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* Germany had Johannes Bückler, or "''[[wikipedia:Schinderhannes|Schinderhannes]]''", opposing the [[The French Revolution|French Revolutionaries]] during their occupation of the left bank of the Rhine. He was guillotined in 1802 and is the hero of a notable play by Carl Zuckmayer.
* Hungary has Rózsa Sándor, one of the most famous and popular outlaws, who even fought in the 1848-49 revolution. Notable in that he actually tried to give up his outlaw ways more than once but couldn't, mostly due to prejudice on the authorities' side.
* Koba from ''The Patricide'', an 1883 novel by [[
* In [[G. K. Chesterton]]'s [[Father Brown]] story "The Paradise of Thieves" (1912), the King of Thieves is explicitly compared to Robin Hood.
{{quote| ''"A great man," replied Muscari, "worthy to rank with your own Robin Hood, signorina. Montano, the King of Thieves, was first heard of in the mountains some ten years ago, when people said brigands were extinct. But his wild authority spread with the swiftness of a silent revolution."''}}
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