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Jonathan Wild

1683 - 1725

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Jonathan Wild, also spelled Wilde (1682 or 1683 – 24 May 1725), was an English thief-taker and a major figure in London's criminal underworld, notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited vigilante entitled the "Thief-Taker General". He simultaneously ran a significant criminal empire, and used his crimefighting role to remove rivals and launder the proceeds of his own crimes. Wild exploited a strong public demand for action during a major 18th-century crime wave in the absence of any effective police force in London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonathan Wild has received more than 577,014 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jonathan Wild is the 213th most popular extremist (down from 184th in 2019), the 3,245th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,915th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Jonathan Wild ranks 213 out of 283. Before him are Axeman of New Orleans, John Bodkin Adams, Ernst Zündel, Christopher Scarver, William Bonin, and Dawood Ibrahim. After him are Dick Turpin, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, Ottis Toole, Marshall Applewhite, Alexander Pichushkin, and Nguyễn Văn Trỗi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1683, Jonathan Wild ranks 21. Before him are Johann David Heinichen, Antoine Pesne, Lorenz Heister, Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Giovanni Poleni, and Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller. After him is Mark Catesby. Among people deceased in 1725, Jonathan Wild ranks 10. Before him are Mahmud Hotak, Arai Hakuseki, René de Froulay de Tessé, Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz, José Benito de Churriguera, and Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jonathan Wild ranks 3,245 out of 8,785. Before him are Wilfrid (634), Jeremy Thorpe (1929), Diana Dors (1931), Richard O'Brien (1942), Alan Bennett (1934), and Martin McGuinness (1950). After him are Andy Goldsworthy (1956), Davy Jones (1945), Lady Byron (1792), Dick Turpin (1705), John Selden (1584), and William Roxburgh (1751).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Jonathan Wild ranks 14. Before him are John Haigh (1909), Mary Ann Cotton (1832), Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Guy Burgess (1911), Amelia Dyer (1837), and John Bodkin Adams (1899). After him are Dick Turpin (1705), John Christie (1899), Howard Marks (1945), Stuart Christie (1946), Colin Pitchfork (1960), and Beverley Allitt (1968).

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