SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Abbie Hoffman

1936 - 1989

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Abbot Howard Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponent of the Flower Power movement. As a member of the Chicago Seven, Hoffman was charged with and tried for activities during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, for conspiring to use interstate commerce with intent to incite a riot and crossing state lines with the intent to incite a riot under the anti-riot provisions of Title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.: 4  Five of the Chicago Seven defendants, including Hoffman, were convicted of crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot;: 8  all of the convictions were vacated after an appeal and the U.S. Department of Justice declined to pursue another trial.: 9  Hoffman, along with all of the defendants and their attorneys were also convicted and sentenced for contempt of court by the judge; these convictions were also vacated after an appeal.: 9  Hoffman continued his activism into the 1970s and remains an icon of the anti-Vietnam war movement and the counterculture era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abbie Hoffman has received more than 7,806,945 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Abbie Hoffman is the 316th most popular social activist (down from 239th in 2019), the 3,661st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,796th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Social Activist.

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  • 7.8M

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  • 53.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Abbie Hoffman ranks 316 out of 840. Before him are Franca Viola, Aruna Asaf Ali, Mirzo Tursunzoda, Toktogul Satylganov, Natalya Estemirova, and Charles Boycott. After him are Jason Moore, Kōtoku Shūsui, Baba Amte, M. N. Roy, Meshadi Azizbekov, and Frances Ames.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Abbie Hoffman ranks 219. Before him are Shirley Knight, Lien Chan, Frank Caprio, Federico Luppi, Zdeněk Svěrák, and Lucia Berlin. After him are Antonio Gades, Ian Hacking, Nahum Stelmach, Karl Lehmann, Guillermo Endara, and Alex Olmedo. Among people deceased in 1989, Abbie Hoffman ranks 124. Before him are Mouloud Mammeri, Guy Laroche, Martti Talvela, Robert Penn Warren, Chen Boda, and Yuliya Solntseva. After him are Armand Salacrou, Georges Schehadé, Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, Halina Konopacka, Nils Axelsson, and George C. Homans.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abbie Hoffman ranks 3,661 out of 20,380. Before him are Annette O'Toole (1952), Harold Sakata (1920), Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897), Thomas Haden Church (1960), Budd Schulberg (1914), and Leon Spinks (1953). After him are Liz Sheridan (1929), Judith Light (1949), Warren Sturgis McCulloch (1898), Sage Stallone (1976), Tina Fey (1970), and Anna Faris (1976).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Abbie Hoffman ranks 33. Before him are David Lane (1938), George Lincoln Rockwell (1918), Russell Means (1939), Coretta Scott King (1927), Jesse Jackson (1941), and Amelia Bloomer (1818). After him are Edna Parker (1893), Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899), Sumner Paine (1868), Dorothy Day (1897), Black Elk (1863), and Clara Barton (1821).

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