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Peter Kürten

1883 - 1931

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Peter Kürten (German: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈkʏʁtn̩]; 26 May 1883 – 2 July 1931) was a German serial killer, known as The Vampire of Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf Monster, who committed a series of murders and sexual assaults between February and November 1929 in the city of Düsseldorf. In the years before these assaults and murders, Kürten had amassed a lengthy criminal record for offences including arson and attempted murder. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Kürten has received more than 2,653,732 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Peter Kürten is the 39th most popular extremist (down from 37th in 2019), the 698th most popular biography from Germany (up from 702nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Extremist.

Peter Kürten was a German serial killer who was convicted of nine murders and seven attempted murders. He was nicknamed the "Vampire of Düsseldorf" because he would bite his victims' throats.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Peter Kürten ranks 39 out of 283. Before him are Cleon, Nathuram Godse, Andreas Baader, H. H. Holmes, Jim Jones, and Tommaso Buscetta. After him are Joseph Kony, William Kemmler, Mehmet Ali Ağca, Fritz Haarmann, Gudrun Ensslin, and Madame de Brinvilliers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Peter Kürten ranks 33. Before him are Wang Jingwei, Andrey Vyshinsky, Napoleon Hill, Angela Hitler, Douglas Fairbanks, and Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy. After him are Mohammed Nadir Shah, A. S. Neill, Nina Ricci, Alexander Yegorov, Giovanni Messe, and Zaifeng, Prince Chun. Among people deceased in 1931, Peter Kürten ranks 20. Before him are Theo van Doesburg, Carl Nielsen, F. W. Murnau, Bhagat Singh, Hermann Müller, and Armand Fallières. After him are Nathan Söderblom, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Eugène Ysaÿe, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Carin Göring, and Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Kürten ranks 698 out of 7,253. Before him are Moses Hess (1812), Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Jost Gippert (1956), Johann Tetzel (1460), and Georg Elser (1903). After him are William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852), Heinrich Hoffmann (1885), Kurt Koffka (1886), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1727), and Georg Büchner (1813).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Germany

Among extremists born in Germany, Peter Kürten ranks 5. Before him are Ulrike Meinhof (1934), Frederick Trump (1869), Otto Ohlendorf (1907), and Andreas Baader (1943). After him are Fritz Haarmann (1879), Gudrun Ensslin (1940), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), Willi Herold (1925), Armin Meiwes (1961), Fritz Honka (1935), and Oskar Gröning (1921).

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