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Ma Barker

1873 - 1935

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Kate Barker (born Arizona Donnie Clark; October 8, 1873 – January 16, 1935), better known as Ma Barker (and sometimes known as Arizona Barker and Arrie Barker), was the mother of several American criminals who ran the Barker–Karpis Gang during the "public enemy era" when the exploits of gangs of criminals in the Midwestern United States gripped the American people and press. She traveled with her sons during their criminal careers. Barker gained a reputation as a ruthless crime matriarch who controlled and organized her sons' crimes. J. Edgar Hoover described her as "the most vicious, dangerous, and resourceful criminal brain of the last decade". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ma Barker is the 106th most popular extremist (down from 77th in 2019), the 2,471st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,588th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Ma Barker ranks 106 out of 283. Before her are Vincenzo Peruggia, Monika Ertl, Michel Fourniret, Matija Gubec, Armin Meiwes, and Bobby Joe Long. After her are Hermine Braunsteiner, Oskar Gröning, Therese Brandl, Joachim Kroll, Henry Lee Lucas, and Leonarda Cianciulli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Ma Barker ranks 61. Before her are Otto Wels, Nadežda Petrović, Viktor Chernov, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Adolph Zukor, and Theodor Körner. After her are Melitta Bentz, Leo Frobenius, Édouard Claparède, Fritz Thyssen, Hans Berger, and Valery Bryusov. Among people deceased in 1935, Ma Barker ranks 50. Before her are Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, Gareth Jones, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Ruan Lingyu, Louis de Beaufront, and Richard Sheldon. After her are Abraham Isaac Kook, Valerian Kuybyshev, Meletius IV of Constantinople, Jean Béraud, William Kennedy Dickson, and Juan Vicente Gómez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ma Barker ranks 2,471 out of 20,380. Before her are Felicity Huffman (1962), George Phillips Bond (1825), James Sikking (1934), Bobby Joe Long (1953), Tom Wolf (1948), and Henry Bergman (1868). After her are Michael Cunningham (1952), Robert Moog (1934), Edward Albee (1928), William Wirt (1772), Beau Bridges (1941), and Eddie Constantine (1913).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Ma Barker ranks 38. Before her are Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951), Susan Atkins (1948), John List (1925), James Earl Ray (1928), Gary Ridgway (1949), and Bobby Joe Long (1953). After her are Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Robert Stroud (1890), Richard Ramirez (1960), Anwar al-Awlaki (1971), David Berkowitz (1953), and Delphine LaLaurie (1787).

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