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John Haigh

1909 - 1949

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John George Haigh ( HEYG; 24 July 1909 – 10 August 1949), commonly known as the Acid Bath Murderer, was an English serial killer convicted for the murder of six people, although he claimed to have killed nine. Haigh battered to death or shot his victims and disposed of their bodies using sulphuric acid before forging their signatures so he could sell their possessions and collect large sums of money. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Haigh has received more than 955,472 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. John Haigh is the 175th most popular extremist, the 2,288th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,583rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, John Haigh ranks 175 out of 283. Before him are Baby Face Nelson, Radislav Krstić, Nancy Spungen, Dean Corll, Émile Henry, and Tex Watson. After him are Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss, Perkin Warbeck, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Jane Toppan, Samuel Little, and Mary Ann Cotton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, John Haigh ranks 163. Before him are Ivan Bek, Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, Henryk Jabłoński, Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Tom Ewell, and Mahmoud Mohammed Taha. After him are Edwin H. Land, Leone Ginzburg, Wang Zhen, Burl Ives, Spyros Markezinis, and Hans Hotter. Among people deceased in 1949, John Haigh ranks 97. Before him are Jankel Adler, Douglas Hyde, Antoun Saadeh, Ehmetjan Qasim, Damaskinos of Athens, and Charles Dullin. After him are Nikos Skalkottas, Nándor Dáni, Walter Short, Wallace Beery, Henri Rabaud, and Frank Morgan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Haigh ranks 2,288 out of 8,785. Before him are Allan Holdsworth (1946), Charles Gray (1928), Marjorie Bruce (1297), Douglas Mawson (1882), Gregor MacGregor (1786), and Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954). After him are Noel Redding (1945), Richard Johnson (1927), John Taverner (1490), William Hudson (1730), Tony Brooks (1932), and John Terry (1980).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, John Haigh ranks 8. Before him are Emperor Norton (1818), Harold Shipman (1946), Dennis Nilsen (1945), Fred West (1941), John Adams (1767), and Mary Bell (1957). After him are Mary Ann Cotton (1832), Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Guy Burgess (1911), Amelia Dyer (1837), John Bodkin Adams (1899), and Jonathan Wild (1683).

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