SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Chico Mendes

1944 - 1988

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Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʃiku ˈmẽdʒis]; 15 December 1944 – 22 December 1988), was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, and environmentalist. He fought to preserve the Amazon rainforest, and advocated for the human rights of Brazilian peasants and Indigenous people. He was assassinated by a rancher on December 22, 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chico Mendes has received more than 529,252 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Chico Mendes is the 174th most popular social activist (up from 187th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 102nd in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Chico Mendes ranks 174 out of 840. Before him are Kittur Chennamma, Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, Vladimir Bukovsky, Emilie Schindler, Ilya Ulyanov, and Sojourner Truth. After him are Judas of Galilee, Billy Milligan, Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov, Emmett Till, Yelena Bonner, and Jan Karski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Chico Mendes ranks 114. Before him are Patrick Depailler, Charles Sobhraj, Bo Larsson, Sam Elliott, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Roger Daltrey. After him are Michael Nyman, Rexhep Meidani, Daniel Pennac, Patrice Chéreau, Helena Rojo, and Marie-Christine Barrault. Among people deceased in 1988, Chico Mendes ranks 41. Before him are Hermann Graf, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Henryk Szeryng, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Ana Aslan, and Willem Drees. After him are Muzafer Sherif, Trường Chinh, Khalil al-Wazir, Paul Grice, Luis Walter Alvarez, and Yevgeny Mravinsky.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Chico Mendes ranks 89 out of 2,236. Before him are Tancredo Neves (1910), Marcelo (1988), Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939), Deco (1977), Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948), and Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824). After him are Edu Coimbra (1947), Hilderaldo Bellini (1930), Pepe (1983), Sônia Braga (1950), Cláudio Taffarel (1966), and Toninho Cerezo (1955).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Brazil

Among social activists born in Brazil, Chico Mendes ranks 1. After him are Tiradentes (1746), Lampião (1897), and Josué de Castro (1908).

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