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Henri Désiré Landru

1869 - 1922

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Henri Désiré Landru (12 April 1869 – 25 February 1922) (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi deziʁe lɑ̃dʁy]) was a French serial killer, nicknamed the Bluebeard of Gambais and a prolific marriage fraudster. He is confirmed to have murdered at least ten women and the teenage son of his first victim, primarily targeting lonely war widows whom he met through newspaper advertisements, seduced, defrauded of their assets, and then killed, disposing of their bodies by burning them in his stove. He committed these crimes between December 1914 and January 1919, first at a house in Vernouillet and later at an isolated villa in Gambais, near Paris. The true number of Landru's victims remains unknown, as police traced correspondence with 283 women, 72 of whom were never found. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Désiré Landru is the 64th most popular extremist (down from 60th in 2019), the 1,306th most popular biography from France (up from 1,355th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Extremist.

Henri Désiré Landru was a French serial killer who murdered ten women between 1914 and 1919. He was captured in 1919 and sentenced to death by guillotine.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Henri Désiré Landru ranks 64 out of 283. Before him are Friedrich Jeckeln, Gary Gilmore, Dennis Rader, Edmund Kemper, Fritz Haarmann, and Tommaso Buscetta. After him are Aileen Wuornos, Rodney Alcala, Marvin Heemeyer, Jordan Belfort, Marc Dutroux, and Boris Savinkov.

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Among people born in 1869, Henri Désiré Landru ranks 38. Before him are Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein, Kasturba Gandhi, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Francisco Largo Caballero, Óscar Carmona, and Martin Andersen Nexø. After him are Élie Cartan, Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Carl Schuhmann, Max Hoffmann, Gaetano Bresci, and Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta. Among people deceased in 1922, Henri Désiré Landru ranks 32. Before him are Nellie Bly, Gabriel Narutowicz, Camille Jordan, Arthur Nikisch, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, and Mori Ōgai. After him are Velimir Khlebnikov, Yamagata Aritomo, Hermann Alexander Diels, Alessandro Moreschi, Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, and Giovanni Verga.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Désiré Landru ranks 1,306 out of 6,770. Before him are André Weil (1906), John III of Navarre (1477), Elif Shafak (1971), Philip, Duke of Orléans (1336), Armand David (1826), and Alain-Fournier (1886). After him are Maurice Thorez (1900), Adela of France (1009), Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (1197), Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932), Jean-François Marmontel (1723), and Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968).

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Among EXTREMISTS In France

Among extremists born in France, Henri Désiré Landru ranks 3. Before him are Gilles de Rais (1405), and Robert-François Damiens (1715). After him are Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409), Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), Michel Fourniret (1942), Jacques Mesrine (1936), Édouard Vaillant (1840), Zacarias Moussaoui (1968), and Yvan Colonna (1960).

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