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Richard Hauptmann

1899 - 1936

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Bruno Richard Hauptmann (November 26, 1899 – April 3, 1936) was a German-born carpenter who was convicted of the abduction and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The Lindbergh kidnapping became known as "The Crime of the Century". Both Hauptmann and his wife, Anna Hauptmann, proclaimed his innocence to his death, when he was executed in 1936 by electric chair at the Trenton State Prison. Anna later sued the State of New Jersey, various former police officers, the Hearst newspapers that had published pre-trial articles insisting on Hauptmann's guilt, and former prosecutor David T. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Hauptmann has received more than 1,340,266 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Richard Hauptmann is the 32nd most popular mafioso (up from 38th in 2019), the 1,935th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,249th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Mafioso.

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  • 1.55

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Richard Hauptmann ranks 32 out of 70. Before him are Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Salvatore Giuliano, Khun Sa, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Joe Masseria, and Du Yuesheng. After him are Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, Richard Kuklinski, Frank Lucas, Sundance Kid, Mickey Cohen, and Murder of Kitty Genovese.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Richard Hauptmann ranks 85. Before him are Gustav Ucicky, Nikolay Voronov, Akim Tamiroff, Michał Kalecki, Gustaf Gründgens, and Ida Kamińska. After him are Haim Arlosoroff, Benjamin Péret, Osman Batur, Veit Harlan, Hans Swarowsky, and Lotte Reiniger. Among people deceased in 1936, Richard Hauptmann ranks 69. Before him are Martin Lowry, Irving Thalberg, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Henri de Régnier, Edward Bach, and Charles Curtis. After him are Meir Dizengoff, Hans Poelzig, Gustave Kahn, Arvid Lindman, Sergey Kamenev, and Édouard Herzen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard Hauptmann ranks 1,935 out of 7,253. Before him are Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (1865), George, Duke of Bavaria (1455), Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854), Henry III, Duke of Bavaria (940), Franz Abt (1819), and Barbara of Brandenburg (1464). After him are Johannes Nikolaus Tetens (1736), Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia (1155), Gustav Nachtigal (1834), Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1536), Katia Mann (1883), and Fastrada (765).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Germany

Among mafiosos born in Germany, Richard Hauptmann ranks 3. Before him are Karl Gebhardt (1897), and Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (1922).

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