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Delphine LaLaurie

1787 - 1849

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Marie Delphine Macarty or MacCarthy (March 19, 1787 – December 7, 1849), more commonly known as Madame Blanque or, after her third marriage, as Madame LaLaurie, was a New Orleans socialite and suspected serial killer who tortured and murdered enslaved people in her household. Born during the Spanish colonial period, LaLaurie married three times in Louisiana and was twice widowed. She maintained her position in New Orleans society until April 10, 1834, when rescuers responded to a fire at her Royal Street mansion. They discovered bound slaves in her attic who showed evidence of cruel, violent abuse over a long period. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Delphine LaLaurie is the 132nd most popular extremist (down from 118th in 2019), the 3,182nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,546th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Delphine LaLaurie ranks 132 out of 283. Before her are Kōzō Okamoto, Albert Anastasia, Luciano Leggio, Dinko Šakić, David Berkowitz, and Omar Abdel-Rahman. After her are Wilhelm Boger, Robert Hansen, Charles Sobhraj, Aldrich Ames, Jalaluddin Haqqani, and Jacques Mesrine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, Delphine LaLaurie ranks 22. Before her are Nils Gabriel Sefström, Ludwig Uhland, Christian Ludwig Brehm, James Weddell, Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne, and Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse. After her are Friedrich Krupp, François Sudre, Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi, Eliza Poe, Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, and Mathieu Orfila. Among people deceased in 1849, Delphine LaLaurie ranks 34. Before her are Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily, Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Conradin Kreutzer, Quatremère de Quincy, and François Habeneck. After her are Angelica Catalani, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este, Andrés Manuel del Río, Jacques-Laurent Agasse, Dolley Madison, and Jan Svatopluk Presl.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Delphine LaLaurie ranks 3,182 out of 20,380. Before her are David Berkowitz (1953), Brenda Lee (1944), Edsel Ford (1893), Bobby Brown (1969), Dusty Hill (1949), and Ken Carpenter (1913). After her are George Chakiris (1934), Frederic Forrest (1936), Téa Leoni (1966), John Mauchly (1907), Anne Applebaum (1964), and Christina Applegate (1971).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Delphine LaLaurie ranks 44. Before her are Ma Barker (1873), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Robert Stroud (1890), Richard Ramirez (1960), Anwar al-Awlaki (1971), and David Berkowitz (1953). After her are Robert Hansen (1939), Aldrich Ames (1941), Baruch Goldstein (1956), Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), Whitey Bulger (1929), and Stephen Paddock (1953).

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