1944 - Today
Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American Marxist and feminist political activist, philosopher, academic, and author; she is a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Davis was a longtime member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Angela Davis has received more than 8,151,298 page views. Her biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Angela Davis is the 61st most popular social activist (up from 82nd in 2019), the 587th most popular biography from United States (up from 873rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Social Activist.
Angela Davis is most famous for her involvement in the Black Panther Party and the Communist Party, her activism, and her release from prison.
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Among social activists, Angela Davis ranks 61 out of 538. Before her are Camilo Cienfuegos, Toussaint Louverture, Dominique Pire, Túpac Amaru II, Anneliese Michel, and Widukind. After her are Lê Đức Thọ, Jane Addams, Mustafa Barzani, Horst Wessel, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and Bhagat Singh.
1932 - 1959
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 55
1743 - 1803
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 56
1910 - 1969
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 57
1738 - 1781
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 58
1952 - 1976
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 59
755 - 810
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 60
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 61
1911 - 1990
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 62
1860 - 1935
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 63
1903 - 1979
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 64
1907 - 1930
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 65
1904 - 1966
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 66
1907 - 1931
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 67
Among people born in 1944, Angela Davis ranks 36. Before her are Rem Koolhaas, Alan Parker, Ibrahim Rugova, Robert Kardashian, Rafic Hariri, and Jairzinho. After her are Sebastião Salgado, Tony Scott, Gennady Zyuganov, Vojislav Koštunica, Sali Berisha, and Rajiv Gandhi.
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 30
1944 - 2020
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 31
1944 - 2006
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 32
1944 - 2003
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 33
1944 - 2005
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 34
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 35
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 36
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 37
1944 - 2012
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 38
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 39
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 40
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 41
1944 - 1991
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 42
Among people born in United States, Angela Davis ranks 587 out of 18,182. Before her are Kevin Spacey (1959), John R. Bolton (1948), Mia Farrow (1945), Ed Harris (1950), Robert Coleman Richardson (1937), and Douglas Engelbart (1925). After her are Clifford Geertz (1926), Anna Politkovskaya (1958), Kim Novak (1933), Lon Chaney (1883), Art Garfunkel (1941), and Jane Addams (1860).
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 581
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 582
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 583
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 584
1937 - 2013
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 585
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 586
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 587
1926 - 2006
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 588
1958 - 2006
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 589
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 590
1883 - 1930
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 591
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 592
1860 - 1935
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 593
Among social activists born in United States, Angela Davis ranks 7. Before her are Malcolm X (1925), Eleanor Roosevelt (1884), Martin Luther King Jr. (1929), Helen Keller (1880), Rosa Parks (1913), and Emily Greene Balch (1867). After her are Jane Addams (1860), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), Bugsy Siegel (1906), Susan B. Anthony (1820), Jody Williams (1950), and John Brown (1800).
1925 - 1965
HPI: 83.94
Rank: 1
1884 - 1962
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 2
1929 - 1968
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 3
1880 - 1968
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 4
1913 - 2005
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 5
1867 - 1961
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 6
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 7
1860 - 1935
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 8
1913 - 1975
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 9
1906 - 1947
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 10
1820 - 1906
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 11
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 12
1800 - 1859
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 13