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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Camilo Cienfuegos

1932 - 1959

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Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán (Spanish: [kaˈmilo sjeɱˈfweɣos ɣorjaˈɾan]; 6 February 1932 – 28 October 1959) was a Cuban revolutionary. One of the major figures of the Cuban Revolution, he was considered second only to Fidel Castro among the revolutionary leadership. The son of Spanish anarchists, Cienfuegos engaged with left-wing politics from an early age, going on to join the opposition movement against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Camilo Cienfuegos has received more than 957,106 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Camilo Cienfuegos is the 56th most popular social activist (down from 47th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Cuba and the most popular Cuban Social Activist.

Camilo Cienfuegos is most famous for being the second-in-command of Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces. He was killed in a plane crash in 1959.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Camilo Cienfuegos ranks 56 out of 538Before him are Babak Khorramdin, Alexey Stakhanov, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Witold Pilecki, Harriet Tubman, and Mukhtar al-Thaqafi. After him are Toussaint Louverture, Dominique Pire, Túpac Amaru II, Anneliese Michel, Widukind, and Angela Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Camilo Cienfuegos ranks 27Before him are Fernando Botero, Víctor Jara, Pat Morita, Raisa Gorbacheva, Gerhard Richter, and Miriam Makeba. After him are Michel Legrand, Anthony Perkins, François Englert, Carlos Saura, Donald Rumsfeld, and Ted Kennedy. Among people deceased in 1959, Camilo Cienfuegos ranks 12Before him are Raymond Chandler, Billie Holiday, Owen Willans Richardson, Gérard Philipe, Boris Vian, and Heitor Villa-Lobos. After him are Adolf Windaus, Shirō Ishii, Buddy Holly, Errol Flynn, George Grosz, and Mike Hawthorn.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Camilo Cienfuegos ranks 6 out of 248Before him are Fidel Castro (1926), Raúl Castro (1931), Fulgencio Batista (1901), José Raúl Capablanca (1888), and Italo Calvino (1923). After him are José Martí (1853), Paul Lafargue (1842), Andy García (1956), Alberto Korda (1928), Compay Segundo (1907), and Gloria Estefan (1957).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Cuba

Among social activists born in Cuba, Camilo Cienfuegos ranks 1After him are Huber Matos (1918), Frank País (1934), Oswaldo Payá (1952), and Yoani Sánchez (1975).