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Bob Avakian

1943 - Today

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Robert Bruce Avakian (born March 7, 1943) is an American political activist and Maoist philosopher who is the founder and chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP), a group often described as a cult surrounding Avakian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Avakian has received more than 585,907 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Avakian is the 16,264th most popular politician (down from 14,985th in 2019), the 9,455th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,921st in 2019) and the 608th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bob Avakian ranks 16,264 out of 19,576Before him are José María Queipo de Llano, 7th Count of Toreno, Silke Möller, Benjamin Harrison V, Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, Marta Lucía Ramírez, and Manuel María Ponce Brousset. After him are Enrico Mizzi, Ram Jethmalani, Vytenis Andriukaitis, Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, Charles Pahud de Mortanges, and Benoît Hamon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Bob Avakian ranks 604Before him are Erwin Huber, Pelle Svensson, Catherine E. Coulson, Mick Abrahams, Dickey Betts, and Steven Bochco. After him are Samuel T. Durrance, Pete Quaife, Manfred Schnelldorfer, Hugh Wilson, Dan Coats, and Yoshisada Shimizu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Avakian ranks 9,455 out of 20,380Before him are Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), Benjamin Harrison V (1726), Janis Paige (1922), Burn Gorman (1974), Edward Lachman (1948), and David Ray Griffin (1939). After him are Glenn Morshower (1959), Barry Shabaka Henley (1954), Irwin M. Jacobs (1933), Millie Hughes-Fulford (1945), Rose O'Neill (1874), and Eric Douglas (1958).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Bob Avakian ranks 608Before him are Gary Hart (1936), James Skivring Smith (1825), Frank Murkowski (1933), Michael Flynn (1958), Charles Sumner (1811), and Benjamin Harrison V (1726). After him are Herbert H. Lehman (1878), William H. McRaven (1955), Mary Harrison McKee (1858), Gary Johnson (1953), John Cornyn (1952), and Dan Coats (1943).