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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

George Lincoln Rockwell

1918 - 1967

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George Lincoln Rockwell (March 9, 1918 – August 25, 1967) was an American fascist activist and founder of the American Nazi Party. He later became a major figure in the Neo-Nazi movement in the United States, and his beliefs, strategies, and writings have continued to influence many white supremacists and Neo-Nazis. Born in Bloomington, Illinois, Rockwell briefly studied philosophy at Brown University before dropping out to join the Navy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Lincoln Rockwell has received more than 3,564,884 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). George Lincoln Rockwell is the 254th most popular social activist (down from 241st in 2019), the 2,966th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,993rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, George Lincoln Rockwell ranks 254 out of 538Before him are Coretta Scott King, Marsha P. Johnson, Itagaki Taisuke, Alexander Antonov, Ludolf von Alvensleben, and Feodosia Morozova. After him are Khudiram Bose, Harro Schulze-Boysen, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Édouard René de Laboulaye, David Frankfurter, and Mahadev Govind Ranade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, George Lincoln Rockwell ranks 118Before him are David Ausubel, Bobby Riggs, Adolfo Pedernera, Ted Williams, Aldo van Eyck, and Kazu Naoki. After him are René de Obaldia, Marie Smith Jones, Teresa Wright, James Aldridge, Antonín Mrkos, and Ruggiero Ricci. Among people deceased in 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell ranks 101Before him are João Guimarães Rosa, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Franz Waxman, Pierre Jeanneret, Juliusz Rómmel, and Oskar Fischinger. After him are Joseph Cardijn, Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Isaac Deutscher, Ernst Niekisch, Richard Ruoff, and Holland Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Lincoln Rockwell ranks 2,966 out of 18,182Before him are Neil Postman (1931), Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), Charles Napier (1936), Scatman Crothers (1910), Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), and Paul Romer (1955). After him are Ty Cobb (1886), Jim Hines (1946), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Babushka Lady (1930), Henry George (1839), and Horace Wells (1815).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, George Lincoln Rockwell ranks 29Before him are Sojourner Truth (1797), David Lane (1938), Billy Milligan (1955), Abbie Hoffman (1936), Coretta Scott King (1927), and Marsha P. Johnson (1945). After him are Jesse Jackson (1941), Clara Barton (1821), Russell Means (1939), Emmett Till (1941), Huey P. Newton (1942), and Alice Paul (1885).