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Vincenzo Peruggia

1881 - 1925

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Vincenzo Peruggia (8 October 1881 – 8 October 1925) was an Italian decorator best known for stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, a museum in Paris where he had briefly worked as glazier, on 21 August 1911. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vincenzo Peruggia is the 100th most popular extremist (down from 82nd in 2019), the 1,706th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,540th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Extremist.

Vincenzo Peruggia is most famous for stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Vincenzo Peruggia ranks 100 out of 283. Before him are John List, Luis Garavito, James Earl Ray, Johann Rattenhuber, Wilhelm Voigt, and Gary Ridgway. After him are Monika Ertl, Michel Fourniret, Matija Gubec, Armin Meiwes, Bobby Joe Long, and Ma Barker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Vincenzo Peruggia ranks 63. Before him are Kim Kyu-sik, Giovanni Papini, Franz Gürtner, Victor Klemperer, Max Pechstein, and Günther Quandt. After him are Augustin Bea, Patrick Ryan, Ramón Grau, Hugo Meisl, Paul Cornu, and Otozō Yamada. Among people deceased in 1925, Vincenzo Peruggia ranks 53. Before him are Clément Ader, Michel Verne, Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, Hidesaburō Ueno, Nariman Narimanov, and Cyril Genik. After him are Thomas R. Marshall, Nikolai Golitsyn, René Viviani, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, and Khải Định.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vincenzo Peruggia ranks 1,706 out of 5,161. Before him are Piero Taruffi (1906), Pietro Bernini (1562), Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841), Alessandro Altobelli (1955), Antonio Salandra (1853), and Blanche of Anjou (1280). After him are Nereo Rocco (1912), Pacuvius (-220), Gallus Anonymus (1010), Giuseppina Strepponi (1815), Gillo Pontecorvo (1919), and Catherine of Bologna (1413).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Italy

Among extremists born in Italy, Vincenzo Peruggia ranks 7. Before him are Man in the Iron Mask (1640), Patrizia Reggiani (1948), Charles Ponzi (1882), Tommaso Buscetta (1928), Carlo Gambino (1902), and Johnny Torrio (1882). After him are Leonarda Cianciulli (1893), Matteo Messina Denaro (1962), Albert Anastasia (1902), Luciano Leggio (1925), Frank Nitti (1886), and Sante Geronimo Caserio (1873).

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