1944 - Today
Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, philosopher, academic and author. She is a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Ideologically a Marxist, Davis was a longtime member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and is 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 5,758,566 page views. Her biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Angela Davis is the 82nd most popular social activist (down from 64th in 2019), the 874th most popular biography from United States (down from 669th in 2019) and the 10th 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 82 out of 544. Before her are Aleksandr Ulyanov, Sakamoto Ryōma, Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Cranmer, and Yun Chi-ho. After her are Kasturba Gandhi, Zhang Jue, Liu Xiaobo, Beatrice Cenci, Augusto César Sandino, and Syed Ahmad Khan.
1866 - 1887
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 76
1836 - 1867
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 77
1860 - 1935
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 78
1820 - 1906
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 79
1489 - 1556
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 80
1864 - 1945
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 81
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 82
1869 - 1944
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 83
200 - 184
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 84
1955 - 2017
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 85
1577 - 1599
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 86
1895 - 1934
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 87
1817 - 1898
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 88
Among people born in 1944, Angela Davis ranks 47. Before her are Helmut Berger, Nick Mason, Sylvie Vartan, Rajiv Gandhi, Jane Hawking, and Gennady Zyuganov. After her are Yoweri Museveni, Nebahat Çehre, Abdul Hamid, Bora Milutinović, Luigi Riva, and Jean-Pierre Léaud.
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 41
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 42
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 43
1944 - 1991
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 44
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 45
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 46
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 47
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 48
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 49
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 50
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 51
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 52
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 53
Among people born in United States, Angela Davis ranks 874 out of 15,968. Before her are Anne Rice (1941), Ferid Murad (1936), Willard Libby (1908), John Sherman (1823), Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), and Jim Lovell (1928). After her are Ron Perlman (1950), Charles H. Townes (1915), Sheldon Lee Glashow (1932), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), John J. Pershing (1860), and Woody Harrelson (1961).
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 868
1936 - Present
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 869
1908 - 1980
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 870
1823 - 1900
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 871
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 872
1928 - Present
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 873
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 874
1950 - Present
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 875
1915 - 2015
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 876
1932 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 877
1962 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 878
1860 - 1948
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 879
1961 - Present
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 880
Among social activists born in United States, Angela Davis ranks 10. Before her are Helen Keller (1880), Rosa Parks (1913), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), Emily Greene Balch (1867), Jane Addams (1860), and Susan B. Anthony (1820). After her are Bugsy Siegel (1906), John Brown (1800), Marsha P. Johnson (1945), Frederick Douglass (1818), Betty Ford (1918), and Edward Snowden (1983).
1880 - 1968
HPI: 82.77
Rank: 4
1913 - 2005
HPI: 81.77
Rank: 5
1913 - 1975
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 6
1867 - 1961
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 7
1860 - 1935
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 8
1820 - 1906
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 9
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 10
1906 - 1947
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 11
1800 - 1859
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 12
1945 - 1992
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 13
1818 - 1895
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 14
1918 - 2011
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 15
1983 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 16