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Robert Stroud

1890 - 1963

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Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a convicted murderer, American federal prisoner, and author who has been cited as one of the most notorious criminals in the United States. During his time at Leavenworth Penitentiary, he reared and sold birds and became a respected ornithologist. From 1942 to 1959, he was incarcerated at Alcatraz, where regulations did not allow him to keep birds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Stroud has received more than 2,809,637 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Robert Stroud is the 132nd most popular extremist (up from 139th in 2019), the 2,953rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,188th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Extremist.

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  • 26

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  • 3.26

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  • 3.73

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Robert Stroud ranks 132 out of 283. Before him are Alexandros Koryzis, Stephen Paddock, Rodney Alcala, Joaquin Murrieta, Rafael Caro Quintero, and Josef Blösche. After him are Albert Anastasia, Charles Whitman, Fred West, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Richard Chase, and Joseph Bonanno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Robert Stroud ranks 96. Before him are Claire Lee Chennault, Konstantin Melnikov, Matome Ugaki, Johannes Vares, Paul Strand, and Duke Kahanamoku. After him are László Bárdossy, Mustafa Shokay, Louis Delluc, Evert Taube, Erwin Jaenecke, and Emilio Portes Gil. Among people deceased in 1963, Robert Stroud ranks 75. Before him are Seth Barnes Nicholson, Margaret Murray, Ernst Kantorowicz, Rahul Sankrityayan, Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, and Richard Kohn. After him are Edith Hamilton, Ernesto Lecuona, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Ernst Marischka, Alfred Wünnenberg, and Sophus Nielsen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Stroud ranks 2,953 out of 20,380. Before him are Katie Holmes (1978), Howlin' Wolf (1910), George W. De Long (1844), Lisa Edelstein (1966), Jane Kaczmarek (1955), and Tom Holland (1943). After him are Elbridge Gerry (1744), Stephen Foster (1826), Jennifer Jason Leigh (1962), Charles Tilly (1929), James Curtis Hepburn (1815), and Benjamin Tucker (1854).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Robert Stroud ranks 37. Before him are Baruch Goldstein (1956), Delphine LaLaurie (1787), Aldrich Ames (1941), David Berkowitz (1953), Stephen Paddock (1953), and Rodney Alcala (1943). After him are Charles Whitman (1941), Richard Chase (1950), Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), Sam Giancana (1908), Leon Czolgosz (1873), and Joseph Valachi (1904).

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