1888 - 1938
Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (September 18, 1888 – April 13, 1938), commonly known as Grey Owl, was a popular writer, public speaker and conservationist. Born an Englishman, in the latter years of his life he passed as half-Indian, claiming he was the son of a Scottish man and an Apache woman. With books, articles and public appearances promoting wilderness conservation, he achieved fame in the 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grey Owl has received more than 906,858 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Grey Owl is the 410th most popular social activist (up from 4,278th in 2019), the 3,134th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,247th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Grey Owl ranks 410 out of 538. Before her are William Lloyd Garrison, Romas Kalanta, Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, Eugene V. Debs, Otto Warmbier, and Matilda Joslyn Gage. After her are Frances Ames, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Cesar Chavez, Raisa Aronova, Franca Viola, and Giuseppe Impastato.
1805 - 1879
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 404
1953 - 1972
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 405
1872 - 1963
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 406
1855 - 1926
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 407
1994 - 2017
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 408
1826 - 1898
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 409
1888 - 1938
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 410
1920 - 2002
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 411
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 412
1927 - 1993
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 413
1920 - 1982
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 414
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 415
1948 - 1978
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 416
Among people born in 1888, Grey Owl ranks 168. Before her are Marie Rambert, Kārlis Zāle, Juan Antonio Ríos, Florence Lee, Albert Kluyver, and Paul Bernays. After her are Gerhard Ritter, Elisabeth Schumann, Nils Dardel, Marietta Shaginyan, Harry Beaumont, and Edith Evans. Among people deceased in 1938, Grey Owl ranks 152. Before her are Édouard-Alfred Martel, Teodor Axentowicz, Víctor Morales, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Steve Bloomer, and Georgy Langemak. After her are Yevgeny Polivanov, Clarence Darrow, Miguel Fleta, Lev Schnirelmann, Phyllis Allen, and Harvey S. Firestone.
1888 - 1982
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 162
1888 - 1942
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 163
1888 - 1946
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 164
1888 - 1962
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 165
1888 - 1956
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 166
1888 - 1977
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 167
1888 - 1938
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 168
1888 - 1967
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 169
1888 - 1952
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 170
1888 - 1943
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 171
1888 - 1982
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 172
1888 - 1966
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 173
1888 - 1976
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 174
1859 - 1938
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 146
1859 - 1938
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 147
1905 - 1938
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 148
1900 - 1938
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 149
1874 - 1938
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 150
1898 - 1938
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 151
1888 - 1938
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 152
1891 - 1938
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 153
1857 - 1938
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 154
1897 - 1938
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 155
1905 - 1938
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 156
1861 - 1938
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 157
1868 - 1938
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 158
Among people born in United Kingdom, Grey Owl ranks 3,134 out of 7,765. Before her are John Arthur Jarvis (1872), Henry Raeburn (1756), Reg Parnell (1911), John Evans (1823), Charles Wyville Thomson (1830), and Charles Avison (1709). After her are Dave Charlton (1936), Charles Crichton (1910), David Murray (1909), Alexander McDonnell (1798), John D. Barrow (1952), and Peter R. Hunt (1925).
1872 - 1933
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 3,128
1756 - 1823
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 3,129
1911 - 1964
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 3,130
1823 - 1908
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 3,131
1830 - 1882
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 3,132
1709 - 1770
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 3,133
1888 - 1938
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 3,134
1936 - 2013
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 3,135
1910 - 1999
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 3,136
1909 - 1973
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 3,137
1798 - 1835
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 3,138
1952 - 2020
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 3,139
1925 - 2002
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 3,140
Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Grey Owl ranks 28. Before her are Christabel Pankhurst (1880), James Guillaume (1844), Donald Watson (1910), Venetia Burney (1918), Mary Dyer (1611), and Mary Toft (1703). After her are Jack Sheppard (1702), Octavia Hill (1838), Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930), Annie Kenney (1879), Hereward the Wake (1035), and Emily Hobhouse (1860).
1880 - 1958
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 22
1844 - 1916
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 23
1910 - 2005
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 24
1918 - 2009
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 25
1611 - 1660
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 26
1703 - 1763
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 27
1888 - 1938
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 28
1702 - 1724
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 29
1838 - 1912
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 30
1930 - 2021
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 31
1879 - 1953
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 32
1035 - 1072
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 33
1860 - 1926
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 34