1918 - 2012
Gunnar Fridtjof Thurmann Sønsteby DSO (11 January 1918 – 10 May 2012) was a member of the Norwegian resistance movement during the German occupation of Norway in World War II. Known by the nickname "Kjakan" ("The Chin") and as "Agent No. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunnar Sønsteby has received more than 155,842 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Sønsteby is the 432nd most popular social activist (down from 294th in 2019), the 283rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 200th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 432 out of 538. Before him are Neerja Bhanot, Ruby Bridges, Jack Sheppard, David Reimer, Joseph Wresinski, and Bagha Jatin. After him are Olga Lepeshinskaya, Charu Majumdar, William Luther Pierce, Octavia Hill, Medgar Evers, and Eugénie Cotton.
1963 - 1986
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 426
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 427
1702 - 1724
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 428
1965 - 2004
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 429
1917 - 1988
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 430
1879 - 1915
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 431
1918 - 2012
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 432
1916 - 2008
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 433
1918 - 1972
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 434
1933 - 2002
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 435
1838 - 1912
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 436
1925 - 1963
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 437
1881 - 1967
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 438
Among people born in 1918, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 194. Before him are Émile Derlin Zinsou, Antonio Janigro, Richard Hoggart, Said Mohamed Djohar, Cheddi Jagan, and Franjo Wölfl. After him are Charu Majumdar, Nils Östensson, Marcelo González Martín, Luciano Emmer, Giovanni Cheli, and Édouard Gagnon. Among people deceased in 2012, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 264. Before him are Bob Welch, Frank Pierson, Malcolm Browne, James Mellaart, Alketas Panagoulias, and Juan Francisco Lombardo. After him are Susanne Lothar, Florence Green, François Migault, Armand Penverne, Zig Ziglar, and Victor Mees.
1918 - 2016
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 188
1918 - 1989
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 189
1918 - 2014
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 190
1918 - 2006
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 191
1918 - 1997
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 192
1918 - 1987
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 193
1918 - 2012
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 194
1918 - 1972
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 195
1918 - 1949
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 196
1918 - 2004
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 197
1918 - 2009
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 198
1918 - 2013
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 199
1918 - 2007
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 200
1945 - 2012
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 258
1925 - 2012
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 259
1931 - 2012
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 260
1925 - 2012
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 261
1934 - 2012
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 262
1925 - 2012
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 263
1918 - 2012
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 264
1960 - 2012
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 265
1901 - 2012
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 266
1944 - 2012
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 267
1926 - 2012
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 268
1926 - 2012
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 269
1927 - 2012
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 270
Among people born in Norway, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 283 out of 927. Before him are Paul Egede (1708), Sam Eyde (1866), Roy Jacobsen (1954), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), John Arne Riise (1980), and Kitty Lange Kielland (1843). After him are Ole Jacob Broch (1818), Ståle Solbakken (1968), Otto Sinding (1842), Gjermund Eggen (1941), Olav Aukrust (1883), and Jan Kjærstad (1953).
1708 - 1789
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 277
1866 - 1940
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 278
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 279
1771 - 1824
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 280
1980 - Present
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 281
1843 - 1914
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 282
1918 - 2012
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 283
1818 - 1889
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 284
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 285
1842 - 1909
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 286
1941 - 2019
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 287
1883 - 1929
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 288
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 289
Among social activists born in Norway, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 1. After him are Jan Egeland (1957).