1955 - Today
Denis Mukwege (; born 1 March 1955) is a Congolese gynecologist and Pentecostal pastor. He founded and works in Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, where he specializes in the treatment of women who have been raped by armed rebels.In 2018, Mukwege and Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict".Denis’ continued demand for justice for the victims of the Congo conflict has resulted in him receiving threats against his life and the Panzi hospital. He has received these death threats largely on social media platforms, which emerged from various sources including Mukwege's country of origin, the DRC, and adjoining countries, namely Rwanda and Uganda. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denis Mukwege has received more than 733,264 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Denis Mukwege is the 125th most popular social activist (down from 89th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Congolese Social Activist.
Denis Mukwege is a Congolese gynecologist who has been working for the past two decades to help women who have been victims of rape and sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has performed over 30,000 surgeries and has been the target of many death threats.
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Among social activists, Denis Mukwege ranks 125 out of 544. Before him are Georgy Gapon, Wat Tyler, Alfred Naujocks, Sergey Nechayev, Vesna Vulović, and John Brown. After him are Marsha P. Johnson, Maria Altmann, Betty Williams, Frederick Douglass, Manuela Sáenz, and Lal Bahadur Shastri.
1870 - 1906
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 119
1341 - 1381
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 120
1911 - 1966
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 121
1847 - 1882
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 122
1950 - 2016
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 123
1800 - 1859
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 124
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 125
1945 - 1992
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 126
1916 - 2011
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 127
1943 - 2020
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 128
1818 - 1895
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 129
1797 - 1856
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 130
1904 - 1966
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 131
Among people born in 1955, Denis Mukwege ranks 39. Before him are Dodi Fayed, Carme Forcadell, John Grisham, Roland Emmerich, Shoko Asahara, and Binali Yıldırım. After him are Haitham bin Tariq, Brendan Gleeson, J. K. Simmons, Billy Idol, Ante Gotovina, and Héctor Cúper.
1955 - 1997
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 33
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 34
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 35
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 36
1955 - 2018
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 37
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 38
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 39
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 40
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 41
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 42
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 43
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 44
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 45
Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denis Mukwege ranks 5 out of 68. Before him are Patrice Lumumba (1925), Mobutu Sese Seko (1930), Laurent-Désiré Kabila (1939), and Moïse Tshombe (1919). After him are Antoine Gizenga (1925), Félix Tshisekedi (1963), Joseph Kabila (1971), Étienne Tshisekedi (1932), Simon Kimbangu (1887), Ota Benga (1883), and Claude Makélélé (1973).
1925 - 1961
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 1
1930 - 1997
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 2
1939 - 2001
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 3
1919 - 1969
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 4
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 5
1925 - 2019
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 6
1963 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 7
1971 - Present
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 8
1932 - 2017
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 9
1887 - 1951
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 10
1883 - 1916
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 12
Among social activists born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denis Mukwege ranks 1.