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Aileen Wuornos

1956 - 2002

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Aileen Carol Wuornos (; born Pittman; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer. Between 1989 and 1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, Wuornos shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients. She claimed that her victims had either raped or attempted to rape her, and that the homicides were committed in self-defense. Wuornos was sentenced to death for six of the murders and was executed in 2002 after spending more than ten years on Florida's death row. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aileen Wuornos is the 65th most popular extremist (down from 54th in 2019), the 1,640th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,204th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Extremist.

Aileen Wuornos is most famous for being a serial killer who murdered seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Aileen Wuornos ranks 65 out of 283. Before her are Gary Gilmore, Dennis Rader, Edmund Kemper, Fritz Haarmann, Tommaso Buscetta, and Henri Désiré Landru. After her are Rodney Alcala, Marvin Heemeyer, Jordan Belfort, Marc Dutroux, Boris Savinkov, and Carlo Gambino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Aileen Wuornos ranks 48. Before her are Eric Roberts, Ravi Shankar, Zbigniew Boniek, Danny Boyle, Joe Satriani, and David Caruso. After her are Afric Simone, Michael Connelly, Marc Dutroux, Ali Asadov, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, and Michele Alboreto. Among people deceased in 2002, Aileen Wuornos ranks 52. Before her are Eduardo Chillida, Raf Vallone, John Gotti, René Thom, Cyrus Vance, and Sigvard Bernadotte. After her are Pim Fortuyn, Agatha Barbara, Laurent Schwartz, César Milstein, Lilian, Princess of Réthy, and María Félix.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Aileen Wuornos ranks 1,640 out of 20,380. Before her are Jean Webster (1876), John Vincent Atanasoff (1903), Barry Levinson (1942), W. Edwards Deming (1900), Lyonel Feininger (1871), and Dave Brubeck (1920). After her are Gloria Gaynor (1947), Roy O. Disney (1893), Rodney Alcala (1943), John B. Kelly Sr. (1889), Dirk Benedict (1945), and Charles Ives (1874).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Aileen Wuornos ranks 25. Before her are William Kemmler (1860), Butch Cassidy (1866), Tex Watson (1945), Gary Gilmore (1940), Dennis Rader (1945), and Edmund Kemper (1948). After her are Rodney Alcala (1943), Marvin Heemeyer (1951), Jordan Belfort (1962), Axeman of New Orleans (null), George Jung (1942), and Barry Seal (1939).

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