RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Dorothy Stang

1931 - 2005

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Dorothy Mae Stang, SNDdeN (June 7, 1931 – February 12, 2005) was an American-born Brazilian member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She was murdered in Anapu, Pará, in the Amazon Basin in 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Stang has received more than 311,593 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Dorothy Stang is the 2,366th most popular religious figure (down from 2,075th in 2019), the 5,342nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,931st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Dorothy Stang ranks 2,366 out of 3,187. Before her are Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Palladius of Galatia, Elsa Brändström, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Austromoine, and Peter Doi. After her are Zacarias Kamwenho, Joseph Barsabbas, Thomas I of Constantinople, Giovanni Coppa, Genesius of Rome, and Giuseppe Simone Assemani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Dorothy Stang ranks 295. Before her are Walter Burkert, Edith Bruck, Janusz Majewski, Norman Read, Tamara Tyshkevich, and Fay Weldon. After her are Elias M. Stein, Willie Mays, Irwin Winkler, Shunichiro Okano, Guido Messina, and Cemal Süreya. Among people deceased in 2005, Dorothy Stang ranks 184. Before her are Hans Clarin, Gennady Sarafanov, Eduardo Paolozzi, Wee Kim Wee, Mario David, and Geraldine Fitzgerald. After her are Marc Lawrence, Fei Xiaotong, Song Renqiong, Maclyn McCarty, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, and Donald Watson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Stang ranks 5,342 out of 20,380. Before her are Nancy Carroll (1903), Stephanie Seymour (1968), Gordon Matta-Clark (1943), David Ellefson (1964), Lauryn Hill (1975), and Michael Angelo Batio (1956). After her are Tori Spelling (1973), Charley Paddock (1900), Charles Daniels (1885), Afeni Shakur (1947), Matt Sorum (1960), and Norma Talmadge (1894).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Dorothy Stang ranks 42. Before her are James Michael Harvey (1949), Jeralean Talley (1899), Yusuf Estes (1944), Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930), Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774), and Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919). After her are Seraphim Rose (1934), John Patrick Foley (1935), Tammy Faye Messner (1942), Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), Squanto (1585), and Milman Parry (1902).

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