1946 - 2020
Peter William Sutcliffe (2 June 1946 – 13 November 2020), also known as Peter William Coonan, was an English serial killer who was dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper (an allusion to Jack the Ripper) by the press. On 22 May 1981, he was found guilty of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980. He was sentenced to 20 concurrent sentences of life imprisonment, which were converted to a whole life order in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Sutcliffe has received more than 7,707,083 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Peter Sutcliffe is the 169th most popular extremist (down from 152nd in 2019), the 2,973rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,899th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Extremist.
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Among extremists, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 169 out of 205. Before him are Abu Ayyub al-Masri, John Bodkin Adams, Viktor Bout, Howard Marks, Mary Surratt, and Irmgard Möller. After him are Alexander Pichushkin, Stuart Christie, Dick Turpin, Dennis Nilsen, John List, and Édouard Vaillant.
1968 - 2010
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 163
1899 - 1983
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 164
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 165
1945 - 2016
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 166
1823 - 1865
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 167
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 168
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 169
1974 - Present
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 170
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 171
1705 - 1739
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 172
1945 - 2018
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 173
1925 - 2008
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 174
1840 - 1915
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 175
Among people born in 1946, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 357. Before him are Zhang Gaoli, Bernard Maris, Trevor Pinnock, Gitte Hænning, Katia Ricciarelli, and Hayley Mills. After him are Randal Kleiser, Tim Pigott-Smith, Frank Marshall, Michèle Alliot-Marie, Daouda Malam Wanké, and John Prine. Among people deceased in 2020, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 396. Before him are Flavio Cotti, Henryk Gulbinowicz, Mohammad Mirmohammadi, Litokwa Tomeing, Kuniwo Nakamura, and Nobby Stiles. After him are Annie Ross, Eppie Wietzes, John Prine, Sumner Redstone, Alfred Riedl, and Johnny Mandel.
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 351
1946 - 2015
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 352
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 353
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 354
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 355
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 356
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 357
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 358
1946 - 2017
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 359
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 360
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 361
1946 - 2004
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 362
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 363
1939 - 2020
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 390
1923 - 2020
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 391
1948 - 2020
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 392
1939 - 2020
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 393
1943 - 2020
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 394
1942 - 2020
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 395
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 396
1930 - 2020
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 397
1938 - 2020
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 398
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 399
1923 - 2020
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 400
1949 - 2020
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 401
1925 - 2020
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 402
Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 2,973 out of 6,924. Before him are Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), Ben Barnes (1981), Nobby Stiles (1942), David Murray (1909), Jack Greenwell (1884), and Mark Gatiss (1966). After him are Brian Redman (1937), Nathaniel Bliss (1700), Annie Ross (1930), Jamie Vardy (1987), Clements Markham (1830), and John Moore (1761).
1892 - 1988
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 2,967
1981 - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 2,968
1942 - 2020
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 2,969
1909 - 1973
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 2,970
1884 - 1942
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 2,971
1966 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 2,972
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 2,973
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 2,974
1700 - 1764
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 2,975
1930 - 2020
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 2,976
1987 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 2,977
1830 - 1916
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 2,978
1761 - 1809
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 2,979
Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 12. Before him are John Haigh (1909), Jonathan Wild (1683), Fred West (1941), Guy Burgess (1911), John Bodkin Adams (1899), and Howard Marks (1945). After him are Stuart Christie (1946), Dick Turpin (1705), Dennis Nilsen (1945), John Christie (1899), Beverley Allitt (1968), and Colin Pitchfork (1960).
1909 - 1949
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 6
1683 - 1725
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 7
1941 - 1995
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 8
1911 - 1963
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 9
1899 - 1983
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 10
1945 - 2016
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 11
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 12
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 13
1705 - 1739
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 14
1945 - 2018
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 15
1899 - 1953
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 16
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 17
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 18