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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Charles Boycott

1832 - 1897

Charles Boycott

Charles Cunningham Boycott (12 March 1832 – 19 June 1897) was an English land agent whose ostracism by his local community in Ireland gave the English language the term boycott. He had served in the British Army 39th Foot, which brought him to Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Boycott has received more than 511,766 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Charles Boycott is the 264th most popular social activist (up from 268th in 2019), the 1,854th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,049th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

510k
Page Views (PV)
53.62
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
21
Languages Editions (L)
4.65
Effective Languages (L*)
2.78
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Charles Boycott ranks 264 out of 538. Before him are Édouard René de Laboulaye, David Frankfurter, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Robert Catesby, Joe Hill, and Jesse Jackson. After him are Camilo Torres Restrepo, Clara Barton, Nimr al-Nimr, Viktors Arājs, M. N. Roy, and Baba Amte.

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Édouard René de Laboulaye
1811 - 1883
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 258
David Frankfurter
1909 - 1982
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 259
Mahadev Govind Ranade
1842 - 1901
HPI: 53.80
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Robert Catesby
1573 - 1605
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 261
Joe Hill
1879 - 1915
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 262
Jesse Jackson
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 263
Charles Boycott
1832 - 1897
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 264
Camilo Torres Restrepo
1929 - 1966
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 265
Clara Barton
1821 - 1912
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 266
Nimr al-Nimr
1959 - 2016
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 267
Viktors Arājs
1910 - 1988
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 268
M. N. Roy
1887 - 1954
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 269
Baba Amte
1914 - 2008
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 270

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Charles Boycott ranks 38. Before him are William Le Baron Jenney, Pavel Tretyakov, Mary Ann Cotton, Louis Paul Cailletet, Ivan Zajc, and Charles Lecocq. After him are Emilio Castelar, Miguel Miramón, Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow, Đura Jakšić, Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Nikolai Zverev. Among people deceased in 1897, Charles Boycott ranks 36. Before him are George Pullman, Fritz Müller, Antonio Bazzini, Henry George, Léon Boëllmann, and Panteleimon Kulish. After him are Prince William of Baden, Charles-Denis Bourbaki, Karol Mikuli, David Schwarz, Émile Levassor, and Ion Ghica.

Others Born in 1832

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William Le Baron Jenney
1832 - 1907
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 32
Pavel Tretyakov
1832 - 1898
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 33
Mary Ann Cotton
1832 - 1873
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 34
Louis Paul Cailletet
1832 - 1913
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 35
Ivan Zajc
1832 - 1914
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 36
Charles Lecocq
1832 - 1918
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 37
Charles Boycott
1832 - 1897
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 38
Emilio Castelar
1832 - 1899
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 39
Miguel Miramón
1832 - 1867
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 40
Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow
1832 - 1918
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 41
Đura Jakšić
1832 - 1878
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 42
Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
1832 - 1913
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 43
Nikolai Zverev
1832 - 1893
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 44

Others Deceased in 1897

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George Pullman
1831 - 1897
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 30
Fritz Müller
1822 - 1897
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 31
Antonio Bazzini
1818 - 1897
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 32
Henry George
1839 - 1897
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 33
Léon Boëllmann
1862 - 1897
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 34
Panteleimon Kulish
1819 - 1897
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 35
Charles Boycott
1832 - 1897
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 36
Prince William of Baden
1829 - 1897
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 37
Charles-Denis Bourbaki
1816 - 1897
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 38
Karol Mikuli
1821 - 1897
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 39
David Schwarz
1850 - 1897
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 40
Émile Levassor
1843 - 1897
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 41
Ion Ghica
1816 - 1897
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 42

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Boycott ranks 1,854 out of 7,765. Before him are Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), Tony Sheridan (1940), George Meredith (1828), Jojo Moyes (1969), Henry Tandey (1891), and Richard Long (1945). After him are Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), Henry Maudslay (1771), Hilton Valentine (1943), Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723), and Edward L. G. Bowell (1943).

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Lady Hester Stanhope
1776 - 1839
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 1,848
Tony Sheridan
1940 - 2013
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 1,849
George Meredith
1828 - 1909
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 1,850
Jojo Moyes
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 1,851
Henry Tandey
1891 - 1977
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 1,852
Richard Long
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 1,853
Charles Boycott
1832 - 1897
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 1,854
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
1478 - 1521
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 1,855
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster
1310 - 1361
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 1,856
Henry Maudslay
1771 - 1831
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 1,857
Hilton Valentine
1943 - 2021
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 1,858
Princess Mary of Great Britain
1723 - 1772
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 1,859
Edward L. G. Bowell
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 1,860