SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Huber Matos

1918 - 2014

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Huber Matos Benítez (26 November 1918 – 27 February 2014) was a Cuban military leader, political dissident, activist, and writer. He opposed the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista from its inception in 1952 and fought alongside Fidel Castro, Raúl Castro, Che Guevara, Camilo Cienfuegos and other members of the 26th of July Movement to overthrow it. Following the success of the Cuban Revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power, he criticized the regime's shift in favor of Marxist principles and ties to the Popular Socialist Party (PSP). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Huber Matos has received more than 255,063 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Huber Matos is the 223rd most popular social activist (down from 215th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Cuban Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Huber Matos ranks 223 out of 840. Before him are Anna Hazare, Soh Jaipil, Gloria Steinem, Hanan Ashrawi, Czesława Kwoka, and Guillaume Cale. After him are Hrant Dink, Hanns Martin Schleyer, Juliana of Stolberg, Nayirah testimony, Eunus, and Haim Arlosoroff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Huber Matos ranks 88. Before him are Theodore Sturgeon, Choi Hong Hi, Abba Kovner, Jean-Marie Loret, Thomas Gordon, and Cicely Saunders. After him are Sandro Puppo, Igor Ansoff, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Gara Garayev, Leila Mourad, and Ben Johnson. Among people deceased in 2014, Huber Matos ranks 103. Before him are Richard Bull, Robert Hansen, Alexander Shulgin, Björn Waldegård, Mário Coluna, and Johnny Winter. After him are Ramón José Velásquez, Leo Tindemans, Manitas de Plata, Serge Moscovici, Vasily Petrov, and Shulamit Aloni.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Huber Matos ranks 35 out of 300. Before him are Wifredo Lam (1902), Vilma Espín (1930), Omara Portuondo (1930), Ramón Grau (1881), Pérez Prado (1916), and Tomás Estrada Palma (1835). After him are Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Nicolás Guillén (1902), Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (1942), Ana de Armas (1988), Carlos Puebla (1917), and Leo Brouwer (1939).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Cuba

Among social activists born in Cuba, Huber Matos ranks 2. Before him are Camilo Cienfuegos (1932). After him are Frank País (1934), Oswaldo Payá (1952), and Yoani Sánchez (1975).

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