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John Haigh

1909 - 1949

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John George Haigh (; 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 888,847 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Haigh is the 175th most popular extremist (down from 137th in 2019), the 2,589th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,078th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, John Haigh ranks 175 out of 209. Before him are Charles Starkweather, Luis Posada Carriles, Yigal Amir, Fred West, Stanley Williams, and Brigitte Mohnhaupt. After him are Frank James, John Christie, Herbert Mullin, John Bodkin Adams, Robert Berdella, and Ernst Zündel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, John Haigh ranks 179. Before him are Bert Patenaude, Eric Ambler, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, Milena Pavlović-Barili, Licia Albanese, and Ivo Lapenna. After him are C. N. Annadurai, Endel Puusepp, Piotr Jaroszewicz, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Henryk Jabłoński, and Morris Swadesh. Among people deceased in 1949, John Haigh ranks 108. Before him are Elin Pelin, Nikolay Gamaleya, James Somerville, Nándor Dáni, Oton Župančič, and Sekiryo Kaneda. After him are Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Chairil Anwar, Makino Nobuaki, Edward Stettinius Jr., René Maire, and Carlo Galetti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Haigh ranks 2,589 out of 7,765. Before him are Thomas Telford (1757), Alan Baddeley (1934), Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640), Olivia Williams (1968), Ellen Terry (1847), and Simon MacCorkindale (1952). After him are John Winthrop (1588), David Bailey (1938), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Warwick Davis (1970), Rutherford Alcock (1809), and Douglas Bader (1910).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, John Haigh ranks 11. Before him are Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Mary Ann Cotton (1832), John Adams (1767), Mary Bell (1957), Guy Burgess (1911), and Fred West (1941). After him are John Christie (1899), John Bodkin Adams (1899), Jonathan Wild (1683), Dick Turpin (1705), Howard Marks (1945), and Stuart Christie (1946).

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