Extremist

Ed Gein

1906 - 1984

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Edward Theodore Gein [ˈɡiːn], genannt Ed Gein (* 27. August 1906 in La Crosse, Wisconsin; † 26. Juli 1984 in Madison, Wisconsin), alias Plainfield Ghoul, war ein US-amerikanischer Mörder, Leichendieb, Grab- und Leichenschänder, bei dem präparierte Leichenteile vieler verschiedener Frauen gefunden wurden. Den Vorwurf, er sei darüber hinaus nekrophil gewesen, stritt er jedoch stets ab. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2024). Ed Gein is the 28th most popular extremist (down from 22nd in 2024), the 628th most popular biography from United States (down from 422nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Extremist.

Ed Gein is most famous for his crimes. He was a serial killer and necrophile. He would often dig up the bodies of recently buried women and use their skin to make masks, belts, and other objects.

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Among Extremists

Among extremists, Ed Gein ranks 28 out of 283. Before him are Ilse Koch, Andrei Chikatilo, Mehmet Ali Ağca, Ted Kaczynski, John Wayne Gacy, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. After him are Albert Fish, Carlos the Jackal, Machine Gun Kelly, Ulrike Meinhof, Frank Sheeran, and Cleon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Ed Gein ranks 37. Before him are Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ilse Koch, Sergei Korolev, Hassan al-Banna, Hermann Fegelein, and Léon Degrelle. After him are Josef Kramer, Clyde Tombaugh, Marcelo Caetano, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, Soichiro Honda, and Alexey Stakhanov. Among people deceased in 1984, Ed Gein ranks 18. Before him are Mohamed Naguib, Mikhail Sholokhov, Julio Cortázar, Johnny Weissmuller, Stanislaw Ulam, and Carl Ferdinand Cori. After him are Martin Ryle, Pyotr Kapitsa, Vicente Aleixandre, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Martin Niemöller, and Ray Kroc.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ed Gein ranks 628 out of 20,380. Before him are Mia Farrow (1945), Ernest Borgnine (1917), George Foreman (1949), Don King (1931), Steven Tyler (1948), and Paul Walker (1973). After him are Linda B. Buck (1947), Sydney Pollack (1934), Larry Ellison (1944), William Clark (1770), Robert A. Dahl (1915), and Peter Fonda (1940).

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Among Extremists In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Ed Gein ranks 11. Before him are Lee Harvey Oswald (1939), Leon Czolgosz (1873), Golden State Killer (1945), Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), Ted Kaczynski (1942), and John Wayne Gacy (1942). After him are Albert Fish (1870), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Frank Sheeran (1920), John Hinckley Jr. (1955), H. H. Holmes (1861), and Timothy McVeigh (1968).

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