1983 - Today
Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American and naturalized Russian citizen who was a computer intelligence consultant and whistleblower who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 when he was an employee and subcontractor. 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. In 2013, Snowden was hired by an NSA contractor, Booz Allen Hamilton, after previous employment with Dell and the CIA. Snowden says he gradually became disillusioned with the programs with which he was involved, and that he tried to raise his ethical concerns through internal channels but was ignored. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Snowden has received more than 39,617,877 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 86 in 2019). Edward Snowden is the 148th most popular social activist (down from 134th in 2019), the 1,475th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,400th in 2019) and the 18th 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, Edward Snowden ranks 148 out of 538. Before him are Léon Jouhaux, Steve Biko, Bertha Pappenheim, Huda Sha'arawi, Judas of Galilee, and Jacques Roux. After him are Margaret Sanger, Kittur Chennamma, Leopold Trepper, Max Mosley, Emilie Schindler, and Beppe Grillo.
1879 - 1954
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 142
1946 - 1977
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 143
1859 - 1936
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 144
1879 - 1947
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 145
100 BC - 100
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 146
1752 - 1794
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 147
1983 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 148
1879 - 1966
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 149
1778 - 1829
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 150
1904 - 1982
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 151
1940 - 2021
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 152
1907 - 2001
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 153
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 154
Among people born in 1983, Edward Snowden ranks 7. Before him are Kim Jong-un, Chris Hemsworth, Dani Alves, Amy Winehouse, Franck Ribéry, and Andrew Garfield. After him are Katrina Kaif, Emily Blunt, Henry Cavill, Pepe, Robin van Persie, and Ricardo Quaresma.
1983 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 1
1983 - Present
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 2
1983 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 3
1983 - 2011
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 4
1983 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 5
1983 - Present
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 6
1983 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 7
1983 - Present
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 8
1983 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 9
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 10
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 11
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 12
1983 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 13
Among people born in United States, Edward Snowden ranks 1,475 out of 18,182. Before him are Henry Ford II (1917), Jake LaMotta (1922), Dave Bautista (1969), Stanley Tucci (1960), William Morris Davis (1850), and Josh Brolin (1968). After him are Alan Ladd (1913), Richard Schiff (1955), Roy O. Disney (1893), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), Joseph Losey (1909), and Nelson Goodman (1906).
1917 - 1987
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 1,469
1922 - 2017
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 1,470
1969 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 1,471
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 1,472
1850 - 1934
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 1,473
1968 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 1,474
1983 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 1,475
1913 - 1964
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 1,476
1955 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 1,477
1893 - 1971
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 1,478
1908 - 2000
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 1,479
1909 - 1984
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 1,480
1906 - 1998
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 1,481
Among social activists born in United States, Edward Snowden ranks 18. Before him are Susan B. Anthony (1820), Jody Williams (1950), George Stinney (1929), John Brown (1800), Frederick Douglass (1818), and Betty Ford (1918). After him are Margaret Sanger (1879), Fred Phelps (1929), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868), Gloria Steinem (1934), Sojourner Truth (1797), and David Lane (1938).
1820 - 1906
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 12
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 13
1929 - 1944
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 14
1800 - 1859
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 15
1818 - 1895
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 16
1918 - 2011
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 17
1983 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 18
1879 - 1966
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 19
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 20
1868 - 1963
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 21
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 22
1797 - 1883
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 23
1938 - 2007
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 24