1908 - 1975
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 314,789 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bram Fischer is the 518th most popular social activist (down from 442nd in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 149th in 2019) and the 9th most popular South African Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Bram Fischer ranks 518 out of 538. Before him are Bogaletch Gebre, Dolores Huerta, Beyers Naudé, Iqbal Masih, Frances Willard, and James Larkin. After him are Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Yolanda King, Hu Jia, Miriam Rodríguez Martínez, Emily Davies, and Robert Emmet.
1960 - 2019
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 512
1930 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 513
1915 - 2004
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 514
1983 - 1995
HPI: 41.35
Rank: 515
1839 - 1898
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 516
1876 - 1947
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 517
1908 - 1975
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 518
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 519
1955 - 2007
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 520
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 521
1967 - 2017
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 522
1830 - 1921
HPI: 41.02
Rank: 523
1778 - 1803
HPI: 40.94
Rank: 524
Among people born in 1908, Bram Fischer ranks 353. Before him are Branislav Hrnjiček, Marceline Day, Víctor Peralta, Carl Shy, Raymond Scott, and Imogene Coca. After him are Theodore Roethke, Carl Laemmle Jr., Fidel Ortiz, Antony Tudor, George Simpson, and David Marshall. Among people deceased in 1975, Bram Fischer ranks 229. Before him are Anatoly Blagonravov, George R. Price, Lancelot Hogben, Lionel Tertis, Kay Johnson, and Evelyn Brent. After him are Joseph Calleia, Fidel Ortiz, Frithjof Sælen, Alice Catherine Evans, Marjorie Main, and Larry Parks.
1908 - 1964
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 347
1908 - 2000
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 348
1908 - 1995
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 349
1908 - 1991
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 350
1908 - 1994
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 351
1908 - 2001
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 352
1908 - 1975
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 353
1908 - 1963
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 354
1908 - 1979
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 355
1908 - 1975
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 356
1908 - 1987
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 357
1908 - 1961
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 358
1908 - 1995
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 359
1894 - 1975
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 223
1922 - 1975
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 224
1895 - 1975
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 225
1876 - 1975
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 226
1904 - 1975
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 227
1895 - 1975
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 228
1908 - 1975
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 229
1897 - 1975
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 230
1908 - 1975
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 231
1892 - 1975
HPI: 40.98
Rank: 232
1881 - 1975
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 233
1890 - 1975
HPI: 39.58
Rank: 234
1914 - 1975
HPI: 38.94
Rank: 235
Among people born in South Africa, Bram Fischer ranks 164 out of 374. Before him are Karel Schoeman (1939), John Langalibalele Dube (1871), Thomas Shardelow (1931), Ahmed Kathrada (1929), Beyers Naudé (1915), and Sol Plaatje (1876). After him are Gordon Hodgson (1904), Grace Mugabe (1965), Enoch Sontonga (1873), Caster Semenya (1991), Christian Gitsham (1888), and Griselda Pollock (1949).
1939 - 2017
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 158
1871 - 1946
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 159
1931 - 2019
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 160
1929 - 2017
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 161
1915 - 2004
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 162
1876 - 1932
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 163
1908 - 1975
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 164
1904 - 1951
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 165
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 166
1873 - 1905
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 167
1991 - Present
HPI: 40.94
Rank: 168
1888 - 1956
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 169
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 170
Among social activists born in South Africa, Bram Fischer ranks 9. Before him are Evelyn Mase (1922), Frances Ames (1920), Devdas Gandhi (1900), Denis Goldberg (1933), Ted Grant (1913), and Beyers Naudé (1915). After him are Albertina Sisulu (1918), Kumi Naidoo (1965), Nkosi Johnson (1989), and Ayakha Melithafa (2002).
1922 - 2004
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 3
1920 - 2002
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 4
1900 - 1957
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 5
1933 - 2020
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 6
1913 - 2006
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 7
1915 - 2004
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 8
1908 - 1975
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 9
1918 - 2011
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 10
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.49
Rank: 11
1989 - 2001
HPI: 20.35
Rank: 12
2002 - Present
HPI: 19.20
Rank: 13