Birthdate: October 16, 1936

Birthplace: Yabluchne, Ukraine

Died: February 14, 1994

Andrei Chikatilo, known as the “Butcher of Rostov” and the “Rostov Ripper,” was a Russian serial killer who confessed to killing 56 people, from the 1970s to the 1990s, and was sentenced to death for 52. He also sexually assaulted his victims, who were all either women or children.