968), and Colin Pitchfork (1960).
1767 - 1829
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 7
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 8
1911 - 1963
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 9
1941 - 1995
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 10
1909 - 1949
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 11
1899 - 1953
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 12
1899 - 1983
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 13
1683 - 1725
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 14
1705 - 1739
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 15
1945 - 2016
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 16
1946 - 2020
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 17
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.02
Rank: 18
1960 - Present
HPI: 31.51
Rank: 19