SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Camilo Torres Restrepo

1929 - 1966

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Camilo Torres Restrepo (3 February 1929 – 15 February 1966) was a Colombian Catholic communist revolutionary, an ordained priest, and a member of the National Liberation Army (ELN). During his life, he advocated for liberation theology by trying to reconcile revolutionary socialism and Roman Catholicism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Camilo Torres Restrepo has received more than 204,368 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Camilo Torres Restrepo is the 265th most popular social activist, the 35th most popular biography from Colombia and the most popular Colombian Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Camilo Torres Restrepo ranks 265 out of 840. Before him are Christa Schroeder, Fra Diavolo, William I, Margrave of Meissen, Jan Gotlib Bloch, Sergey Taboritsky, and George Lincoln Rockwell. After him are Cassivellaunus, Hazi Aslanov, Wat Tyler, Attica, Jean Ziegler, and Carlo Cafiero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Camilo Torres Restrepo ranks 163. Before him are Ed Asner, Shakuntala Devi, Amitai Etzioni, Peter Sculthorpe, René Laloux, and Vic Morrow. After him are Jacques Deray, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Claude Rich, Zeca Afonso, Charles Tilly, and Anne Meara. Among people deceased in 1966, Camilo Torres Restrepo ranks 80. Before him are Wilhelm Röpke, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Hermann Scherchen, Venceslau Brás, Väinö Tanner, and Wieland Wagner. After him are Emil Brunner, Philipp Frank, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Charles Whitman, Robert Rossen, and Victor Kravchenko.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Camilo Torres Restrepo ranks 35 out of 356. Before him are Manuel Marulanda (1930), Radamel Falcao (1986), Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Álvaro Mutis (1923), and Laura Montoya (1874). After him are Samael Aun Weor (1917), Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900), Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795), Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929), Alfonso López Michelsen (1913), and Omayra Sánchez (1972).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Colombia

Among social activists born in Colombia, Camilo Torres Restrepo ranks 1. After him are Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795), and Xiomara Acevedo (null).

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