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H. H. Holmes

1861 - 1896

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Herman Webster Mudgett (May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896), better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American con artist and serial killer active between 1891 and 1894. By the time of his execution in 1896, Holmes had engaged in a lengthy criminal career that included insurance fraud, forgery, swindling, three or four bigamous marriages, horse theft, and murder. Known as the Beast of Chicago, the Devil in the White City, or the Torture Doctor, his most notorious crimes took place in Chicago around the time of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. H. H. Holmes is the 37th most popular extremist (down from 36th in 2019), the 911th most popular biography from United States (down from 755th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Extremist.

H. H. Holmes is most famous for the murders he committed in the late 1800s. He was a con man who would lure people to his hotel, kill them, and then steal their belongings.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, H. H. Holmes ranks 37 out of 283. Before him are Ulrike Meinhof, Frank Sheeran, Cleon, Charles Ponzi, Anders Behring Breivik, and John Hinckley Jr.. After him are Robert-François Damiens, Luis Carrero Blanco, Timothy McVeigh, Otto Ohlendorf, Andreas Baader, and Issei Sagawa.

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Among people born in 1861, H. H. Holmes ranks 21. Before him are Aristide Maillol, Robert Bosch, José Rizal, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, and Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After him are James Naismith, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Antoine Bourdelle, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Italo Svevo, and Maximilian von Spee. Among people deceased in 1896, H. H. Holmes ranks 15. Before him are Hippolyte Fizeau, William Morris, Otto Lilienthal, John Everett Millais, José Rizal, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. After him are Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Edmond de Goncourt, Louis-Jules Trochu, Richard Avenarius, Ambroise Thomas, and Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, H. H. Holmes ranks 911 out of 20,380. Before him are F. Murray Abraham (1939), John Hinckley Jr. (1955), Robert Hofstadter (1915), Chris Isaak (1956), Tippi Hedren (1930), and Thomas Friedman (1953). After him are John Huston (1906), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Farrah Fawcett (1947), Roy Orbison (1936), Pete Seeger (1919), and Edwin S. Porter (1870).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, H. H. Holmes ranks 16. Before him are John Wayne Gacy (1942), Ed Gein (1906), Albert Fish (1870), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Frank Sheeran (1920), and John Hinckley Jr. (1955). After him are Timothy McVeigh (1968), Jim Jones (1931), William Kemmler (1860), Butch Cassidy (1866), Tex Watson (1945), and Gary Gilmore (1940).

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