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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Dick Gregory

1932 - 2017

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Richard Claxton Gregory (October 12, 1932 – August 19, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, writer, activist and social critic. His writings were best sellers. Gregory became popular among the African-American communities in the southern United States with his "no-holds-barred" sets, poking fun at the bigotry and racism in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Gregory has received more than 3,350,034 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Dick Gregory is the 586th most popular social activist (down from 476th in 2019), the 13,211th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,336th in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Dick Gregory ranks 586 out of 538. Before her are Shin Dong-hyuk, Walter Reuther, Loujain al-Hathloul, Jack Thompson, Razan Zaitouneh, and Juliette Gordon Low. After her are Maryam Namazie, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Joshua Wong, Latifa Ibn Ziaten, Reyhaneh Jabbari, and Bill Ayers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Dick Gregory ranks 491. Before her are Robert Osborne, Edmund Wickham Lawrence, Larry Evans, Dick Garmaker, Nadira, and Andrea Mead Lawrence. After her are Julie Bennett, Shirley Cawley, Shashikala, Bob Johnston, Dick Thornburgh, and Nancy Kassebaum. Among people deceased in 2017, Dick Gregory ranks 577. Before her are Dudley Storey, Ayan Sadakov, Kirti Nidhi Bista, Reema Lagoo, František Rajtoral, and Barbara Cook. After her are Kaci Kullmann Five, Brent Briscoe, Steffi Martin, Willie Toweel, José Antonio Alonso, and Albert Brewer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Gregory ranks 13,211 out of 18,182. Before her are Joseph R. Tanner (1950), Caleb Landry Jones (1989), Jonathan Adams (1967), Steve Johnson (1989), Roger K. Crouch (1940), and Samuel Bodman (1938). After her are Samoa Joe (1979), Ross Robinson (1967), Craig Hodges (1960), Cosma Shiva Hagen (1981), Richard Corliss (1944), and Sophia Lillis (2002).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Dick Gregory ranks 101. Before her are Tarana Burke (1973), Edith Windsor (1929), Bobby Henderson (1980), Walter Reuther (1907), Jack Thompson (1951), and Juliette Gordon Low (1860). After her are Bill Ayers (1944), Andrea James (1967), Crystal Eastman (1881), Ronan Farrow (1987), Jake Angeli (1988), and Alicia Garza (1981).

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