SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Harry Hay

1912 - 2002

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Henry Hay Jr. (April 7, 1912 – October 24, 2002) was an American gay rights activist, communist, and labor advocate. He cofounded the Mattachine Society, the first sustained gay rights group in the United States, as well as the Radical Faeries, a loosely affiliated gay spiritual movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Hay has received more than 1,298,369 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Hay is the 649th most popular social activist (down from 526th in 2019), the 5,705th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,935th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Harry Hay ranks 649 out of 840. Before him are Angelina Grimké, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Phoebe Hearst, Norma McCorvey, William Smith O'Brien, and Salih Mahmoud Osman. After him are Bogaletch Gebre, Bram Fischer, Maria Verónica Reina, Mirabehn, Bobby Henderson, and María Elena Moyano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Harry Hay ranks 404. Before him are Richard Carlson, Erland Herkenrath, Madge Adam, Danny Thomas, Zohra Sehgal, and Erich Schmitt. After him are Byron Nelson, Alfred Schmalzer, Odette Hallowes, Roger Verey, Marshall Wayne, and Kathleen Ollerenshaw. Among people deceased in 2002, Harry Hay ranks 339. Before him are Marcel Hansenne, Günther Ortmann, Kaifi Azmi, Shirley Scott, Lisa Lopes, and Nasir Hussain. After him are Rusty Wailes, Larry Rivers, Jerry Heidenreich, Ernesto Díaz, Julia Phillips, and Adele Jergens.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harry Hay ranks 5,705 out of 8,785. Before him are William Lashly (1867), Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (1997), Suella Braverman (1980), John Waite (1952), Thomas Hill (1829), and John Suckling (1609). After him are Tom Whittaker (1898), Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet (1803), Chris Larkin (1967), George Formby (1904), Serena Scott Thomas (1961), and David Barron (1954).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Harry Hay ranks 42. Before him are Flora Drummond (1878), Emily Davies (1830), Thomas Clarkson (1760), Ingrid Newkirk (1949), Arthur Scargill (1938), and James Larkin (1876). After him are Mirabehn (1892), Samuel Gompers (1850), Anthony Dod Mantle (1955), Charlotte Despard (1844), Anna Howard Shaw (1847), and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867).

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