1873 - 1935
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 2,381,526 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ma Barker is the 72nd most popular extremist (up from 79th in 2019), the 1,491st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,713th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Extremist.
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Among extremists, Ma Barker ranks 72 out of 209. Before her are Sada Abe, Charles Sobhraj, Boris Savinkov, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Henry Lee Lucas, and Jalaluddin Haqqani. After her are Richard Ramirez, Willi Herold, James Earl Ray, Robert-François Damiens, Carlo Gambino, and Taha Yassin Ramadan.
1905 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 66
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 67
1879 - 1925
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 68
1409 - 1476
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 69
1936 - 2001
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 70
1939 - 2018
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 71
1873 - 1935
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 72
1960 - 2013
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 73
1925 - 1946
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 74
1928 - 1998
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 75
1715 - 1757
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 76
1902 - 1976
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 77
1938 - 2007
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 78
Among people born in 1873, Ma Barker ranks 33. Before her are Christian Rakovsky, Kyösti Kallio, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Alice Guy-Blaché, Ivanoe Bonomi, and Alexander Bogdanov. After her are Constantin Carathéodory, Lee de Forest, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Charles Péguy, Ray Ewry, and Tullio Levi-Civita. Among people deceased in 1935, Ma Barker ranks 40. Before her are Magnus Hirschfeld, Johan Halvorsen, Ali of Hejaz, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, Paul Bourget, and Anna Ancher. After her are Kurt Tucholsky, Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Jean Béraud, William Kennedy Dickson, Princess Alice of Parma, and Gareth Jones.
1873 - 1941
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 27
1873 - 1940
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 28
1873 - 1964
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 29
1873 - 1968
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 30
1873 - 1951
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 31
1873 - 1928
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 32
1873 - 1935
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 33
1873 - 1950
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 34
1873 - 1961
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 35
1873 - 1933
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 36
1873 - 1914
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 37
1873 - 1937
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 38
1873 - 1941
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 39
1868 - 1935
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 34
1864 - 1935
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 35
1879 - 1935
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 36
1868 - 1935
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 37
1852 - 1935
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 38
1859 - 1935
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 39
1873 - 1935
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 40
1890 - 1935
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 41
1868 - 1935
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 42
1849 - 1935
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 43
1860 - 1935
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 44
1849 - 1935
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 45
1905 - 1935
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 46
Among people born in United States, Ma Barker ranks 1,491 out of 18,182. Before her are Lil Wayne (1982), Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934), George Takei (1937), Margaret Sanger (1879), Johns Hopkins (1795), and Patrick McGoohan (1928). After her are Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925), Lloyd Bridges (1913), Alfred G. Gilman (1941), Samuel C. C. Ting (1936), George Papandreou (1952), and Richard Ramirez (1960).
1982 - Present
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1,485
1934 - 2012
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1,486
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 1,487
1879 - 1966
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 1,488
1795 - 1873
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 1,489
1928 - 2009
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,490
1873 - 1935
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 1,491
1925 - 1968
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 1,492
1913 - 1998
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 1,493
1941 - 2015
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 1,494
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 1,495
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 1,496
1960 - 2013
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 1,497
Among extremists born in United States, Ma Barker ranks 24. Before her are Jordan Belfort (1962), Frank Sheeran (1920), Barry Seal (1939), Timothy McVeigh (1968), Dennis Rader (1945), and Henry Lee Lucas (1936). After her are Richard Ramirez (1960), James Earl Ray (1928), Gary Ridgway (1949), Susan Atkins (1948), Aileen Wuornos (1956), and David Berkowitz (1953).
1962 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 18
1920 - 2003
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 19
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 20
1968 - 2001
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 21
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 22
1936 - 2001
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 23
1873 - 1935
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 24
1960 - 2013
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 25
1928 - 1998
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 26
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 27
1948 - 2009
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 28
1956 - 2002
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 29
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 30