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Robert Hansen

1939 - 2014

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Robert Christian Boes Hansen (February 15, 1939 – August 21, 2014), popularly known as the Butcher Baker, was an American serial killer active in Anchorage, Alaska, between 1972 and 1983. Hansen abducted, raped and murdered at least seventeen women. Many of the women abducted were released by Hansen into the wilderness and hunted with a Ruger Mini-14 and hunting knives. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Hansen has received more than 7,805,414 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Robert Hansen is the 101st most popular extremist (up from 115th in 2019), the 2,138th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,561st in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Extremist.

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  • 3.17

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Robert Hansen ranks 101 out of 283Before him are Luciano Leggio, Jack Unterweger, Harold Shipman, Sirhan Sirhan, Wilhelm Voigt, and Oskar Gröning. After him are Leonarda Cianciulli, Barry Seal, Johann Rattenhuber, Richard Ramirez, Monika Ertl, and Horst Mahler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Robert Hansen ranks 114Before him are Dusty Springfield, Salomé, Concha Velasco, Tarcisio Burgnich, Sante Gaiardoni, and Guntis Ulmanis. After him are Ginger Baker, John O'Keefe, Jean Djorkaeff, Barry Seal, Stanisław Dziwisz, and Michu Meszaros. Among people deceased in 2014, Robert Hansen ranks 98Before him are Stuart Hall, Jack Bruce, Mango, Valeri Kubasov, Yitzhak Hofi, and Richard Bull. After him are Alexander Shulgin, Björn Waldegård, Mário Coluna, Johnny Winter, Huber Matos, and Ramón José Velásquez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Hansen ranks 2,138 out of 20,380Before him are Chris Pratt (1979), Will Eisner (1917), George Smith (1941), Richard Bull (1924), Vera Farmiga (1973), and Roger Ailes (1940). After him are Bernard Malamud (1914), Lance Reddick (1962), Thomas Eakins (1844), James J. Braddock (1905), Henry J. Heinz (1844), and Alexander Shulgin (1925).

Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Robert Hansen ranks 28Before him are Frank Sheeran (1920), Ma Barker (1873), James Earl Ray (1928), Susan Atkins (1948), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), and Whitey Bulger (1929). After him are Barry Seal (1939), Richard Ramirez (1960), Baruch Goldstein (1956), Delphine LaLaurie (1787), Aldrich Ames (1941), and David Berkowitz (1953).