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Peter Sutcliffe

1946 - 2020

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Peter William Sutcliffe (2 June 1946 – 13 November 2020), also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980. Press reports dubbed him the Yorkshire Ripper, an allusion to the Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper. Sutcliffe was sentenced to twenty concurrent sentences of life imprisonment, which were converted to a whole life order in 2010. Two of his murders took place in Manchester; all the others took place in West Yorkshire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Sutcliffe is the 158th most popular extremist (up from 187th in 2019), the 2,230th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,460th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 158 out of 283. Before him are Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, Joseph Valachi, John Adams, Joseph Bonanno, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, and Elisabeth Becker. After him are Anatoly Onoprienko, Samuel Little, Charles Whitman, Sam Giancana, Luciano Moggi, and Andrew Cunanan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 279. Before him are Al Green, Henryk Kasperczak, Udo Lindenberg, Francesco Montenegro, Arnoldo Alemán, and Jean-Baptiste Bagaza. After him are Johnson Toribiong, Pierino Prati, Aleksander Wolszczan, Suzanne Somers, Jan Akkerman, and Nataša Kandić. Among people deceased in 2020, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 203. Before him are Pietro Anastasi, Muhammad Mustafa Mero, Fernando Solanas, Ang Rita, Harry Gregg, and Lee Konitz. After him are Terry Goodkind, Duje Bonačić, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Pierino Prati, Lucio Urtubia, and John Houghton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 2,230 out of 8,785. Before him are David Roberts (1796), Alan Smith (1962), John Wyndham (1903), Julian Sands (1958), John Scott Russell (1808), and Andy Murray (1987). After him are David Ogilvy (1911), Stephen Langton (1150), Thomas Byles (1870), Trevor Taylor (1936), John Canton (1718), and Andy Gray (1955).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Peter Sutcliffe ranks 9. Before him are John Haigh (1909), John Christie (1899), Harold Shipman (1946), Dennis Nilsen (1945), Fred West (1941), and John Adams (1767). After him are Mary Bell (1957), Jonathan Wild (1683), Guy Burgess (1911), Amelia Dyer (1837), Dick Turpin (1705), and Mary Ann Cotton (1832).

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