Extremist

Sawney Bean

semi-mythical head of a 48-member clan in 15th- or 16th-century Scotland

1600 - 1600

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His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Sawney Bean is the 52nd most popular extremist (up from 56th in 2024), the 851st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 797th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Extremist.

Sawney Bean was a cannibal who lived in a cave in Scotland. He had 20 children with his wife, and they all ate human flesh.

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Among Extremists

Among extremists, Sawney Bean ranks 52 out of 283. Before him are Nedeljko Čabrinović, George Habash, Moors murders#Myra Hindley, Nathuram Godse, Joseph Kony, and Jim Jones. After him are William Kemmler, Abu Nidal, Mohamed Atta, Butch Cassidy, Pavlik Morozov, and Tex Watson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1600, Sawney Bean ranks 6. Before him are Charles I of England, Pope Clement IX, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Claude Lorrain, and Lorenzo Ruiz. After him are Marie de Rohan, False Dmitry II, Nicolas Sanson, Simeon Bekbulatovich, Gabriel Naudé, and Cristóbal de Morales. Among people deceased in 1600, Sawney Bean ranks 3. Before him are Giordano Bruno, and Ishida Mitsunari. After him are Catharina van Hemessen, Konishi Yukinaga, Hosokawa Gracia, José de Acosta, Luis de Molina, Enrique of Malacca, Gaspar de Lemos, Margrave Andrew of Burgau, and Ōtani Yoshitsugu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sawney Bean ranks 851 out of NaN. Before him are Cynegils (575), Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet (1892), Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864), Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415), Samuel Richardson (1689), and Eadwig (940). After him are Daniel Rutherford (1749), H. Rider Haggard (1856), Sean Bean (1959), Charles Frederick Worth (1825), John Nelson Darby (1800), and J. Bruce Ismay (1862).

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Among Extremists In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Sawney Bean ranks 2. Before him are Moors murders#Myra Hindley (null). After him are Emperor Norton (1818), John Haigh (1909), John Christie (1899), Harold Shipman (1946), Dennis Nilsen (1945), Fred West (1941), John Adams (1767), Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Mary Bell (1957), and Jonathan Wild (1683).

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