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Edward Snowden

1983 - Today

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Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is a former NSA intelligence contractor and whistleblower who leaked classified documents revealing the existence of global surveillance programs. In 2013, while working as a government contractor, Snowden leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA). He was indicted for espionage. His disclosures revealed numerous global surveillance programs, many run by the NSA and the Five Eyes intelligence alliance with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments and prompted a cultural discussion about national security and individual privacy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 91 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 88 in 2019). Edward Snowden is the 185th most popular social activist (down from 148th in 2019), the 1,728th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,475th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Social Activist.

Edward Snowden is most famous for leaking classified information about the NSA's mass surveillance programs to the press.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Edward Snowden ranks 185 out of 840. Before him are Yelena Bonner, Jan Karski, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Leopold Trepper, Kailash Satyarthi, and Huda Sha'arawi. After him are Abbé Pierre, Salvador Puig Antich, Kang Pan-sok, Manuela Sáenz, Kartini, and Chen Sheng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Edward Snowden ranks 9. Before him are Amy Winehouse, Franck Ribéry, Dani Alves, Katrina Kaif, Ricardo Quaresma, and Pepe. After him are Loreen, Robin van Persie, Philipp Lahm, Emily Blunt, Henry Cavill, and Donald Glover.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Snowden ranks 1,728 out of 20,380. Before him are Larry Page (1973), John Forsythe (1918), Lou Ferrigno (1951), Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Chief Seattle (1786), and Lance Armstrong (1971). After him are Mark Felt (1913), Dean Stockwell (1936), John Densmore (1944), Roger Ebert (1942), Jeffrey C. Hall (1945), and Saul Kripke (1940).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Edward Snowden ranks 22. Before him are George Stinney (1929), John Brown (1800), Frederick Douglass (1818), Sojourner Truth (1797), Billy Milligan (1955), and Emmett Till (1941). After him are Fred Phelps (1929), Margaret Sanger (1879), Gloria Steinem (1934), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868), David Lane (1938), and George Lincoln Rockwell (1918).

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