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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Aaron Swartz

1986 - 2013

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Aaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. As a programmer, Swartz helped develop the web feed format RSS; the technical architecture for Creative Commons, an organization dedicated to creating copyright licenses; the website framework web.py; and the lightweight markup language format Markdown. Swartz was involved in the development of the social news aggregation website Reddit until he departed from the company in 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aaron Swartz has received more than 10,480,337 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Aaron Swartz is the 506th most popular social activist (down from 429th in 2019), the 9,481st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,675th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Social Activist.

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  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Aaron Swartz ranks 506 out of 538. Before him are Martin Luther King III, Dimitrana Ivanova, Sylvia Rivera, Nirmala Deshpande, Mina Ahadi, and Lillian Wald. After him are Indira Bajramović, Dorothea Dix, Aed Carabao, Efua Dorkenoo, Jamnalal Bajaj, and Bogaletch Gebre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Aaron Swartz ranks 147. Before him are Balázs Dzsudzsák, Moussa Sow, Miguel Veloso, Raúl García, Yang Mi, and Andrea Dovizioso. After him are Sean Paul Lockhart, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Camilla Belle, Yohan Cabaye, Kiko Casilla, and Pom Klementieff. Among people deceased in 2013, Aaron Swartz ranks 395. Before him are Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Richard Briers, Peter Geach, Robert Byrne, Alan Bridges, and Milo O'Shea. After him are Henry Taylor, Chokri Belaid, Ernest Schultz, Don Meineke, Ronnie Ray Smith, and Stanislav Stepashkin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Aaron Swartz ranks 9,481 out of 18,182. Before him are Tipper Gore (1948), Johnnie Ray (1927), Omarosa Manigault Newman (1974), Leroy Carr (1905), John Bell (1796), and Kathy Hilton (1959). After him are Andy Hertzfeld (1953), Robert Bacher (1905), Linda Lavin (1937), Arabian Prince (1965), Kenny Garrett (1960), and Stephen R. Donaldson (1947).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Aaron Swartz ranks 79. Before him are Karen Silkwood (1946), Ella Baker (1903), Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890), Martin Luther King III (1957), Sylvia Rivera (1951), and Lillian Wald (1867). After him are Dorothea Dix (1802), Dolores Huerta (1930), Frances Willard (1839), Yolanda King (1955), Bayard Rustin (1912), and Mario Savio (1942).

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