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Andreas Baader

1943 - 1977

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Berndt Andreas Baader (6 May 1943 – 18 October 1977) was a West German communist and leader of the far-left terrorist organization Red Army Faction (RAF), also commonly known as the Baader-Meinhof Group. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Baader is the 42nd most popular extremist (down from 35th in 2019), the 799th most popular biography from Germany (down from 654th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Extremist.

Andreas Baader was a terrorist who was part of the Red Army Faction. He was most famous for being a member of the group and for his involvement in the kidnapping of Hanns-Martin Schleyer.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Andreas Baader ranks 42 out of 283. Before him are John Hinckley Jr., H. H. Holmes, Robert-François Damiens, Luis Carrero Blanco, Timothy McVeigh, and Otto Ohlendorf. After him are Issei Sagawa, Peter Kürten, Nedeljko Čabrinović, George Habash, Nathuram Godse, and Joseph Kony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Andreas Baader ranks 64. Before him are Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Pervez Musharraf, Peter Zumthor, Mario Botta, Leonardo Sandri, and Esma Redžepova. After him are Arthur B. McDonald, Masaru Emoto, Terrence Malick, Finn E. Kydland, Sam Shepard, and Neale Donald Walsch. Among people deceased in 1977, Andreas Baader ranks 29. Before him are Archibald Hill, Howard Hawks, Joan Crawford, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Clarice Lispector, and Bing Crosby. After him are James Jones, Ali Shariati, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Alexander Luria, Peter Finch, and Modibo Keïta.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Andreas Baader ranks 799 out of 7,253. Before him are Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (1573), Johann Joachim Quantz (1697), Otto Ohlendorf (1907), Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828), Peter Parler (1330), and Albert Göring (1895). After him are Jürgen Prochnow (1941), Johann Joachim Becher (1635), Georg Ernst Stahl (1659), Wilhelm Cuno (1876), Princess Louise of Prussia (1838), and David Strauss (1808).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Germany

Among extremists born in Germany, Andreas Baader ranks 4. Before him are Frederick Trump (1869), Ulrike Meinhof (1934), and Otto Ohlendorf (1907). After him are Peter Kürten (1883), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), Fritz Haarmann (1879), Gudrun Ensslin (1940), Fritz Honka (1935), Willi Herold (1925), Johann Rattenhuber (1897), and Monika Ertl (1937).

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