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Robert Ressler

1937 - 2013

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Robert Kenneth Ressler (February 15, 1937 – May 5, 2013) was an American FBI agent and author. He played a significant role in the psychological profiling of violent offenders in the 1970s and is often credited with coining the term "serial killer", though the term is a direct translation of the German term Serienmörder coined in 1930 by Berlin investigator Ernst Gennat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Ressler has received more than 1,517,258 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Ressler is the 2,281st most popular writer, the 2,864th most popular biography from United States and the 250th most popular American Writer.

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  • 16

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  • 4.80

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  • 2.05

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Ressler ranks 2,281 out of 7,302. Before him are Henri Desgrange, Rahul Sankrityayan, Christina Rossetti, Heinrich Glarean, Tomé Pires, and Evelyn Beatrice Hall. After him are Harold Bloom, J.-H. Rosny aîné, Cao Yu, Ding Ling, William Steig, and Bálint Balassi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Robert Ressler ranks 160. Before him are Gundula Janowitz, Otto Pfister, Sofiko Chiaureli, Don Bluth, Armin Hary, and Paolo Bonacelli. After him are Viktor Ponedelnik, Lajos Portisch, Robert B. Wilson, Audrys Bačkis, Karol J. Bobko, and Luciana Paluzzi. Among people deceased in 2013, Robert Ressler ranks 140. Before him are Margherita Hack, Chris Kyle, Mitja Ribičič, Shakuntala Devi, Mariangela Melato, and Luis Cubilla. After him are Marie-Claire Alain, Harry Reems, Bill Foulkes, Karen Black, Hans Riegel, and László Csatáry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Ressler ranks 2,864 out of 20,380. Before him are Saul Perlmutter (1959), Cy Young (1867), John W. Campbell (1910), George Mikan (1924), Rodney Alcala (1943), and Mabel Normand (1892). After him are Lizzie Magie (1866), Charles Bachman (1924), Karl Guthe Jansky (1905), Harold Bloom (1930), Morton Feldman (1926), and William Steig (1907).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Ressler ranks 250. Before him are Wayne Dyer (1940), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), Harlan Coben (1962), Edward Bunker (1933), Fritz Leiber (1910), and John W. Campbell (1910). After him are Harold Bloom (1930), William Steig (1907), Archibald Gracie IV (1858), August Derleth (1909), Mary Baker Eddy (1821), and Terence McKenna (1946).

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