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Peter Sutcliffe

1946 - 2020

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Peter William Sutcliffe (2 June 1946 – 13 November 2020), also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980.: 144  He was dubbed in press reports as the Yorkshire Ripper, an allusion to the Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper. He was sentenced to twenty concurrent sentences of life imprisonment, which were converted to a whole life order in 2010. Two of Sutcliffe's murders took place in Manchester; all the others were in West Yorkshire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Sutcliffe has received more than 12,852,534 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Peter Sutcliffe is the 113th most popular extremist (up from 169th in 2019), the 1,538th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,970th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Extremist.

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  • 55.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 113 out of 209. Before him are Wadie Haddad, Baby Face Nelson, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Cleveland Torso Murderer, Elisabeth Becker, and Aldrich Ames. After him are Rodney Alcala, Robert Hansen, Mary Ann Cotton, Joseph Bonanno, Dokka Umarov, and Baruch Goldstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 168. Before him are Tina Aumont, Alejandro Toledo, Krister Henriksson, Alison Steadman, Jan Kodeš, and Ian McDonald. After him are Sue Lyon, Joe Dante, Ahmed Faras, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Tom Savini, and Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester. Among people deceased in 2020, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 131. Before him are Gene Deitch, Mory Kanté, Dana Zátopková, Otto Barić, Ben Cross, and Pascal Lissouba. After him are Margaret Burbidge, Manolis Glezos, Albert Memmi, Dyanne Thorne, Hugh Keays-Byrne, and Paik Sun-yup.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 1,538 out of 7,765. Before him are Max Mallowan (1904), Ian McDonald (1946), Donald Maclean (1913), Channing Tatum (1980), Lulach (1030), and Hubert Cecil Booth (1871). After him are George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608), Josiah Wedgwood (1730), P. F. Strawson (1919), Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886), Jack Hawkins (1910), and Julia Ormond (1965).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 5. Before him are Emperor Norton (1818), Sawney Bean (1600), Harold Shipman (1946), and Dennis Nilsen (1945). After him are Mary Ann Cotton (1832), John Adams (1767), Mary Bell (1957), Guy Burgess (1911), Fred West (1941), John Haigh (1909), and John Christie (1899).

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