1820 - 1913
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harriet Tubman has received more than 20,667,201 page views. Her biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Harriet Tubman is the 54th most popular social activist (up from 553rd in 2019), the 501st most popular biography from United States (up from 573rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Social Activist.
Harriet Tubman is most famous for her work as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, a network of people who helped slaves escape to freedom.
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Among social activists, Harriet Tubman ranks 54 out of 538. Before her are Hassan al-Banna, Shirin Ebadi, Babak Khorramdin, Alexey Stakhanov, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Witold Pilecki. After her are Mukhtar al-Thaqafi, Camilo Cienfuegos, Toussaint Louverture, Dominique Pire, Túpac Amaru II, and Anneliese Michel.
1906 - 1949
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 48
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 49
798 - 838
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 50
1906 - 1977
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 51
1856 - 1920
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 52
1901 - 1948
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 53
1820 - 1913
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 54
622 - 687
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 55
1932 - 1959
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 56
1743 - 1803
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 57
1910 - 1969
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 58
1738 - 1781
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 59
1952 - 1976
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 60
Among people born in 1820, Harriet Tubman ranks 8. Before her are Florence Nightingale, Herbert Spencer, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Nadar, Anne Brontë, and Henri, Count of Chambord. After her are Jenny Lind, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Multatuli, Heungseon Daewongun, Henri Vieuxtemps, and Susan B. Anthony. Among people deceased in 1913, Harriet Tubman ranks 8. Before her are Rudolf Diesel, Alfred Russel Wallace, George I of Greece, J. P. Morgan, Alfred von Schlieffen, and Menelik II. After her are Sophia of Nassau, Lesya Ukrainka, Tobias Asser, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Josephine Cochrane, and August Bebel.
1820 - 1910
HPI: 82.36
Rank: 2
1820 - 1903
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 3
1820 - 1878
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 4
1820 - 1910
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 5
1820 - 1849
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 6
1820 - 1883
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 7
1820 - 1913
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 8
1820 - 1887
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 9
1820 - 1873
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 10
1820 - 1887
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 11
1820 - 1898
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 12
1820 - 1881
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 13
1820 - 1906
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 14
1858 - 1913
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 2
1823 - 1913
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 3
1845 - 1913
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 4
1837 - 1913
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 5
1833 - 1913
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 6
1844 - 1913
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 7
1820 - 1913
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 8
1836 - 1913
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 9
1871 - 1913
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 10
1838 - 1913
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 11
1837 - 1913
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 12
1839 - 1913
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 13
1840 - 1913
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 14
Among people born in United States, Harriet Tubman ranks 501 out of 18,182. Before her are Kurt Vonnegut (1922), John Huston (1906), Liza Minnelli (1946), Richard Widmark (1914), Owen Chamberlain (1920), and Jeffrey Epstein (1953). After her are Paul Simon (1941), Elinor Ostrom (1933), Melvin Calvin (1911), Ruth Benedict (1887), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), and Florence Foster Jenkins (1868).
1922 - 2007
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 495
1906 - 1987
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 496
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 497
1914 - 2008
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 498
1920 - 2006
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 499
1953 - 2019
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 500
1820 - 1913
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 501
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 502
1933 - 2012
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 503
1911 - 1997
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 504
1887 - 1948
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 505
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 506
1868 - 1944
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 507
Among social activists born in United States, Harriet Tubman ranks 7. Before her are Malcolm X (1925), Eleanor Roosevelt (1884), Martin Luther King Jr. (1929), Helen Keller (1880), Rosa Parks (1913), and Emily Greene Balch (1867). After her are Angela Davis (1944), Jane Addams (1860), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), Bugsy Siegel (1906), Susan B. Anthony (1820), and Jody Williams (1950).
1925 - 1965
HPI: 83.94
Rank: 1
1884 - 1962
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 2
1929 - 1968
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 3
1880 - 1968
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 4
1913 - 2005
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 5
1867 - 1961
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 6
1820 - 1913
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 7
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 8
1860 - 1935
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 9
1913 - 1975
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 10
1906 - 1947
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 11
1820 - 1906
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 12
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 13