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Ulrike Meinhof

German left-wing militant

1934 - 1976

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Her biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2024). Ulrike Meinhof is the 32nd most popular extremist (down from 21st in 2024), the 538th most popular biography from Germany (down from 351st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Extremist.

Ulrike Meinhof was a German militant left-wing activist and journalist. She was a co-founder of the Red Army Faction, a communist terrorist group. She was captured in 1972, and she died in 1976 from self-inflicted injuries in prison.

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Ulrike Meinhof ranks #538 among 8,184 people in Pantheon born in Germany, inside the top 7% of that group.

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Ulrike Meinhof's biography appears in 49 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 93% of all Extremists.

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Among Extremists

Among extremists, Ulrike Meinhof ranks 32 out of 336. Before her are John Wayne Gacy, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Ed Gein, Albert Fish, Carlos the Jackal, and Machine Gun Kelly. After her are Frank Sheeran, Cleon, Charles Ponzi, Anders Behring Breivik, John Hinckley Jr., and H. H. Holmes.

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Among people born in 1934, Ulrike Meinhof ranks 33. Before her are Sydney Pollack, Vavá, Roman Herzog, Tom Baker, Paul Ekman, and Pierre Richard. After her are Paco Rabanne, Kenny Baker, Jacques Anquetil, Larisa Latynina, Paul Cohen, and Empress Michiko. Among people deceased in 1976, Ulrike Meinhof ranks 25. Before her are Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Henrik Dam, Jacques Monod, Benjamin Britten, Lars Onsager, and Joachim Peiper. After her are J. Paul Getty, Gustav Heinemann, Raymond Queneau, Alexander Calder, Anneliese Michel, and Zhu De.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ulrike Meinhof ranks 538 out of 8,184. Before her are Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1546), Felix Klein (1849), Walter Scheel (1919), Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667), and Hans Baldung (1484). After her are Theodor Morell (1886), Hans Fritzsche (1900), Henning von Tresckow (1901), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), and Kurt Meyer (1910).

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Among Extremists In Germany

Among extremists born in Germany, Ulrike Meinhof ranks 3. Before her are Frederick Trump (1869), and Ilse Koch (1906). After her are Otto Ohlendorf (1907), Andreas Baader (1943), Peter Kürten (1883), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), Fritz Haarmann (1879), Gudrun Ensslin (1940), Fritz Honka (1935), Willi Herold (1925), and Johann Rattenhuber (1897).

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