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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Dorothy Stang

1931 - 2005

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Dorothy Mae Stang, SND (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 298,677 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Dorothy Stang is the 2,090th most popular religious figure (down from 1,675th in 2019), the 4,943rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,148th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Dorothy Stang ranks 2,090 out of 2,238. Before her are Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Antonio Innocenti, Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, Edmund Campion, Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni, and Pedro Páez. After her are Aloísio Lorscheider, Giovanni Urbani, Giuseppe Pizzardo, Arsenie Boca, Fortunato Baldelli, and Philibert of Jumièges.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Dorothy Stang ranks 258. Before her are Gene Wolfe, León Febres Cordero, Kenny Burrell, Sakyo Komatsu, Michel Deville, and Mordecai Richler. After her are Phil Woods, Donald Barthelme, Walter Taibo, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Robert Stephens, and Wynton Kelly. Among people deceased in 2005, Dorothy Stang ranks 166. Before her are Else Krüger, Vincent Gigante, Tetyana Yablonska, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Laurel Aitken, and Lucien Carr. After her are Charles David Keeling, Jacques Dufilho, István Nyers, Fei Xiaotong, Marga López, and Ossie Davis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Stang ranks 4,943 out of 18,182. Before her are Jonathan Haidt (1963), Benjamin Peirce (1809), John Terry (1950), Al Jardine (1942), Anna Kendrick (1985), and Moe Howard (1897). After her are Sam Wanamaker (1919), David Patrick Kelly (1951), Patsy Cline (1932), David A. Huffman (1925), Chief Joseph (1840), and Phil Woods (1931).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Dorothy Stang ranks 38. Before her are Seraphim Rose (1934), David Koresh (1959), Charles Fox Parham (1873), Elizabeth Bolden (1890), Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), and Jeralean Talley (1899). After her are Yusuf Estes (1944), Thomas S. Monson (1927), Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774), Milman Parry (1902), Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), and James Stafford (1932).

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