1944 - 1988
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 peoples. He was assassinated by a rancher on 22 December 1988. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chico Mendes has received more than 499,832 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Chico Mendes is the 187th most popular social activist (up from 193rd in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Brazil (up from 121st in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Chico Mendes ranks 187 out of 538. Before him are Guru Ram Das, Salvador Puig Antich, Emily Davison, Andrés Bonifacio, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Yelena Bonner. After him are Lepa Radić, Gloria Steinem, Chen Sheng, Moses Montefiore, Tiradentes, and Kailash Satyarthi.
1534 - 1581
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 181
1948 - 1974
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 182
1872 - 1913
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 183
1863 - 1897
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 184
1868 - 1963
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 185
1923 - 2011
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 186
1944 - 1988
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 187
1925 - 1943
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 188
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 189
250 BC - 208 BC
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 190
1784 - 1885
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 191
1746 - 1792
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 192
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 193
Among people born in 1944, Chico Mendes ranks 125. Before him are Andris Bērziņš, Christian Boltanski, Jan-Michael Vincent, Albert Hammond, John Densmore, and Chris Patten. After him are Ferenc Bene, Sam Elliott, Jan Guillou, Peter Lindbergh, Carlos Pace, and Gianfranco Ferré. Among people deceased in 1988, Chico Mendes ranks 51. Before him are John Carradine, Dino Grandi, Karl August Wittfogel, Giuseppe Saragat, Willem Drees, and Ana Aslan. After him are Heo Jeong, Trường Chinh, Bacha Khan, Branko Zebec, Renato Salvatori, and René Char.
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 119
1944 - 2021
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 120
1944 - 2019
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 121
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 122
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 123
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 124
1944 - 1988
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 125
1944 - 2006
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 126
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 127
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 128
1944 - 2019
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 129
1944 - 1977
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 130
1944 - 2007
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 131
1906 - 1988
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 45
1895 - 1988
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 46
1896 - 1988
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 47
1898 - 1988
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 48
1886 - 1988
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 49
1897 - 1988
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 50
1944 - 1988
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 51
1896 - 1988
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 52
1907 - 1988
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 53
1890 - 1988
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 54
1929 - 1988
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 55
1933 - 1988
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 56
1907 - 1988
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 57
Among people born in Brazil, Chico Mendes ranks 102 out of 2,067. Before him are Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior (1943), Dunga (1963), Tancredo Neves (1910), José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Chico Xavier (1910), and Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior (1954). After him are Mauro Ramos (1930), Tiradentes (1746), Mário de Andrade (1893), Dida (1973), Deco (1977), and Pepe (1983).
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 96
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 97
1910 - 1985
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 98
1920 - 1984
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 99
1910 - 2002
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 100
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 101
1944 - 1988
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 102
1930 - 2002
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 103
1746 - 1792
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 104
1893 - 1945
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 105
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 106
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 107
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 108
Among social activists born in Brazil, Chico Mendes ranks 1. After him are Tiradentes (1746), Lampião (1897), and Josué de Castro (1908).
1944 - 1988
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 1
1746 - 1792
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 2
1897 - 1938
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 3
1908 - 1973
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 4