SOCIAL ACTIVIST

David Kato

1964 - 2011

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David Kato Kisule (c. 1964 – 26 January 2011) was a Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist, considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement and described as "Uganda's first openly gay man". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Kato has received more than 192,678 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). David Kato is the 699th most popular social activist (down from 600th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Uganda (up from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Ugandan Social Activist.

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  • 190k

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  • 37.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, David Kato ranks 699 out of 840. Before him are Anna Sharyhina, Pauli Murray, Vida Goldstein, Stan Swamy, Edith Windsor, and Zahra Eshraghi. After him are Dick Gregory, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Grace Abbott, Joshua Wong, Rameshwari Nehru, and Dorothy Height.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, David Kato ranks 688. Before him are Robson Green, Jonas Sjöstedt, Jordi Sànchez, Serafín Zubiri, Paul Caligiuri, and Zahra Eshraghi. After him are John Salley, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Svilen Rusinov, Moses Sithole, Ian Tracey, and Chieko Homma. Among people deceased in 2011, David Kato ranks 500. Before him are Kārlis Skrastiņš, Don Kirshner, Len Lesser, Russell Hoban, Cynthia Myers, and Sexy Cora. After him are Ahmed Wali Karzai, Sonia Pierre, Poly Styrene, Mike Doyle, Karel Rachůnek, and Saif al-Arab Gaddafi.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, David Kato ranks 27 out of 55. Before him are Shekhar Mehta (1945), Joshua Cheptegei (1996), John Mugabi (1960), Pione Sisto (1995), Leo Rwabwogo (1949), and Robinah Nabbanja (1969). After him are Amama Mbabazi (1949), Irshad Manji (1968), Benedicto Kiwanuka (1922), Stephen Kiprotich (1989), Gita Ramjee (1956), and John Sentamu (1949).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Uganda

Among social activists born in Uganda, David Kato ranks 1. After him are Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka (1970), and Leah Namugerwa (2004).

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