SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Dominique Pire

1910 - 1969

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Dominique Pire, O.P. (born Georges Charles Clement Ghislain Pire; 10 February 1910 – 30 January 1969) was a Belgian Dominican friar whose work helping refugees in post-World War II Europe saw him receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dominique Pire has received more than 128,985 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Dominique Pire is the 71st most popular social activist (down from 58th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 70th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Social Activist.

Dominique Pire is most famous for his "Nude" series, which depicts the female body in a realistic and unidealized way.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 16.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Dominique Pire ranks 71 out of 840. Before him are Witold Pilecki, Camilo Cienfuegos, Beatrice Cenci, Bhagat Singh, Jenny von Westphalen, and Buenaventura Durruti. After him are Aleksandr Ulyanov, Horst Wessel, Sakamoto Ryōma, Widukind, Gerald Durrell, and Axel Munthe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Dominique Pire ranks 21. Before him are Eric Berne, Chiang Ching-kuo, Gerda Taro, Dorothy Hodgkin, Walter Schellenberg, and Ronald Coase. After him are David Niven, Lee Byung-chul, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Helenio Herrera, Archer Martin, and Nathuram Godse. Among people deceased in 1969, Dominique Pire ranks 24. Before him are Morihei Ueshiba, Brian Jones, Otto Dix, Jack Kerouac, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, and Princess Alice of Battenberg. After him are Witold Gombrowicz, Arthur Friedenreich, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Moïse Tshombe, and Josef von Sternberg.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Dominique Pire ranks 76 out of 1,190. Before him are Quentin Matsys (1466), Jacques Rogge (1942), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Albert Claude (1899), Paul Delvaux (1897), and Adrian Willaert (1490). After him are Émile Verhaeren (1855), Corneille Heymans (1892), Henri Pirenne (1862), Father Damien (1840), Peyo (1928), and Ernest Solvay (1838).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Belgium

Among social activists born in Belgium, Dominique Pire ranks 1. After him are Marie Popelin (1846), Gabrielle Petit (1893), Henry Spira (1927), and Anuna De Wever (2001).

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