SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Beatrice Cenci

1577 - 1599

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Beatrice Cenci (Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe ˈtʃɛntʃi]; 6 February 1577 – 11 September 1599) was a Roman noblewoman imprisoned by her father, who repeatedly raped her. To escape the abuse and get away from the house, she killed him. The story of the murder and what led up to it shocked Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Beatrice Cenci has received more than 544,367 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Beatrice Cenci is the 67th most popular social activist (up from 71st in 2019), the 699th most popular biography from Italy (up from 737th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Social Activist.

Beatrice Cenci is most famous for being a woman who was brutally murdered by her father.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Beatrice Cenci ranks 67 out of 840Before her are Mustafa Barzani, Thích Quảng Đức, Mukhtar al-Thaqafi, José Rizal, Witold Pilecki, and Camilo Cienfuegos. After her are Bhagat Singh, Jenny von Westphalen, Buenaventura Durruti, Dominique Pire, Aleksandr Ulyanov, and Horst Wessel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Beatrice Cenci ranks 3Before her are Peter Paul Rubens, and Christian IV of Denmark. After her are Nur Jahan, François Leclerc du Tremblay, Scipione Borghese, Cristofano Allori, Paul Guldin, Dmitry Pozharsky, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, and Kobayakawa Hideaki. Among people deceased in 1599, Beatrice Cenci ranks 1After her are Gabrielle d'Estrées, Edmund Spenser, Maeda Toshiie, Luca Marenzio, Andrew Báthory, Cornelis de Houtman, Chōsokabe Motochika, Eknath, Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria, Francisco Guerrero, and Simone Peterzano.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Beatrice Cenci ranks 699 out of 5,161Before her are Agathocles of Syracuse (-361), Nicola Pisano (1225), Pope Marcellinus (250), Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938), Giacinto Facchetti (1942), and Pescennius Niger (135). After her are Francesco Guardi (1712), Charles Albert of Sardinia (1798), Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), Leonardo Bruni (1370), Pope Stephen V (850), and Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (1759).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Italy

Among social activists born in Italy, Beatrice Cenci ranks 2Before her are Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833). After her are Errico Malatesta (1853), Fra Dolcino (1250), Frank Costello (1891), Antipope Clement III (1025), Beppe Grillo (1948), Moses Montefiore (1784), Attica (-55), Franca Viola (1948), Giuseppe Pinelli (1928), and Giuseppe Impastato (1948).