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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. Sutcliffe was sentenced to twenty concurrent sentences of life imprisonment, which were converted to a whole life order in 2010. Two of his murders took place in Manchester; all the others took place in West Yorkshire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Sutcliffe has received more than 13,455,445 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Peter Sutcliffe is the 186th most popular extremist (down from 113th in 2019), the 2,460th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,533rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Extremist.

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  • 51.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 186 out of 283. Before him are Samuel Little, Mary Ann Cotton, Robledo Puch, Bugs Moran, Andrew Cunanan, and Carl Panzram. After him are Guy Burgess, Brigitte Mohnhaupt, John Wesley Hardin, Amelia Dyer, Ramadan Shalah, and Luis Posada Carriles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 323. Before him are Nicholas Clay, Lesley Ann Warren, Tyne Daly, Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, María Baxa, and John Callen. After him are Patty Duke, Paul Smith, Antonio Fargas, Jimmy Buffett, Keith Mitchell, and Eliades Ochoa. Among people deceased in 2020, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 257. Before him are Éva Székely, Lynn Cohen, Sven Wollter, John Shrapnel, Corine Rottschäfer, and Ray Clemence. After him are Irina Skobtseva, Jair Marinho, Enrique Irazoqui, Louis Nirenberg, Jean Delumeau, and Norma Cappagli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 2,460 out of 8,785. Before him are Ernest Marsden (1889), Kiki Dee (1947), John Callen (1946), Galyani Vadhana (1923), Martin Lings (1909), and Fatboy Slim (1963). After him are Roy Harrod (1900), Peter Frampton (1950), George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799), Benedict Biscop (628), Sydney Chapman (1888), and Richard Marquand (1937).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 10. Before him are Dennis Nilsen (1945), Fred West (1941), John Adams (1767), Mary Bell (1957), John Haigh (1909), and Mary Ann Cotton (1832). After him are Guy Burgess (1911), Amelia Dyer (1837), John Bodkin Adams (1899), Jonathan Wild (1683), Dick Turpin (1705), and John Christie (1899).

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