SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Hector Pieterson

1963 - 1976

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Zolile Hector Pieterson (19 August 1963 – 16 June 1976) was a South African schoolboy who was shot and killed at the age of 12 during the Soweto uprising in 1976, when the police opened fire on black students protesting the enforcement of teaching in Afrikaans, mostly spoken by the white and coloured population in South Africa, as the medium of instruction for all school subjects. The students wanted to learn in their native languages, Xhosa and Zulu. A news photograph by Sam Nzima of the mortally wounded Pieterson being carried by another Soweto resident while his sister ran next to them was published around the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hector Pieterson has received more than 816,637 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hector Pieterson is the 736th most popular social activist, the 305th most popular biography from South Africa and the 14th most popular South African Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Hector Pieterson ranks 736 out of 840. Before him are Karla Avelar, Lina Ben Mhenni, Barbara Gittings, Gauri Lankesh, Alexandra Shevchenko, and Veronika Tsepkalo. After him are Zakia Zaki, Irom Chanu Sharmila, Pablo Hasél, Oliver Wood, Peter Tatchell, and Nisha Ayub.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Hector Pieterson ranks 852. Before him are Melinda McGraw, Nellee Hooper, Rituparno Ghosh, Petra Schneider, Stavros Theodorakis, and Daphne Ashbrook. After him are Adil Hussain, Debra Granik, Garth Nix, Maurizio Stecca, Alan McInally, and Michael Hadschieff. Among people deceased in 1976, Hector Pieterson ranks 280. Before him are Paul Douglas, Károly Takács, Donald Howard Menzel, Victoria Spivey, Roger Livesey, and Vera C. Bushfield.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Hector Pieterson ranks 305 out of 454. Before him are Eben Etzebeth (1991), Eudy Simelane (1977), Kelsey-Lee Barber (1991), Ernie Els (1969), Zozibini Tunzi (1993), and Neil Turok (1958). After him are Frantz Kruger (1975), Hestrie Cloete (1978), Elana Meyer (1966), Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (1982), Cheslin Kolbe (1993), and Rosalyn Fairbank (1960).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In South Africa

Among social activists born in South Africa, Hector Pieterson ranks 14. Before him are Ramdas Gandhi (1897), Albertina Sisulu (1918), Bram Fischer (1908), Beyers Naudé (1915), Lillian Ngoyi (1911), and Kumi Naidoo (1965). After him are Ayanda Denge (1982), Ayakha Melithafa (2002), and Nkosi Johnson (1989).

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