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Robert Ford

1862 - 1892

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Robert Newton Ford (December 8, 1861 – June 8, 1892) was an American outlaw who killed fellow outlaw Jesse James on April 3, 1882. He and his brother Charley, both members of the James–Younger Gang under James's leadership, went on to perform paid re-enactments of the killing at publicity events. Ford went on to operate various saloons and dance halls in the West, before being killed – at age 30 – by Edward Capehart O'Kelley in Creede, Colorado. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Ford is the 206th most popular extremist (down from 161st in 2019), the 5,917th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,600th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Robert Ford ranks 206 out of 283. Before him are Émile Henry, Irmgard Möller, Charles Starkweather, Jane Toppan, Ramadan Shalah, and Brigitte Mohnhaupt. After him are Stanley Williams, Ibn al-Khattab, Stand Watie, Ahmed Jabari, Richard Speck, and Luis Posada Carriles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Robert Ford ranks 107. Before him are Émile Mâle, Abram Arkhipov, Teresa Claramunt Creus, Wilhelm Solf, John de Robeck, and Damrong Rajanubhab. After him are Maironis, Meliton Balanchivadze, Milenko Radomar Vesnić, Hugo Erdmann, Edward Granville Browne, and Florence Bascom. Among people deceased in 1892, Robert Ford ranks 61. Before him are Caroline Harrison, Pieter Willem Korthals, György Klapka, James B. Francis, Albert Aurier, and Friedrich von Bodenstedt. After him are Johann Eduard Erdmann, José María Castro Madriz, Fanny Churberg, Pashko Vasa, Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg, and Archibald Scott Couper.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Ford ranks 5,917 out of 20,380. Before him are Tim Sweeney (1970), Oswald Veblen (1880), Jill Stein (1950), Jay Garner (1938), Marie Osborne Yeats (1911), and Lucretia Garfield (1832). After him are Ed Heinemann (1908), Barry Dennen (1938), Albert Charles Smith (1906), Julie Kavner (1950), Alfred Romer (1894), and Dan Ariely (1967).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Robert Ford ranks 71. Before him are Carl Panzram (1892), Patty Hearst (1954), Mary Surratt (1823), John Wesley Hardin (1853), Charles Starkweather (1938), and Jane Toppan (1854). After him are Stanley Williams (1953), Stand Watie (1806), Richard Speck (1941), Robert Berdella (1949), William Bonin (1947), and Mildred Gillars (1900).

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