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Mary Ann Cotton

1832 - 1873

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Mary Ann Cotton (née Robson; 31 October 1832 – 24 March 1873) was an English convicted murderess who was executed for poisoning her stepson. Despite her sole conviction for murder, she is believed to have been a serial killer who killed many others including 11 of her 13 children and three of her four husbands for their life insurance policies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Ann Cotton has received more than 2,801,180 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Mary Ann Cotton is the 181st most popular extremist (down from 116th in 2019), the 2,404th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,571st in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Extremist.

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  • 3.02

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Mary Ann Cotton ranks 181 out of 283. Before her are John Haigh, Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss, Perkin Warbeck, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Jane Toppan, and Samuel Little. After her are Robledo Puch, Bugs Moran, Andrew Cunanan, Carl Panzram, Peter Sutcliffe, and Guy Burgess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Mary Ann Cotton ranks 54. Before her are Turki bin Said, Lucien Quélet, Theodor Gomperz, Arthur Hughes, Charilaos Trikoupis, and Jules Vallès. After her are Carl Neumann, Edwin Arnold, Leslie Stephen, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, and Colin Archer. Among people deceased in 1873, Mary Ann Cotton ranks 44. Before her are Francis Garnier, Hermann Hankel, Malek Jahan Khanom, Paweł Strzelecki, Auguste von Harrach, and Caterina Scarpellini. After her are Auguste Couder, Edward Blyth, Edwin Landseer, Spyridon Trikoupis, Gheorghe Bibescu, and Francis Marrash.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Ann Cotton ranks 2,404 out of 8,785. Before her are William Gull (1816), John Williams (1903), Toby Jones (1966), Tania Mallet (1941), David Crystal (1941), and Basil Bernstein (1924). After her are John Ford (1586), Mark Thatcher (1953), George Turner (1841), Damian Lewis (1971), Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891), and Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Mary Ann Cotton ranks 9. Before her are Harold Shipman (1946), Dennis Nilsen (1945), Fred West (1941), John Adams (1767), Mary Bell (1957), and John Haigh (1909). After her are Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Guy Burgess (1911), Amelia Dyer (1837), John Bodkin Adams (1899), Jonathan Wild (1683), and Dick Turpin (1705).

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