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Dennis Nilsen

1945 - 2018

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Dennis Andrew Nilsen (23 November 1945 – 12 May 2018) was a Scottish serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983. Convicted at the Old Bailey of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder, Nilsen was sentenced to life imprisonment on 4 November 1983, with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 25 years; this recommendation was later changed to a whole life tariff in December 1994. In his later years, Nilsen was imprisoned at HM Prison Full Sutton in the East Riding of Yorkshire. All of Nilsen's murders were committed at the two North London addresses where he lived between 1978 and 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dennis Nilsen is the 143rd most popular extremist (down from 114th in 2019), the 1,996th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,501st in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Dennis Nilsen ranks 143 out of 283. Before him are Jalaluddin Haqqani, Jacques Mesrine, Eugen Weidmann, Frank Nitti, Baruch Goldstein, and Patricia Krenwinkel. After him are Sante Geronimo Caserio, Whitey Bulger, Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, Josef Blösche, Stephen Paddock, and Fred West.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Dennis Nilsen ranks 217. Before him are Nick Simper, Driss Jettou, Michael Nouri, Earl Boen, Marianne Sägebrecht, and Neophyte of Bulgaria. After him are Pat Riley, Don McLean, Leonid Popov, Curtis Hanson, Douglas Hofstadter, and Richard Armitage. Among people deceased in 2018, Dennis Nilsen ranks 139. Before him are Rachid Taha, Al Matthews, Soon-Tek Oh, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Serge Dassault, and Aharon Appelfeld. After him are Lill-Babs, Michael Anderson, Peter G. Peterson, Whitey Bulger, June Whitfield, and Roger Piantoni.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dennis Nilsen ranks 1,996 out of 8,785. Before him are Algernon Blackwood (1869), David Byrne (1952), Andy Whitfield (1971), Ouida (1839), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), and Sophie Turner (1996). After him are Mary Astell (1666), John Fletcher (1579), Henry Allingham (1896), Roger Hodgson (1950), Pauline Moran (1947), and Kenneth Grahame (1859).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Dennis Nilsen ranks 6. Before him are Sawney Bean (1600), Emperor Norton (1818), John Haigh (1909), John Christie (1899), and Harold Shipman (1946). After him are Fred West (1941), John Adams (1767), Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Mary Bell (1957), Jonathan Wild (1683), and Guy Burgess (1911).

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