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Alexander Berkman

1870 - 1936

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Alexander Berkman (November 21, 1870 – June 28, 1936) was a Russian-American anarchist and author. He was a leading member of the anarchist movement in the early 20th century, famous for both his political activism and his writing. Berkman was born into a wealthy Jewish family in Vilna in the Russian Empire (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania) and emigrated to the United States in 1888. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Berkman has received more than 662,930 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Alexander Berkman is the 17th most popular journalist (up from 21st in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 41st in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alexander Berkmen by language

Over the past year Alexander Berkman has had the most page views in the with 70,027 views, followed by Russian (12,104), and Spanish (5,669). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (62.88%), Serbian (47.88%), and Estonian (43.60%)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Alexander Berkman ranks 17 out of 196. Before him are Julian Assange, Dorothea Lange, John Reed, Beate Klarsfeld, Victor Noir, and W. Eugene Smith. After him are Lee Miller, Endre Ady, Aenne Burda, Gareth Jones, Jeremy Clarkson, and Tucker Carlson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Alexander Berkman ranks 33. Before him are Ernst Barlach, Pierre Louÿs, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Charlotte Cooper, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, and Louis Vierne. After him are Edwin S. Porter, Nariman Narimanov, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, Sigfrid Edström, Aleksandr Kuprin, and E. M. Antoniadi. Among people deceased in 1936, Alexander Berkman ranks 51. Before him are José Sanjurjo, Robert Michels, Wilhelm Gustloff, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Bertha Pappenheim, and Duan Qirui. After him are Carl Stumpf, Kikunae Ikeda, Saitō Makoto, Anna Boch, Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, and Max Schreck.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Alexander Berkman ranks 38 out of 328. Before him are Sigismund Kęstutaitis (1365), Gitanas Nausėda (1964), Isaac Levitan (1860), Skirgaila (1354), Aaron Klug (1926), and Treniota (1210). After him are Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943), Wilfrid Voynich (1865), Jonas Mekas (1922), Jacques Lipchitz (1891), Arvydas Sabonis (1964), and Boris Skossyreff (1896).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Lithuania

Among journalists born in Lithuania, Alexander Berkman ranks 1. 

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