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John List

1925 - 2008

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John Emil List (September 17, 1925 – March 21, 2008) was an American mass murderer and long-time fugitive. On November 9, 1971, he killed his wife, mother, and three children at their home in Westfield, New Jersey, and then disappeared. He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone suspected that anything was amiss. List assumed a new identity, remarried, and eluded justice for nearly 18 years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John List is the 94th most popular extremist (up from 222nd in 2019), the 2,222nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,700th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, John List ranks 94 out of 283. Before him are John Haigh, Shamil Basayev, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Willi Herold, Susan Atkins, and John Christie. After him are Luis Garavito, James Earl Ray, Johann Rattenhuber, Wilhelm Voigt, Gary Ridgway, and Vincenzo Peruggia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, John List ranks 112. Before him are Katherine MacGregor, David Elazar, Zvi Zamir, Willi Herold, Gore Vidal, and Alexandre do Nascimento. After him are Efim Geller, Georges Delerue, Aliya Moldagulova, Flannery O'Connor, Honor Blackman, and Warren Christopher. Among people deceased in 2008, John List ranks 71. Before him are Sufi Abu Taleb, Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, Mauricio Kagel, Hugo Claus, Isaac Hayes, and Jerry Reed. After him are Youssef Chahine, Eartha Kitt, Rajko Mitić, Nouhak Phoumsavanh, Mark Felt, and Edwin Ernest Salpeter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John List ranks 2,222 out of 20,380. Before him are Nathan Rosen (1909), Wes Anderson (1969), Shirley Fry (1927), Erich Segal (1937), Serena Williams (1981), and Jennifer Garner (1972). After him are Betty Friedan (1921), Robert F. Engle (1942), Jack Kemp (1935), Josephine Chaplin (1949), Floyd Patterson (1935), and Carole King (1942).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, John List ranks 34. Before him are Jordan Belfort (1962), Axeman of New Orleans (null), George Jung (1942), Barry Seal (1939), Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951), and Susan Atkins (1948). After him are James Earl Ray (1928), Gary Ridgway (1949), Bobby Joe Long (1953), Ma Barker (1873), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), and Robert Stroud (1890).

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