1890 - 1963
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, Robert Stroud ranks 139 out of 209. Before 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.
1767 - 1829
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 133
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 134
1885 - 1941
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 135
1950 - 1980
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 136
1892 - 1930
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 137
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 138
1890 - 1963
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 139
1941 - 2010
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 140
1877 - 1915
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 141
1933 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 142
1893 - 1957
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 143
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 144
1939 - 1973
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 145
Among people born in 1890, Robert Stroud ranks 96. Before 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 77. Before 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.
1890 - 1968
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 90
1890 - 1941
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 91
1890 - 1952
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 92
1890 - 1951
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 93
1890 - 1978
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 94
1890 - 1960
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 95
1890 - 1963
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 96
1890 - 1961
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 97
1890 - 1979
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 98
1890 - 1976
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 99
1890 - 1989
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 100
1890 - 1977
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 101
1890 - 1946
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 102
1883 - 1963
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 71
1885 - 1963
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 72
1879 - 1963
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 73
1897 - 1963
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 74
1924 - 1963
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 75
1891 - 1963
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 76
1890 - 1963
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 77
1893 - 1963
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 78
1884 - 1963
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 79
1877 - 1963
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 80
1902 - 1963
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 81
1918 - 1963
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 82
1890 - 1963
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 83
Among people born in United States, Robert Stroud ranks 3,196 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 3,190
1937 - 2004
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 3,191
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 3,192
1926 - 2017
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 3,193
1960 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 3,194
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 3,195
1890 - 1963
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 3,196
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 3,197
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 3,198
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 3,199
1986 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 3,200
1925 - 2018
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 3,201
1933 - 2019
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 3,202
Among extremists born in United States, Robert Stroud ranks 48. Before 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).
1873 - 1901
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 42
1939 - 2006
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 43
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 44
1950 - 1980
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 45
1892 - 1930
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 46
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 47
1890 - 1963
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 48
1933 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 49
1893 - 1957
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 50
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 51
1939 - 1973
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 52
1940 - 2020
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 53
1953 - 2017
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 54