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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 2,611,026 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Robert Stroud is the 139th most popular extremist (down from 125th in 2019), the 3,196th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,194th in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Robert Stroud ranks 139 out of 209Before him are John Adams, Patricia Krenwinkel, Alexandros Koryzis, Richard Chase, Carl Panzram, and Patty Hearst. After him are Eugène Terre'Blanche, Béla Kiss, Louis Farrakhan, Bugs Moran, Golden State Killer, and Dean Corll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Robert Stroud ranks 96Before him are Duke Kahanamoku, Mustafa Shokay, Vasili Eroshenko, Yoshio Nishina, Emilio Portes Gil, and Erwin Jaenecke. After him are Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Henrich Focke, Evert Taube, Michał Rola-Żymierski, Fawzi al-Qawuqji, and László Bárdossy. Among people deceased in 1963, Robert Stroud ranks 77Before him are Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Camille Chautemps, Alan Gardiner, Otto Struve, Dinah Washington, and Seth Barnes Nicholson. After him are Ernst Marischka, Gustave Garrigou, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Luis Cernuda, Elmore James, and Adolphe Menjou.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Stroud ranks 3,196 out of 18,182Before him are Gregg L. Semenza (1956), Joe Viterelli (1937), Anthony Edwards (1962), Richard Anderson (1926), Michael Stipe (1960), and Bobby Kimball (1947). After him are Johnny Sins (1978), Thomas Newman (1955), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), Lindsay Lohan (1986), Katherine MacGregor (1925), and Syd Mead (1933).

Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Robert Stroud ranks 48Before him are Leon Czolgosz (1873), Jerry Brudos (1939), Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), Richard Chase (1950), Carl Panzram (1892), and Patty Hearst (1954). After him are Louis Farrakhan (1933), Bugs Moran (1893), Golden State Killer (1945), Dean Corll (1939), Samuel Little (1940), and Stephen Paddock (1953).