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Robert Ford

1862 - 1892

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Robert Newton Ford (December 8, 1861 – June 8, 1892) was an American outlaw who killed fellow outlaw Jesse James on April 3, 1882. He and his brother Charley, both members of the James–Younger Gang under James's leadership, went on to perform paid re-enactments of the killing at publicity events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Ford has received more than 52,179 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Ford is the 161st most popular extremist (down from 152nd in 2019), the 3,600th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,561st in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Extremist.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Robert Ford ranks 161 out of 283. Before him are John Adams, Cleveland Torso Murderer, Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Jerry Brudos, Louis Farrakhan, and Luciano Moggi. After him are Jan-Carl Raspe, Saif al-Adel, Golden State Killer, Machine Gun Kelly, Mary Bell, and Ibn al-Khattab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Robert Ford ranks 78. Before him are Mykola Pymonenko, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Theodor Boveri, Friedrich Meinecke, William Wallace Campbell, and Alexander Guchkov. After him are Fatma Aliye Topuz, Charles Evans Hughes, Vilhelm Bjerknes, Maurice Emmanuel, Abram Arkhipov, and Movses Silikyan. Among people deceased in 1892, Robert Ford ranks 48. Before him are Jan Czerski, Alexander Cartwright, Abdyl Frashëri, Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, Anthon van Rappard, and Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet. After him are Theodor Meynert, Constantin von Alvensleben, Cyrus West Field, György Klapka, Albert Aurier, and Alexander Mackenzie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Ford ranks 3,600 out of 20,380. Before him are Adam Baldwin (1962), Barbara Jones (1937), Peter MacNicol (1954), Allen J. Bard (1933), Ben Hecht (1893), and Bob Barker (1923). After him are George Speck (1824), Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (1981), Sixto Durán Ballén (1921), Jerry Buss (1933), Kathy Baker (1950), and Geoffrey Lewis (1935).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Robert Ford ranks 47. Before him are Sam Giancana (1908), Leon Czolgosz (1873), Joseph Valachi (1904), Patty Hearst (1954), Jerry Brudos (1939), and Louis Farrakhan (1933). After him are Golden State Killer (1945), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Nancy Spungen (1958), Dean Corll (1939), and Tex Watson (1945).

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