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Marc Dutroux

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Marc Paul Alain Dutroux (French: [dytʀu]; born 6 November 1956) is a Belgian convicted serial killer, serial rapist, and child molester. Initially convicted for the abduction and rape of five young girls in 1989, Dutroux was released on parole after just three years' imprisonment. He was arrested again in 1996 on suspicion of having abducted, tortured, and sexually abused six girls aged between 8 and 19, four of whom were killed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marc Dutroux has received more than 2,690,976 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Marc Dutroux is the 58th most popular extremist (up from 64th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 137th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Extremist.

Marc Dutroux is most famous for being a convicted serial killer and child molester who was arrested in 1996. He was convicted of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of five girls, as well as the rape and murder of four other girls.

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  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Marc Dutrouxes by language

Over the past year Marc Dutroux has had the most page views in the with 318,337 views, followed by French (254,088), and German (145,437). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (142.92%), Irish (110.68%), and Korean (108.42%)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Marc Dutroux ranks 58 out of 283. Before him are Issei Sagawa, Friedrich Jeckeln, Aileen Wuornos, Sawney Bean, Michel Fourniret, and Dennis Rader. After him are Mohammed Deif, Henri Désiré Landru, Luis Garavito, Boris Savinkov, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, and Taha Yassin Ramadan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Marc Dutroux ranks 42. Before him are Ravi Shankar, Zbigniew Boniek, Kim Cattrall, Michael Connelly, Imelda Staunton, and Eric Roberts. After him are Alexey Pajitnov, Danny Boyle, Larry Bird, Steve Harris, Min Aung Hlaing, and Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Marc Dutroux ranks 144 out of 1,190. Before him are Bavo of Ghent (589), Henri Michaux (1899), Paul Van Himst (1943), Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165), Jan Matsys (1509), and Charles Michel (1975). After him are Luce Irigaray (1930), John I, Duke of Brabant (1252), Michel Preud'homme (1959), Catharina van Hemessen (1528), Laura Marx (1845), and Leo Baekeland (1863).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Belgium

Among extremists born in Belgium, Marc Dutroux ranks 1. After him are Perkin Warbeck (1474).

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