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Pedro López
1948 - Today
Pedro López
Pedro Alonso López (born 8 October 1948), also known as The Monster of the Andes, is a Colombian serial killer, child rapist and fugitive who murdered a minimum of 110 victims, mostly young women and girls, from 1969 to 1980 and claimed to have murdered over 300 victims across Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. Born into poverty in Colombia, López was initially imprisoned for auto theft in 1969, during which he claimed he was brutally gang-raped by a group of fellow inmates, whom he killed in retaliation. Upon his release from prison, López travelled extensively throughout South America, and during this period he claimed to have murdered hundreds of girls throughout Peru and Colombia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro López has received more than 16,087 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro López is the 89th most popular extremist (up from 94th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Colombia (up from 20th in 2019) and the most popular Colombian Extremist.
Memorability Metrics
16k
Page Views (PV)
57.74
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
21
Languages Editions (L)
4.84
Effective Languages (L*)
2.56
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
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Among EXTREMISTS
Among extremists, Pedro López ranks 89 out of 209. Before him are Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Johann Rattenhuber, Armin Meiwes, Gary Ridgway, Kang Kek Iew, and Anders Behring Breivik. After him are Harold Shipman, Frank Nitti, Susan Atkins, Wilhelm Voigt, Aileen Wuornos, and Matija Gubec.
Most Popular Extremists in Wikipedia
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Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova
1730 - 1801
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 83
Johann Rattenhuber
1897 - 1957
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 84
Armin Meiwes
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 85
Gary Ridgway
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 86
Kang Kek Iew
1942 - 2020
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 87
Anders Behring Breivik
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 88
Pedro López
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 89
Harold Shipman
1946 - 2004
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 90
Frank Nitti
1886 - 1943
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 91
Susan Atkins
1948 - 2009
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 92
Wilhelm Voigt
1849 - 1922
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 93
Aileen Wuornos
1956 - 2002
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 94
Matija Gubec
1538 - 1573
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 95
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1948, Pedro López ranks 102. Before him are Stevie Nicks, Edwige Fenech, Jesper Christensen, Salvador Puig Antich, Jonathan Hyde, and Wang Qishan. After him are John Noble, Don Airey, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, István Sándorfi, Susan Atkins, and Joschka Fischer.
Others Born in 1948
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Stevie Nicks
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 96
Edwige Fenech
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 97
Jesper Christensen
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 98
Salvador Puig Antich
1948 - 1974
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 99
Jonathan Hyde
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 100
Wang Qishan
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 101
Pedro López
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 102
John Noble
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 103
Don Airey
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 104
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 105
István Sándorfi
1948 - 2007
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 106
Susan Atkins
1948 - 2009
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 107
Joschka Fischer
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 108
In Colombia
Among people born in Colombia, Pedro López ranks 13 out of 306. Before him are René Higuita (1966), Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela (1939), Carlos Valderrama (1961), Luis Carlos Galán (1943), Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913), and Rodrigo Lara (1946). After him are Francisco de Paula Santander (1792), Griselda Blanco (1943), Álvaro Uribe (1952), Sofía Vergara (1972), James Rodríguez (1991), and Íngrid Betancourt (1961).
Others born in Colombia
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René Higuita
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 7
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
1939 - 2022
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 8
Carlos Valderrama
1961 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 9
Luis Carlos Galán
1943 - 1989
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 10
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
1913 - 1994
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 11
Rodrigo Lara
1946 - 1984
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 12
Pedro López
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 13
Francisco de Paula Santander
1792 - 1840
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 14
Griselda Blanco
1943 - 2012
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 15
Álvaro Uribe
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 16
Sofía Vergara
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 17
James Rodríguez
1991 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 18
Íngrid Betancourt
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 19
Among EXTREMISTS In Colombia
Among extremists born in Colombia, Pedro López ranks 1. After him are Luis Garavito (1957).
