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Ma Barker

1873 - 1935

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Kate Barker (born Arizona Donnie Clark; October 8, 1873 – January 16, 1935), better known as Ma Barker (and sometimes known as Arizona Barker and Arrie Barker), was the mother of several American criminals who ran the Barker–Karpis Gang during the "public enemy era" when the exploits of gangs of criminals in the Midwestern United States gripped the American people and press. She traveled with her sons during their criminal careers. Barker gained a reputation as a ruthless crime matriarch who controlled and organized her sons' crimes. J. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ma Barker has received more than 2,564,764 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ma Barker is the 77th most popular extremist (down from 72nd in 2019), the 1,588th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,491st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Extremist.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Ma Barker ranks 77 out of 283. Before her are Willi Herold, Charles Sobhraj, Hermine Braunsteiner, Jordan Belfort, Frank Sheeran, and Shamil Basayev. After her are Emperor Norton, Wadie Haddad, Matija Gubec, James Earl Ray, Vincenzo Peruggia, and Armin Meiwes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Ma Barker ranks 45. Before her are Hayim Nahman Bialik, Constantin Carathéodory, Jakob Wassermann, Eliel Saarinen, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, and Hugo Simberg. After her are Thorvald Stauning, Melitta Bentz, Liang Qichao, Fritz Thyssen, Arnold van Gennep, and Theodor Körner. Among people deceased in 1935, Ma Barker ranks 43. Before her are Anna Ancher, Paul Bourget, Rashid Rida, Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Magnus Hirschfeld, and Princess Anastasia of Montenegro. After her are Kurt Tucholsky, Abraham Isaac Kook, Gareth Jones, Jean Béraud, Valerian Kuybyshev, and William Kennedy Dickson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ma Barker ranks 1,588 out of 20,380. Before her are Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897), Roger B. Chaffee (1935), John Robert Schrieffer (1931), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), Brad Dourif (1950), and Stan Smith (1946). After her are Anthony Bourdain (1956), Sojourner Truth (1797), Henry L. Stimson (1867), Barbara Bach (1947), Marilyn Manson (1969), and Louise Brooks (1906).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Ma Barker ranks 23. Before her are Butch Cassidy (1866), Aileen Wuornos (1956), Dennis Rader (1945), Gary Ridgway (1949), Jordan Belfort (1962), and Frank Sheeran (1920). After her are James Earl Ray (1928), Susan Atkins (1948), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Whitey Bulger (1929), Robert Hansen (1939), and Barry Seal (1939).

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