1949 - Today
Robert William Pickton (born October 24, 1949), also known as the Pig Farmer Killer or the Butcher, is a Canadian serial killer, serial rapist, former pig farmer and possible cannibal who is suspected of being one of the most prolific serial killers in Canadian history. After dropping out of school, Pickton left a butcher's apprenticeship to begin working full-time at his family's pig farm. He is believed to have begun his murders in the early 1990s after inheriting the farm. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Pickton has received more than 5,531,531 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Pickton is the 203rd most popular extremist (down from 187th in 2019), the 456th most popular biography from Canada (down from 425th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Extremist.
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Among extremists, Robert Pickton ranks 203 out of 209. Before her are Mildred Gillars, William Bonin, Francis Parker Yockey, Howard Marks, Abdul Quader Molla, and Ramzi Yousef. After her are Abubakar Shekau, Ziad Jarrah, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, Dawood Ibrahim, Vlado Taneski, and Karla Homolka.
1900 - 1988
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 197
1947 - 1996
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 198
1917 - 1960
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 199
1945 - 2016
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 200
1948 - 2013
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 201
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 202
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 203
1974 - 2021
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 204
1975 - 2001
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 205
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 206
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 207
1952 - 2008
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 208
1970 - Present
HPI: 40.15
Rank: 209
Among people born in 1949, Robert Pickton ranks 481. Before her are Michel Roger, Valeri Vasiliev, Toyokazu Nomura, Anthony Denison, Patrick Kilpatrick, and Mitsunori Fujiguchi. After her are Irena Degutienė, Mary Roos, Ian Charleson, Raoul Cédras, John Shea, and Gennady Novitsky.
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 475
1949 - 2012
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 476
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 477
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 478
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 479
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 480
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 481
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 482
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 483
1949 - 1990
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 484
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 485
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 486
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 487
Among people born in Canada, Robert Pickton ranks 456 out of 1,350. Before her are Sven Delblanc (1931), Rachelle Lefevre (1979), Linda Thorson (1947), Pauline Marois (1949), Guy Gavriel Kay (1954), and Jack Kruschen (1922). After her are Colin Munro MacLeod (1909), Nancy Greene Raine (1943), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), Rob Pike (1956), George Orton (1873), and Farley Mowat (1921).
1931 - 1992
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 450
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 451
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 452
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 453
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 454
1922 - 2002
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 455
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 456
1909 - 1972
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 457
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 458
1930 - 1972
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 459
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 460
1873 - 1958
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 461
1921 - 2014
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 462
Among extremists born in Canada, Robert Pickton ranks 1. After her are Karla Homolka (1970).