SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Chico Mendes

1944 - 1988

Chico Mendes

Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes (Brazilian Portuguese: /ˈʃiku ˈmẽdʒis, -dʒiʃ, -dis/) December 15, 1944 – December 22, 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 December 22, 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chico Mendes has received more than 325,454 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Chico Mendes is the 192nd most popular social activist (up from 207th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Brazil (up from 143rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

330k
Page Views (PV)
66.36
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
17
Languages Editions (L)
4.85
Effective Languages (L*)
1.86
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Chico Mendes ranks 192 out of 544. Before him are Carl Oberg, Hrant Dink, Rigoberta Menchú, Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, Hanns Martin Schleyer, and Bacha Khan. After him are Margaret Sanger, Huber Matos, Simon bar Giora, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, and Vandana Shiva.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

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Carl Oberg
1897 - 1965
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 186
Hrant Dink
1954 - 2007
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 187
Rigoberta Menchú
1959 - Present
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 188
Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid
948 - 1022
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 189
Hanns Martin Schleyer
1915 - 1977
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 190
Bacha Khan
1890 - 1988
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 191
Chico Mendes
1944 - 1988
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 192
Margaret Sanger
1879 - 1966
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 193
Huber Matos
1918 - 2014
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 194
Simon bar Giora
100 - 70
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 195
Lalla Fatma N'Soumer
1830 - 1863
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 196
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson
1390 - 1436
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 197
Vandana Shiva
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 198

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Chico Mendes ranks 138. Before him are Willem van Hanegem, Johnny Winter, Mordechai Spiegler, Chris Patten, Brian Tracy, and Sergei Belov. After him are Michel Polnareff, Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, Peter Mayhew, Marie-Christine Barrault, Angela Winkler, and Steve Fossett. Among people deceased in 1988, Chico Mendes ranks 58. Before him are Dino Grandi, Sergey Gorshkov, Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás, Raymond Dart, Branko Zebec, and Bacha Khan. After him are Giacinto Scelsi, Trường Chinh, Anne Ramsey, Renato Salvatori, Françoise Dolto, and Lev Pontryagin.

Others Born in 1944

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Willem van Hanegem
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 132
Johnny Winter
1944 - 2014
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 133
Mordechai Spiegler
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 134
Chris Patten
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 135
Brian Tracy
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 136
Sergei Belov
1944 - 2013
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 137
Chico Mendes
1944 - 1988
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 138
Michel Polnareff
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 139
Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto
1944 - 2020
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 140
Peter Mayhew
1944 - 2019
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 141
Marie-Christine Barrault
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 142
Angela Winkler
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 143
Steve Fossett
1944 - 2007
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 144