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John Wayne Gacy

1942 - 1994

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John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured and murdered at least thirty-three young men and boys in Norwood Park Township, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He became known as the "Killer Clown" due to his public performances as a clown prior to the discovery of his crimes. Gacy committed all of his known murders inside his ranch-style house. Typically, he would lure a victim to his home and dupe them into donning handcuffs on the pretext of demonstrating a magic trick. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Wayne Gacy is the 25th most popular extremist (down from 15th in 2019), the 582nd most popular biography from United States (down from 298th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Extremist.

John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer and rapist. He was convicted of the sexual assault and murder of 33 teenage boys and young men in the 1970s. He was sentenced to death and executed by lethal injection in 1994.

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Among extremists, John Wayne Gacy ranks 25 out of 283. Before him are Jeffrey Dahmer, Ramón Mercader, Patrizia Reggiani, Andrei Chikatilo, Mehmet Ali Ağca, and Ted Kaczynski. After him are Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Ed Gein, Albert Fish, Carlos the Jackal, Machine Gun Kelly, and Ulrike Meinhof.

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Among people born in 1942, John Wayne Gacy ranks 36. Before him are Brian Jones, Ehud Barak, Javier Solana, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Daniel Barenboim, and Ted Kaczynski. After him are José Eduardo dos Santos, Michael Haneke, Ian McShane, Werner Herzog, David Bradley, and Giorgio Agamben. Among people deceased in 1994, John Wayne Gacy ranks 26. Before him are Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Melina Mercouri, Andrei Chikatilo, André Michel Lwoff, and Léon Degrelle. After him are Paul Feyerabend, Mas Oyama, Domenico Modugno, Billy Wright, Roland Ratzenberger, and Niels Kaj Jerne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Wayne Gacy ranks 582 out of 20,380. Before him are Irving Langmuir (1881), Dusty Rhodes (1945), Viggo Mortensen (1958), Brian De Palma (1940), Thomas P. Stafford (1930), and Charlie Parker (1920). After him are Melvin Calvin (1911), Tim Walz (1964), Divine (1945), Chester A. Arthur (1829), William P. Murphy (1892), and Jack LaLanne (1914).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, John Wayne Gacy ranks 10. Before him are Ted Bundy (1946), Lee Harvey Oswald (1939), Leon Czolgosz (1873), Golden State Killer (1945), Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), and Ted Kaczynski (1942). After him are Ed Gein (1906), Albert Fish (1870), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Frank Sheeran (1920), John Hinckley Jr. (1955), and H. H. Holmes (1861).

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