1771 - 1806
Fra Diavolo (lit. Brother Devil; 7 April 1771–11 November 1806), is the popular name given to Michele Pezza, a famous guerrilla leader who resisted the French occupation of Naples, proving an "inspirational practitioner of popular insurrection". Pezza figures prominently in folk lore and fiction. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fra Diavolo has received more than 97,560 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Fra Diavolo is the 277th most popular social activist (down from 243rd in 2019).
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Among social activists, Fra Diavolo ranks 277 out of 538. Before him are Eunus, Leymah Gbowee, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Carlo Cafiero, and Li Hongzhi. After him are Eglantyne Jebb, Josephine Butler, Harilal Gandhi, Greta Thunberg, Pavel Pestel, and Christa Schroeder.
200 BC - 132 BC
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 271
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 272
1732 - 1817
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 273
1941 - 1995
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 274
1846 - 1892
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 275
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 276
1771 - 1806
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 277
1876 - 1928
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 278
1828 - 1906
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 279
1888 - 1948
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 280
2003 - Present
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 281
1793 - 1826
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 282
1908 - 1984
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 283
Among people born in 1771, Fra Diavolo ranks 26. Before him are Mikhail Miloradovich, Rahel Varnhagen, Jean Rapp, Johann Baptist Cramer, Henry Maudslay, and Georges Cadoudal. After him are Nikolay Raevsky, Pierre Baillot, Jean Reynier, Caroline of Hesse-Homburg, Pierre-François Bouchard, and Jacob Sturm. Among people deceased in 1806, Fra Diavolo ranks 32. Before him are Shah Alam II, Pavel Tsitsianov, George Stubbs, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Gim Hongdo, and Federico Gravina. After him are Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Michael von Melas, Jean Joseph Mounier, Horatio Gates, Charles James Fox, and Karoline von Günderrode.
1771 - 1825
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 20
1771 - 1833
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 21
1771 - 1821
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 22
1771 - 1858
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 23
1771 - 1831
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 24
1771 - 1804
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 25
1771 - 1806
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 26
1771 - 1829
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 27
1771 - 1842
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 28
1771 - 1814
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 29
1771 - 1854
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 30
1771 - 1822
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 31
1771 - 1848
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 32
1728 - 1806
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 26
1754 - 1806
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 27
1724 - 1806
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 28
1737 - 1806
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 29
1745 - 1806
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 30
1756 - 1806
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 31
1771 - 1806
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 32
1723 - 1806
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 33
1729 - 1806
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 34
1758 - 1806
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 35
1727 - 1806
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 36
1749 - 1806
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 37
1780 - 1806
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 38