1872 - 1913
Emily Wilding Davison (11 October 1872 – 8 June 1913) was an English suffragette who fought for votes for women in Britain in the early twentieth century. A member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and a militant fighter for her cause, she was arrested on nine occasions, went on hunger strike seven times and was force fed on forty-nine occasions. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emily Davison has received more than 1,949,552 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Emily Davison is the 117th most popular social activist (up from 131st in 2019), the 826th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 902nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Social Activist.
Emily Davison was a suffragette who died after throwing herself in front of the king's horse during the Epsom Derby in 1913.
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Among social activists, Emily Davison ranks 117 out of 544. Before her are Hans Scholl, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Yiannis Ritsos, Paul Schäfer, and Léon Jouhaux. After her are Pier Gerlofs Donia, Georgy Gapon, Wat Tyler, Alfred Naujocks, Sergey Nechayev, and Vesna Vulović.
1918 - 1943
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 111
1927 - 1988
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 112
1923 - 1941
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 113
1909 - 1990
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 114
1921 - 2010
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 115
1879 - 1954
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 116
1872 - 1913
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 117
1480 - 1520
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 118
1870 - 1906
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 119
1341 - 1381
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 120
1911 - 1966
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 121
1847 - 1882
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 122
1950 - 2016
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 123
Among people born in 1872, Emily Davison ranks 30. Before her are Gotse Delchev, Aubrey Beardsley, Wilhelm Miklas, Mathilde Kschessinska, Georgy Chicherin, and Henry Tingle Wilde. After her are Norman Angell, José Sanjurjo, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hugo Alfvén, Archduke Joseph August of Austria, and Princess Clémentine of Belgium. Among people deceased in 1913, Emily Davison ranks 18. Before her are August Bebel, Tobias Asser, Lesya Ukrainka, Francisco I. Madero, Ármin Vámbéry, and Lewis A. Swift. After her are Gustaf de Laval, Alfred Redl, Katsura Tarō, Philip Sclater, Mahmud Shevket Pasha, and Mariano Rampolla.
1872 - 1903
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 24
1872 - 1898
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 25
1872 - 1956
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 26
1872 - 1971
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 27
1872 - 1936
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 28
1872 - 1912
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 29
1872 - 1913
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 30
1872 - 1967
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 31
1872 - 1936
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 32
1872 - 1958
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 33
1872 - 1960
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 34
1872 - 1962
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 35
1872 - 1955
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 36
1840 - 1913
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 12
1838 - 1913
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 13
1871 - 1913
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 14
1873 - 1913
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 15
1832 - 1913
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 16
1820 - 1913
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 17
1872 - 1913
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 18
1845 - 1913
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 19
1864 - 1913
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 20
1848 - 1913
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 21
1829 - 1913
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 22
1856 - 1913
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 23
1843 - 1913
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 24
Among people born in United Kingdom, Emily Davison ranks 826 out of 6,924. Before her are Archibald Hill (1886), Leonora Carrington (1917), William Bateson (1861), Brian Eno (1948), Edgar F. Codd (1923), and Chris Norman (1950). After her are Edgar Adrian (1889), James Paul Moody (1887), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), James Hadley Chase (1906), Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902), and Duncan I of Scotland (1001).
1886 - 1977
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 820
1917 - 2011
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 821
1861 - 1926
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 822
1948 - Present
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 823
1923 - 2003
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 824
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 825
1872 - 1913
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 826
1889 - 1977
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 827
1887 - 1912
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 828
1861 - 1936
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 829
1906 - 1985
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 830
1902 - 1942
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 831
1001 - 1040
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 832
Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Emily Davison ranks 8. Before her are Lady Godiva (990), Robert Owen (1771), Emmeline Pankhurst (1858), Nicholas Winton (1909), Thomas Cranmer (1489), and Annie Besant (1847). After her are Wat Tyler (1341), Betty Williams (1943), Mairead Maguire (1944), Mary Dyer (1611), Unity Mitford (1914), and Robert Catesby (1573).
990 - 1067
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 2
1771 - 1858
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 3
1858 - 1928
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 4
1909 - 2015
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 5
1489 - 1556
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 6
1847 - 1933
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 7
1872 - 1913
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 8
1341 - 1381
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 9
1943 - 2020
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 10
1944 - Present
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 11
1611 - 1660
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 12
1914 - 1948
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 13
1573 - 1605
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 14