SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Bill Ayers

1944 - Today

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William Charles Ayers (; born December 26, 1944) is an American retired professor and former militant organizer. In 1969, Ayers co-founded the far-left militant organization the Weather Underground, a revolutionary group that sought to overthrow the United States government which they viewed as American imperialism. During the 1960s and 1970s, the Weather Underground conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings in opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Ayers has received more than 2,384,535 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Ayers is the 710th most popular social activist (down from 591st in 2019), the 14,556th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,502nd in 2019) and the 122nd most popular American Social Activist.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Bill Ayers ranks 710 out of 840. Before him are Rameshwari Nehru, Dorothy Height, Latifa Ibn Ziaten, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Enric Duran, and Loujain al-Hathloul. After him are Judith Heumann, Guo Jianmei, Matthew Shepard, Ruhollah Zam, Stella Obasanjo, and Asmaa Mahfouz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Bill Ayers ranks 728. Before him are Conrad Black, Dave Morgan, Bonnie Franklin, Ibrahim Gambari, Mike Oxley, and Muzaffar Ali. After him are Doris Matsui, Ed Rendell, Paul Scully-Power, Sherwood C. Spring, Anthea Stewart, and Neroli Fairhall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Ayers ranks 14,556 out of 20,380. Before him are Buck Williams (1960), Charles Nelson Reilly (1931), Lena Park (1976), Julia Mancuso (1984), Peter Del Vecho (1958), and Chris Andersen (1978). After him are Felicia Day (1979), Allan Lichtman (1947), Tony Evers (1951), Doris Matsui (1944), Mike Conley Sr. (1962), and Duke Nalon (1913).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Bill Ayers ranks 122. Before him are Walter Reuther (1907), Pauli Murray (1910), Edith Windsor (1929), Dick Gregory (1932), Grace Abbott (1878), and Dorothy Height (1912). After him are Judith Heumann (1947), Matthew Shepard (1976), Ronan Farrow (1987), Nils Muižnieks (1964), Crystal Eastman (1881), and John Paulson (1955).

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