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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 2,367,832 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Peter Kürten is the 37th most popular extremist, the 702nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 654th 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 37 out of 209. Before him are Frederick Trump, Otto Ohlendorf, H. H. Holmes, Andreas Baader, Tommaso Buscetta, and Nathuram Godse. After him are Vincenzo Peruggia, William Kemmler, Emperor Norton, George Jung, Issei Sagawa, and Henri Désiré Landru.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Peter Kürten ranks 35. Before him are Lon Chaney, Wang Jingwei, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, A. S. Neill, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, and Norman Haworth. After him are Alexander Yegorov, Angela Hitler, Nina Ricci, Giovanni Messe, Gottfried Feder, and Zaifeng, Prince Chun. Among people deceased in 1931, Peter Kürten ranks 20. Before him are Theo van Doesburg, Joseph Joffre, Carl Nielsen, F. W. Murnau, Bhagat Singh, and Hermann Müller. After him are Eugène Ysaÿe, Carin Göring, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Armand Fallières, Martinus Beijerinck, and Nathan Söderblom.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Kürten ranks 702 out of 6,142. Before him are Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Max Reger (1873), Friedrich Mohs (1773), Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743), Johann Joachim Quantz (1697), and Götz von Berlichingen (1480). After him are Hans von Bülow (1830), Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1811), George V of Hanover (1819), Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574), and Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707).

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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), Oskar Gröning (1921), Johann Rattenhuber (1897), and Armin Meiwes (1961).

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