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John Wesley Hardin

1853 - 1895

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John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 – August 19, 1895) was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon. Hardin often got into trouble with the law from an early age. He killed his first man at the age of 15, claiming he did so in self-defense. Pursued by lawmen for most of his life, in 1877, at the age of 23, he was sentenced to 24 years in prison for murder. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Wesley Hardin is the 199th most popular extremist (down from 189th in 2019), the 5,593rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,622nd in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, John Wesley Hardin ranks 199 out of 283. Before him are Bugs Moran, Carl Panzram, Patty Hearst, Mary Surratt, Amelia Dyer, and Robledo Puch. After him are Émile Henry, Irmgard Möller, Charles Starkweather, Jane Toppan, Ramadan Shalah, and Brigitte Mohnhaupt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, John Wesley Hardin ranks 70. Before him are Hans von Koessler, Arthur Moritz Schoenflies, Hermann Wissmann, Howard Pyle, Florentino Ameghino, and Marc-Émile Ruchet. After him are Jaroslav Vrchlický, Mato Kósyk, José Santos Zelaya, Ernest Fenollosa, Jules Lemaître, and Isidor Kaufmann. Among people deceased in 1895, John Wesley Hardin ranks 59. Before him are Viktor Rydberg, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, Giuseppe Prinzi, Abu Bakar of Johor, and Petko Slaveykov. After him are Charles Frédéric Girard, Meijer de Haan, Hayranidil Kadın, Thomas Francis Wade, Jorge Isaacs, and Gustav Spörer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Wesley Hardin ranks 5,593 out of 20,380. Before him are Anthony Heald (1944), Ryback (1981), Daniel Baldwin (1960), Sarah Sanders (1982), Marilyn Horne (1934), and Michael Angelo Batio (1956). After him are Thomas S. Monson (1927), Sheree J. Wilson (1958), Lester Allan Pelton (1829), David Brin (1950), Alex Rocco (1936), and Nathanael Greene (1742).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, John Wesley Hardin ranks 68. Before him are Dean Corll (1939), Herbert Mullin (1947), Bugs Moran (1893), Carl Panzram (1892), Patty Hearst (1954), and Mary Surratt (1823). After him are Charles Starkweather (1938), Jane Toppan (1854), Robert Ford (1862), Stanley Williams (1953), Stand Watie (1806), and Richard Speck (1941).

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