1929 - 1966
Jorge Camilo Torres Restrepo (3 February 1929 – 15 February 1966) was a Colombian Marxist–Leninist, Roman Catholic priest, a proponent of liberation theology, and a member of the National Liberation Army (ELN). During his life, he tried to reconcile revolutionary Marxism and Catholicism. His social activism and willingness to work with Marxists troubled some.As part of the academic staff of the National University of Colombia, he was a co-founder of the Sociology Faculty together with Orlando Fals Borda, as well as some intellectuals such as Eduardo Umaña Luna, María Cristina Salazar, Virginia Gutiérrez de Pineda, Carlos Escalante, Darío Botero and Tomás Ducay, in 1960.His involvement in several student and political movements during the time won him a large following as well as many detractors, especially from the Colombian government and the church itself. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Camilo Torres Restrepo has received more than 183,700 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Camilo Torres Restrepo is the 265th most popular social activist (down from 249th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Colombia and the most popular Colombian Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Camilo Torres Restrepo ranks 265 out of 538. Before him are David Frankfurter, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Robert Catesby, Joe Hill, Jesse Jackson, and Charles Boycott. After him are Clara Barton, Nimr al-Nimr, Viktors Arājs, M. N. Roy, Baba Amte, and Eunus.
1909 - 1982
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 259
1842 - 1901
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 260
1573 - 1605
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 261
1879 - 1915
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 262
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 263
1832 - 1897
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 264
1929 - 1966
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 265
1821 - 1912
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 266
1959 - 2016
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 267
1910 - 1988
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 268
1887 - 1954
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 269
1914 - 2008
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 270
200 BC - 132 BC
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 271
Among people born in 1929, Camilo Torres Restrepo ranks 172. Before him are Anne Ramsey, Fred Sinowatz, Aleksandar Petrović, Lee Hazlewood, Josef Suk, and Elio Petri. After him are Hal Ashby, Arnold Palmer, Gaston Glock, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, James Hong, and Andre Gunder Frank. Among people deceased in 1966, Camilo Torres Restrepo ranks 90. Before him are Väinö Tanner, J. F. C. Fuller, Philipp Frank, Homi J. Bhabha, Arthur Percival, and Nikolay Cherkasov. After him are John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Alfred P. Sloan, Gaspar Cassadó, Joseph A. Walker, Helen Kane, and Heimito von Doderer.
1929 - 1988
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 166
1929 - 2008
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 167
1929 - 1994
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 168
1929 - 2007
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 169
1929 - 2011
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 170
1929 - 1982
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 171
1929 - 1966
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 172
1929 - 1988
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 173
1929 - 2016
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 174
1929 - 2023
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 175
1929 - 2005
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 176
1929 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 177
1929 - 2005
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 178
1881 - 1966
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 84
1878 - 1966
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 85
1884 - 1966
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 86
1909 - 1966
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 87
1887 - 1966
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 88
1903 - 1966
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 89
1929 - 1966
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 90
1896 - 1966
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 91
1875 - 1966
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 92
1897 - 1966
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 93
1921 - 1966
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 94
1904 - 1966
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 95
1896 - 1966
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 96
Among people born in Colombia, Camilo Torres Restrepo ranks 35 out of 306. Before him are José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez (1919), Samael Aun Weor (1917), Álvaro Mutis (1923), Luis Garavito (1957), John Leguizamo (1964), and Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900). After him are Juan Pablo Montoya (1975), Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795), Alfonso López Michelsen (1913), Juanes (1972), Laura Montoya (1874), and Alfonso López Trujillo (1935).
1919 - 2019
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 29
1917 - 1977
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 30
1923 - 2013
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 31
1957 - 2023
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 32
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 33
1900 - 1975
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 34
1929 - 1966
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 35
1975 - Present
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 36
1795 - 1817
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 37
1913 - 2007
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 38
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 39
1874 - 1949
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 40
1935 - 2008
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 41
Among social activists born in Colombia, Camilo Torres Restrepo ranks 1. After him are Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795).
1929 - 1966
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 1
1795 - 1817
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2