SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Hilda Gadea

1925 - 1974

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Hilda Gadea Acosta (21 March 1925 – 11 February 1974) was a Peruvian economist, Communist leader, and author. She was the first wife of communist revolutionary Che Guevara. Gadea Acosta was Secretary of the Economy of the Executive National Committee for Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (APRA, American Popular Revolutionary Alliance). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hilda Gadea has received more than 865,483 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Hilda Gadea is the 137th most popular social activist (down from 119th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Peru (down from 20th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Peruvian Social Activist.

Hilda Gadea is most famous for being a Marxist revolutionary who was jailed for her involvement in the armed struggle against the Somoza regime.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Hilda Gadea ranks 137 out of 840. Before her are Musa al-Sadr, Vesna Vulović, Pier Gerlofs Donia, Abimael Guzmán, Mairead Maguire, and Gangubai Kothewali. After her are Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Alfred Naujocks, Emily Davison, Vinoba Bhave, Marianne Bachmeier, and John Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Hilda Gadea ranks 77. Before her are Leo Esaki, Veljko Kadijević, Robert Rauschenberg, Dick Van Dyke, Oscar Peterson, and Ernest Gellner. After her are Charles Chaplin Jr., Claude Lanzmann, Michel de Certeau, Hal Holbrook, Joshua Lederberg, and Sibghatullah Mojaddedi. Among people deceased in 1974, Hilda Gadea ranks 39. Before her are Cass Elliot, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Vannevar Bush, Marcel Pagnol, Franz Jonas, and Farid al-Atrash. After her are Walter Brennan, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Creighton Abrams, Frank Martin, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Salvador Puig Antich.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Hilda Gadea ranks 22 out of 287. Before her are Huáscar (1490), Topa Inca Yupanqui (1441), Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539), Viracocha Inca (1310), Teófilo Cubillas (1949), and Abimael Guzmán (1934). After her are Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (1938), Túpac Huallpa (1510), César Vallejo (1892), Alan García (1949), Titu Cusi (1535), and Sinchi Roca (1230).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Peru

Among social activists born in Peru, Hilda Gadea ranks 3. Before her are Túpac Amaru II (1738), and Abimael Guzmán (1934). After her are Micaela Bastidas (1744), María Elena Moyano (1958), and Máxima Acuña (1970).

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