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Leonarda Cianciulli

1893 - 1970

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Leonarda Cianciulli (14 April 1894 – 15 October 1970) was an Italian serial killer. Better known as the Soap-Maker of Correggio (Italian: la Saponificatrice di Correggio), she murdered three women in the town of Correggio, Reggio Emilia, in 1939 and 1940, and turned their bodies into soap (using caustic soda) and teacakes. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonarda Cianciulli is the 112th most popular extremist (down from 102nd in 2019), the 1,880th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,795th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Leonarda Cianciulli ranks 112 out of 283Before her are Ma Barker, Hermine Braunsteiner, Oskar Gröning, Therese Brandl, Joachim Kroll, and Henry Lee Lucas. After her are Wadie Haddad, Sirhan Sirhan, Robert Stroud, Matteo Messina Denaro, Horst Mahler, and Harold Shipman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Leonarda Cianciulli ranks 81Before her are Roman Ingarden, William Dieterle, Kurt Huber, Mário de Andrade, Raymond Dart, and Feroz Khan Noon. After her are Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Armand Călinescu, Marianne Brandt, Frederick William Franz, Bai Chongxi, and Jean Absil. Among people deceased in 1970, Leonarda Cianciulli ranks 81Before her are Agustín Muñoz Grandes, Roman Ingarden, Marlen Haushofer, Ludolf von Alvensleben, Jan Syrový, and Feroz Khan Noon. After her are Richard Neutra, Erle Stanley Gardner, Michał Kalecki, Polina Zhemchuzhina, Théo Sarapo, and Eiji Tsuburaya.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Leonarda Cianciulli ranks 1,880 out of 5,161Before her are Lucius Verginius Rufus (14), Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882), Baldus de Ubaldis (1327), Aulus Hirtius (-90), Riz Ortolani (1926), and Ermanno Olmi (1931). After her are Daniela Bianchi (1942), Enrico Albertosi (1939), Francesco Maria del Monte (1549), Hortense Mancini (1646), Giulio Alberoni (1664), and Luigi Carlo Borromeo (1893).

Among EXTREMISTS In Italy

Among extremists born in Italy, Leonarda Cianciulli ranks 8Before her are Patrizia Reggiani (1948), Charles Ponzi (1882), Tommaso Buscetta (1928), Carlo Gambino (1902), Johnny Torrio (1882), and Vincenzo Peruggia (1881). After her are Matteo Messina Denaro (1962), Albert Anastasia (1902), Luciano Leggio (1925), Frank Nitti (1886), Sante Geronimo Caserio (1873), and Joseph Bonanno (1905).