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George Padmore

1903 - 1959

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George Padmore (28 June 1903 – 23 September 1959), born Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse, was a leading Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author. He left his native Trinidad in 1924 to study medicine in the United States, where he also joined the Communist Party. From there he moved to the Soviet Union, where he was active in the party, and working on African independence movements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Padmore has received more than 234,586 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). George Padmore is the 103rd most popular journalist (down from 97th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (up from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Trinidadian Journalist.

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  • 230k

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  • 52.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, George Padmore ranks 103 out of 196. Before him are Harriet Quimby, Diane Sawyer, Malcolm Muggeridge, Malcolm Campbell, Chris Bonington, and Alexei Venediktov. After him are Joseph Ruttenberg, Geraldo Rivera, Fabrizio Romano, Anna Whitlock, George Rodger, and Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, George Padmore ranks 316. Before him are Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés, Erik Svensson, Ernst Klodwig, Binnie Barnes, Norman Foster, and Niní Marshall. After him are Franciska Gaal, Grethe Weiser, Kathryn McGuire, John Heysham Gibbon, Guy Simonds, and Alfredo Copello. Among people deceased in 1959, George Padmore ranks 188. Before him are Boris Lavrenyov, Blind Willie McTell, Jerónimo Méndez, Otto Bartning, Al LeConey, and Guillermo Riveros. After him are Osvaldo Sáez, Gustaf Weidel, Arvid Spångberg, Eusebio Díaz, Nils Granfelt, and Paul Günther.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, George Padmore ranks 21 out of 71. Before him are Michael Fisher (1931), Stephen Mallory (1813), Geoffrey Holder (1930), A. N. R. Robinson (1926), C. L. R. James (1901), and Hasely Crawford (1950). After him are Lorraine Toussaint (1960), Christine Kangaloo (1961), Anthony Carmona (1953), Eric Williams (1911), Kamla Persad-Bissessar (1952), and Patrick Manning (1946).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Trinidad and Tobago

Among journalists born in Trinidad and Tobago, George Padmore ranks 1. 

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