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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 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Chico Mendes ranks 187 out of 538Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Chico Mendes ranks 125Before 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 51Before 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.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Chico Mendes ranks 102 out of 2,067Before 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).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Brazil

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