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William Kemmler

1860 - 1890

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William Francis Kemmler (May 9, 1860 – August 6, 1890) was an American peddler, alcoholic, and murderer, who, in 1890, became the first person in the world to be executed by electric chair. He was convicted of murdering Matilda "Tillie" Ziegler, his common-law wife, a year earlier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Kemmler has received more than 1,007,685 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. William Kemmler is the 41st most popular extremist (down from 39th in 2019), the 923rd most popular biography from United States (down from 870th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Extremist.

William Kemmler was the first person to be executed by electric chair in 1890.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of William Kemmlers by language

Over the past year William Kemmler has had the most page views in the with 104,043 views, followed by German (17,547), and Russian (16,135). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (72.15%), Javanese (62.88%), and Ukrainian (35.09%)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, William Kemmler ranks 41 out of 283. Before him are Andreas Baader, H. H. Holmes, Jim Jones, Tommaso Buscetta, Peter Kürten, and Joseph Kony. After him are Mehmet Ali Ağca, Fritz Haarmann, Gudrun Ensslin, Madame de Brinvilliers, Timothy McVeigh, and George Jung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, William Kemmler ranks 26. Before him are Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Ernest Thompson Seton, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Hugo Wolf, John J. Pershing, and Louis Wain. After him are Hjalmar Branting, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Oda Krohg, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, Karl Denke, and René Lalique. Among people deceased in 1890, William Kemmler ranks 14. Before him are César Franck, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Joseph Merrick, Henri Nestlé, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Richard Francis Burton. After him are Niels Gade, John Henry Newman, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Louis Le Prince, Gottfried Keller, and Lorenz von Stein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Kemmler ranks 923 out of 20,380. Before him are Willard Libby (1908), Larry Hagman (1931), Billy Joel (1949), Jennifer Connelly (1970), Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), and Burton Richter (1931). After him are Richard Crenna (1926), Neale Donald Walsch (1943), Stanley Milgram (1933), Rod Steiger (1925), Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), and Steve Martin (1945).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, William Kemmler ranks 13. Before him are John Wayne Gacy (1942), Ted Kaczynski (1942), Ed Gein (1906), Albert Fish (1870), H. H. Holmes (1861), and Jim Jones (1931). After him are Timothy McVeigh (1968), George Jung (1942), Edmund Kemper (1948), Butch Cassidy (1866), Aileen Wuornos (1956), and Dennis Rader (1945).

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