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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Black Elk

1863 - 1950

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Heȟáka Sápa, commonly known as Black Elk (baptized Nicholas; December 1, 1863 – August 19, 1950), was a wičháša wakȟáŋ ("medicine man, holy man") and heyoka of the Oglala Lakota people. He was a second cousin of the war leader Crazy Horse and fought with him in the Battle of Little Bighorn. He survived the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Black Elk has received more than 769,226 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Black Elk is the 336th most popular social activist (down from 308th in 2019), the 4,246th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,445th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Black Elk ranks 336 out of 538. Before him are James Guillaume, Lucretia Mott, Hannie Schaft, Felix Manz, Amelia Bloomer, and Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia. After him are Pingali Venkayya, Aruna Asaf Ali, Muhammad Zaidan, François-Jean de la Barre, Nasrin Sotoudeh, and Susannah Mushatt Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Black Elk ranks 92. Before him are Yevhen Petrushevych, Aliagha Shikhlinski, Richard Dehmel, Francis Younghusband, Franz Schalk, and Olha Kobylianska. After him are Margaret Murray, Edith Durham, Hermann Obrist, Augusto B. Leguía, Jāzeps Vītols, and Arabo. Among people deceased in 1950, Black Elk ranks 96. Before him are Edward Arthur Milne, Miklós Bánffy, Dimitri Uznadze, Kurt Schmitt, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. After him are Adolf Wiklund, Juan Botasso, Hiroshi Yoshida, Heinrich Tessenow, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, and Aliya bint Ali.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Black Elk ranks 4,246 out of 18,182. Before him are David Cassidy (1950), Anthony Zerbe (1936), Frank Serpico (1936), Chris Dickerson (1939), Berry Berenson (1948), and Dana Scott (1932). After him are Julian Beck (1925), Duane Hanson (1925), June Squibb (1929), Jane Badler (1953), Tiny Tim (1932), and Carlos Hathcock (1942).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Black Elk ranks 38. Before him are Russell Means (1939), Emmett Till (1941), Huey P. Newton (1942), Alice Paul (1885), Lucretia Mott (1793), and Amelia Bloomer (1818). After him are Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899), Edna Parker (1893), Mary Edwards Walker (1832), Lee Radziwill (1933), Dorothy Day (1897), and Jerry Rubin (1938).

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