1879 - 1919
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (Spanish pronunciation: [emiˈljãno saˈpata]; August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo. Zapata was born in the rural village of Anenecuilco in Morelos State, in an era when peasant communities came under increasing pressure from the small-landowning class who monopolized land and water resources for sugar-cane production with the support of dictator Porfirio Díaz (President 1877–1880 and 1884–1911). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emiliano Zapata has received more than 2,864,794 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Emiliano Zapata is the 25th most popular social activist (down from 24th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Mexico and the most popular Mexican Social Activist.
Emiliano Zapata is most famous for his role in the Mexican Revolution, which he led. He was a peasant farmer who fought for land reform and the redistribution of wealth.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among social activists, Emiliano Zapata ranks 25 out of 544. Before him are Thomas Müntzer, Robert Owen, Olympe de Gouges, Aung San Suu Kyi, Gustav I of Sweden, and Charlotte Corday. After him are Bertha von Suttner, Ferdinand Lassalle, Martin Niemöller, Emmeline Pankhurst, Simon bar Kokhba, and Emma Goldman.
1489 - 1525
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 19
1771 - 1858
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 20
1748 - 1793
HPI: 79.67
Rank: 21
1945 - Present
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 22
1496 - 1560
HPI: 79.41
Rank: 23
1768 - 1793
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 24
1879 - 1919
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 25
1843 - 1914
HPI: 78.00
Rank: 26
1825 - 1864
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 27
1892 - 1984
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 28
1858 - 1928
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 29
50 - 135
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 30
1869 - 1940
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 31
Among people born in 1879, Emiliano Zapata ranks 9. Before him are Leon Trotsky, Paul Klee, Kazimir Malevich, Franz von Papen, Otto Hahn, and Emperor Taishō. After him are Max von Laue, Owen Willans Richardson, Alma Mahler, Francis Picabia, Ottorino Respighi, and Symon Petliura. Among people deceased in 1919, Emiliano Zapata ranks 6. Before him are Rosa Luxemburg, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernst Haeckel, and Karl Liebknecht. After him are Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Emil Fischer, Andrew Carnegie, Ruggero Leoncavallo, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, and Gojong of Korea.
1879 - 1940
HPI: 87.77
Rank: 3
1879 - 1940
HPI: 82.23
Rank: 4
1879 - 1935
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 5
1879 - 1969
HPI: 79.88
Rank: 6
1879 - 1968
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 7
1879 - 1926
HPI: 78.52
Rank: 8
1879 - 1919
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 9
1879 - 1960
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 10
1879 - 1959
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 11
1879 - 1964
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 12
1879 - 1953
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 13
1879 - 1936
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 14
1879 - 1926
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 15
1871 - 1919
HPI: 86.39
Rank: 1
1841 - 1919
HPI: 85.43
Rank: 2
1858 - 1919
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 3
1834 - 1919
HPI: 81.24
Rank: 4
1871 - 1919
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 5
1879 - 1919
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 6
1857 - 1919
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 7
1852 - 1919
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 8
1835 - 1919
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 9
1857 - 1919
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 10
1842 - 1919
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 11
1852 - 1919
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 12
Among people born in Mexico, Emiliano Zapata ranks 7 out of 487. Before him are Frida Kahlo (1907), Anthony Quinn (1915), Diego Rivera (1886), Moctezuma II (1466), Geronimo (1829), and Carlos Slim (1940). After him are Pancho Villa (1878), Carlos Santana (1947), La Malinche (1502), Cuauhtémoc (1495), Octavio Paz (1914), and Porfirio Díaz (1830).
1907 - 1954
HPI: 89.75
Rank: 1
1915 - 2001
HPI: 81.51
Rank: 2
1886 - 1957
HPI: 80.68
Rank: 3
1466 - 1520
HPI: 80.21
Rank: 4
1829 - 1909
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 78.60
Rank: 6
1879 - 1919
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 7
1878 - 1923
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 8
1947 - Present
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 9
1502 - 1529
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 10
1495 - 1525
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 11
1914 - 1998
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 12
1830 - 1915
HPI: 74.18
Rank: 13
Among social activists born in Mexico, Emiliano Zapata ranks 1. After him are Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753), Subcomandante Marcos (1957), Ricardo Flores Magón (1874), Lydia Cacho (1963), Miriam Rodríguez Martínez (1967), and Guadalupe Campanur Tapia (1986).
1879 - 1919
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 1
1753 - 1811
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 2
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 3
1874 - 1922
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 4
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 5
1967 - 2017
HPI: 25.36
Rank: 6
1986 - 2018
HPI: 16.36
Rank: 7