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Derek Chauvin

1976 - Today

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Derek Michael Chauvin ( SHOH-vən; born 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, Floyd was arrested after a store clerk alleged that he made a purchase using a counterfeit $20 bill. In the course of the arrest, Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for about nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down on the street and calling out "I can't breathe". The murder set off a series of protests in Minneapolis, across the United States, and around the world, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Derek Chauvin is the 715th most popular social activist (down from 664th in 2024), the 14,221st most popular biography from United States (down from 12,652nd in 2019) and the 123rd most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Derek Chauvin ranks 715 out of 840. Before him are Yoani Sánchez, Judith Heumann, Grace Abbott, Zakia Zaki, Gloria Allred, and Munir Said Thalib. After him are Anthony Dod Mantle, Crystal Eastman, Faiza Jama Mohamed, Dorothy Height, Delphine Djiraibe, and Manasi Pradhan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Derek Chauvin ranks 478. Before him are Nicolás Lapentti, Zoltán Almási, Danzel, Jiří Štajner, Rochelle Aytes, and Amaia Montero. After him are Tatyana Kotova, Kinoto Saito, Brett Gelman, René Aufhauser, Mario Melchiot, and Ivan Vicelich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Derek Chauvin ranks 14,225 out of 20,380. Before him are Brenden Aaronson (2000), Brooklyn Decker (1987), Sandra Magnus (1964), Levy Rozman (1995), Harry B. Gray (1935), and Dennis Prager (1948). After him are Susie Essman (1955), Christopher Lawford (1955), Lincoln Chafee (1953), Peter Chernin (1951), Tony Alva (1957), and Susan Lindquist (1949).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Derek Chauvin ranks 123. Before him are Betty Ong (1956), Julia Butterfly Hill (1974), Pauli Murray (1910), Judith Heumann (1947), Grace Abbott (1878), and Gloria Allred (1941). After him are Crystal Eastman (1881), Dorothy Height (1912), Matthew Shepard (1976), Andrea James (1967), John Paulson (1955), and Wendell Phillips (1811).

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