SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Bram Fischer

1908 - 1975

Photo of Bram Fischer

Icon of person Bram Fischer

Abraham Louis Fischer (23 April 1908 – 8 May 1975) was a South African Communist lawyer of Afrikaner descent with partial Anglo-African ancestry from his paternal grandmother, notable for anti-apartheid activism and for the legal defence of anti-apartheid figures, including Nelson Mandela, at the Rivonia Trial. Following the trial, he was himself put on trial accused of furthering communism. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and diagnosed with cancer while in prison. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bram Fischer has received more than 340,754 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bram Fischer is the 651st most popular social activist (down from 518th in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 163rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular South African Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Bram Fischer ranks 651 out of 840. Before him are Phoebe Hearst, Norma McCorvey, William Smith O'Brien, Salih Mahmoud Osman, Harry Hay, and Bogaletch Gebre. After him are Maria Verónica Reina, Mirabehn, Bobby Henderson, María Elena Moyano, Jacqueline Moudeina, and Samuel Gompers.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Bram Fischer ranks 411. Before him are Willi Eichhorn, David Marshall, Antony Tudor, Cecilia Seghizzi, Imogene Coca, and Max Abramovitz. After him are Harry Blackmun, Lilian Bond, Eddie Hapgood, Dennis O'Keefe, Tom Tully, and Helen Twelvetrees. Among people deceased in 1975, Bram Fischer ranks 266. Before him are Pamela Brown, Rudi Ball, Hans Ziglarski, Ian Hunter, Marjorie Main, and Larry Parks. After him are Lionel Trilling, Bob Wills, Padmaja Naidu, Boy Charlton, and Bruno Müller.

Others Born in 1908

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1975

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Bram Fischer ranks 219 out of 454. Before him are Ian Hunter (1900), Clarence Oldfield (1899), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955), Troye Sivan (1995), Sol Plaatje (1876), and Siphiwe Tshabalala (1984). After him are Daphne Hasenjäger (1929), Mike Melvill (1940), Austin Stevens (1950), Bruce Johnstone (1937), William Ferguson (1940), and Thomas François Burgers (1834).

Others born in South Africa

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In South Africa

Among social activists born in South Africa, Bram Fischer ranks 10. Before him are Evelyn Mase (1922), Ted Grant (1913), Denis Goldberg (1933), Devdas Gandhi (1900), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), and Albertina Sisulu (1918). After him are Beyers Naudé (1915), Lillian Ngoyi (1911), Kumi Naidoo (1965), Hector Pieterson (1963), Ayanda Denge (1982), and Ayakha Melithafa (2002).

South African born Social Activists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous