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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Derek Chauvin

1976 - Today

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Derek Michael Chauvin ( SHOH-vən; born March 19, 1976) is a 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 over 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 9,352,645 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Derek Chauvin is the 570th most popular social activist, the 12,486th most popular biography from United States and the 93rd most popular American Social Activist.

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  • 9.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Derek Chauvin ranks 570 out of 538Before him are Dorothy Height, Randa Siniora, Jadav Payeng, Pablo Hasél, Maria Verónica Reina, and Charlotte Despard. After him are Matthew Shepard, Anna Howard Shaw, Stan Swamy, Anthony Dod Mantle, Tarana Burke, and Edith Windsor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Derek Chauvin ranks 393Before him are Ian Bohen, Danny McBride, Miroslav Karhan, Shagrath, Oliver Spasovski, and Satam al-Suqami. After him are Gigi Leung, Ceza, Charlie Day, Rasho Nesterović, Matthew Shepard, and Mieko Kawakami.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Derek Chauvin ranks 12,486 out of 18,182Before him are Jon Moxley (1985), Tony Revolori (1996), Sharon Robinson (1953), Ashanti (1980), Bill Hougland (1930), and Janet L. Kavandi (1959). After him are Leon Wilkeson (1952), Mark Cerny (1964), Frederick D. Gregory (1941), Tiffany Darwish (1971), John C. Baez (1961), and Raphael Sbarge (1965).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Derek Chauvin ranks 93Before him are Frank Kameny (1925), Rachel Corrie (1979), Lucy Burns (1879), Mary McLeod Bethune (1875), Fannie Lou Hamer (1917), and Dorothy Height (1912). After him are Matthew Shepard (1976), Tarana Burke (1973), Edith Windsor (1929), Bobby Henderson (1980), Walter Reuther (1907), and Jack Thompson (1951).