1909 - 1949
John George Haigh (; 24 July 1909 – 10 August 1949), commonly known as the Acid Bath Murderer, was an English serial killer who was convicted for the murders 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 365,624 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Haigh is the 134th most popular extremist (down from 133rd in 2019), the 2,080th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,315th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Extremist.
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Among extremists, John Haigh ranks 134 out of 205. Before him are Jack Unterweger, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Carl Panzram, Golden State Killer, Dean Corll, and Stand Watie. After him are Nancy Spungen, Joseph Kony, Richard Ramirez, Jonathan Wild, Frank James, and Tsutomu Miyazaki.
1951 - 1994
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 128
1939 - 2018
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 129
1892 - 1930
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 130
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 131
1939 - 1973
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 132
1806 - 1871
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 133
1909 - 1949
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 134
1958 - 1978
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 135
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 136
1960 - 2013
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 137
1683 - 1725
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 138
1843 - 1915
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 139
1962 - 2008
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 140
Among people born in 1909, John Haigh ranks 140. Before him are Sylvère Maes, Guillermo Gorostiza, Héctor José Cámpora, Géza Toldi, Miklós Radnóti, and Hans Erni. After him are Margaret Sullavan, W. Montgomery Watt, Kató Lomb, Gene Krupa, Riccardo Freda, and Leyla Mammadbeyova. Among people deceased in 1949, John Haigh ranks 84. Before him are Leonor Michaelis, Josep Maria Jujol, Douglas Hyde, André-Louis Debierne, Joaquín Torres-García, and Husni al-Za'im. After him are Nuri Killigil, Othon Friesz, Wallace Beery, Charles Dullin, Otto Nerz, and Ehmetjan Qasim.
1909 - 1966
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 134
1909 - 1966
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 135
1909 - 1980
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 136
1909 - 1985
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 137
1909 - 1944
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 138
1909 - 2015
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 139
1909 - 1949
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 140
1909 - 1960
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 141
1909 - 2006
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 142
1909 - 2003
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 143
1909 - 1973
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 144
1909 - 1999
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 145
1909 - 1989
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 146
1875 - 1949
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 78
1879 - 1949
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 79
1860 - 1949
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 80
1874 - 1949
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 81
1874 - 1949
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 82
1897 - 1949
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 83
1909 - 1949
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 84
1881 - 1949
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 85
1879 - 1949
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 86
1885 - 1949
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 87
1885 - 1949
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 88
1892 - 1949
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 89
1914 - 1949
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 90
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Haigh ranks 2,080 out of 6,924. Before him are Alfred Fowler (1868), Luke Evans (1979), Stephen Rea (1946), William Robertson Smith (1846), Neil Tennant (1954), and Millicent Fawcett (1847). After him are Pieter de Molijn (1595), Robert Chambers (1802), John Hadley (1682), Robert Palmer (1949), Cynric (450), and Gerry Adams (1948).
1868 - 1940
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2,074
1979 - Present
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 2,075
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 2,076
1846 - 1894
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 2,077
1954 - Present
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 2,078
1847 - 1929
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 2,079
1909 - 1949
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 2,080
1595 - 1661
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 2,081
1802 - 1871
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 2,082
1682 - 1744
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 2,083
1949 - 2003
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 2,084
450 - 560
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 2,085
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 2,086
Among extremists born in United Kingdom, John Haigh ranks 6. Before him are Sawney Bean (1600), Emperor Norton (1818), Mary Bell (1957), John Adams (1767), and Harold Shipman (1946). After him are Jonathan Wild (1683), Fred West (1941), Guy Burgess (1911), John Bodkin Adams (1899), Howard Marks (1945), and Peter Sutcliffe (1946).
1600 - 1600
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 1
1818 - 1880
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 2
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 3
1767 - 1829
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 4
1946 - 2004
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 5
1909 - 1949
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 6
1683 - 1725
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 7
1941 - 1995
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 8
1911 - 1963
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 9
1899 - 1983
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 10
1945 - 2016
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 11
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 12