1925 - 2011
Franklin Edward Kameny (May 21, 1925 – October 11, 2011) was an American gay rights activist. He has been referred to as "one of the most significant figures" in the American gay rights movement. During the Lavender scare, in 1957, Kameny was dismissed from his position as an astronomer in the U.S. Army's Army Map Service in Washington, D.C., because of his homosexuality, leading him to begin "a Herculean struggle with the American establishment" that would "spearhead a new period of militancy in the homosexual rights movement of the early 1960s". Kameny formally appealed his firing by the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Kameny has received more than 1,088,363 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Frank Kameny is the 537th most popular social activist (down from 464th in 2019), the 10,693rd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,467th in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Frank Kameny ranks 537 out of 538. Before him are Albertina Sisulu, Roger Stone, Chen Guangcheng, William Smith O'Brien, Oinikhol Bobonazarova, and Ingrid Newkirk. After him are Jan Egeland, Salih Mahmoud Osman, Luis Taruc, Rachel Corrie, Eren Keskin, and Manal al-Sharif.
1918 - 2011
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 531
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 532
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 533
1803 - 1864
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 534
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.41
Rank: 535
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 536
1925 - 2011
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 537
1957 - Present
HPI: 40.33
Rank: 538
1957 - Present
HPI: 40.29
Rank: 539
1913 - 2005
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 540
1979 - 2003
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 541
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 542
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.95
Rank: 543
Among people born in 1925, Frank Kameny ranks 457. Before him are Ted Lindsay, William Jones, Warren Frost, Tom Dowd, Heinz Ulzheimer, and Robert Cormier. After him are Roy Brown, Jimmy Dickinson, Morgan Woodward, Salil Chowdhury, Albert Paulsen, and Jay Chamberlain. Among people deceased in 2011, Frank Kameny ranks 402. Before him are Taiji, Andrija Fuderer, Ragnar Lundberg, Khamis Gaddafi, Albertina Sisulu, and Mike Starr. After him are Chris Lawrence, Knut Steen, Aloysius Ambrozic, Laura Ziskin, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, and Ronald Searle.
1925 - 2019
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 451
1925 - 2014
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 452
1925 - 2017
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 453
1925 - 2002
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 454
1925 - 2016
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 455
1925 - 2000
HPI: 40.47
Rank: 456
1925 - 2011
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 457
1925 - 1981
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 458
1925 - 1982
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 459
1925 - 2019
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 460
1925 - 1995
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 461
1925 - 2004
HPI: 38.95
Rank: 462
1925 - 2001
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 463
1966 - 2011
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 396
1931 - 2011
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 397
1924 - 2011
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 398
1983 - 2011
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 399
1918 - 2011
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 400
1966 - 2011
HPI: 40.41
Rank: 401
1925 - 2011
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 402
1933 - 2011
HPI: 40.28
Rank: 403
1924 - 2011
HPI: 40.05
Rank: 404
1930 - 2011
HPI: 39.95
Rank: 405
1950 - 2011
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 406
1948 - 2011
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 407
1920 - 2011
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 408
Among people born in United States, Frank Kameny ranks 10,693 out of 18,182. Before him are Grace Cunard (1893), Clifford Jordan (1931), Burn Gorman (1974), John Bartram (1699), Kiera Cass (1981), and William Paca (1740). After him are David Giuntoli (1980), Barbara Anderson (1945), Peter Kreeft (1937), Michael Beach (1963), Curtis Armstrong (1953), and Zebulon Pike (1779).
1893 - 1967
HPI: 40.37
Rank: 10,687
1931 - 1993
HPI: 40.37
Rank: 10,688
1974 - Present
HPI: 40.37
Rank: 10,689
1699 - 1777
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 10,690
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 10,691
1740 - 1799
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 10,692
1925 - 2011
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 10,693
1980 - Present
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 10,694
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 10,695
1937 - Present
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 10,696
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 10,697
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 10,698
1779 - 1813
HPI: 40.35
Rank: 10,699
Among social activists born in United States, Frank Kameny ranks 87. Before him are Dolores Huerta (1930), Frances Willard (1839), Yolanda King (1955), Bayard Rustin (1912), Mario Savio (1942), and Roger Stone (1952). After him are Rachel Corrie (1979), Lucy Burns (1879), Mary McLeod Bethune (1875), Fannie Lou Hamer (1917), Dorothy Height (1912), and Derek Chauvin (1976).
1930 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 81
1839 - 1898
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 82
1955 - 2007
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 83
1912 - 1987
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 84
1942 - 1996
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 85
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 86
1925 - 2011
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 87
1979 - 2003
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 88
1879 - 1966
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 89
1875 - 1955
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 90
1917 - 1977
HPI: 38.41
Rank: 91
1912 - 2010
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 92
1976 - Present
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 93