SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Derek Chauvin

1976 - Today

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Derek Michael Chauvin ( SHOH-vən; born March 19, 1976) is an American former police officer who murdered George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On May 25, 2020, Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for about nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down on the street, calling out "I can't breathe", during an arrest made with three other officers. Chauvin was dismissed by the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) on May 26 and arrested on May 29. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Derek Chauvin has received more than 10,266,646 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Derek Chauvin is the 661st most popular social activist (down from 570th in 2019), the 12,657th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,457th in 2019) and the 108th most popular American Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Derek Chauvin ranks 661 out of 840. Before him are Bobby Henderson, María Elena Moyano, Jacqueline Moudeina, Samuel Gompers, Henrietta Edwards, and Anthony Dod Mantle. After him are Fartuun Adan, Fannie Lou Hamer, Frank Kameny, Tarana Burke, Maryam Namazie, and Randa Siniora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Derek Chauvin ranks 360. Before him are Diane Neal, Thomas Sørensen, Tarso Marques, Peter Svidler, Seamus Dever, and Aaron Stanford. After him are Alexandré Pölking, Alana Evans, Miroslav Karhan, Ariel Ibagaza, Chiara Siracusa, and Oksana Markarova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Derek Chauvin ranks 12,657 out of 20,380. Before him are Anissa Jones (1958), Abel Kiviat (1892), N. K. Jemisin (1972), Charlie Weber (1978), Scott Altman (1959), and Cam Clarke (1957). After him are Dale Midkiff (1959), Caesar Rodney (1728), John Burroughs (1837), J. Richard Gott (1947), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (1970), and Paul Russo (1914).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Derek Chauvin ranks 108. Before him are Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), Lucy Burns (1879), Angelina Grimké (1805), Phoebe Hearst (1842), Norma McCorvey (1947), and Bobby Henderson (1980). After him are Fannie Lou Hamer (1917), Frank Kameny (1925), Tarana Burke (1973), Gloria Allred (1941), Ruthie Tompson (1910), and Juliette Gordon Low (1860).

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