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Ida B. Wells

1862 - 1931

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Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ida B. Wells has received more than 4,601,162 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ida B. Wells is the 3,893rd most popular writer (up from 4,171st in 2019), the 5,233rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,856th in 2019) and the 436th most popular American Writer.

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  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ida B. Wells ranks 3,893 out of 5,755. Before her are T. C. Boyle, Eric Frank Russell, Sylvia Nasar, Nathan Alterman, Leonhard Frank, and Leonidas of Tarentum. After her are Louis Adamic, Josef Kajetán Tyl, Frédéric Dard, Mona Simpson, Susanna Hall, and Nirmal Verma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Ida B. Wells ranks 106. Before her are Frank Muller, Pyotr Kozlov, Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Theodor Fischer, Aleksander Kakowski, and Tang Shaoyi. After her are Wilhelm Solf, Christopher Cradock, Tomitaro Makino, Moriz Rosenthal, Damrong Rajanubhab, and Arthur De Greef. Among people deceased in 1931, Ida B. Wells ranks 93. Before her are Alice Pike Barney, David Starr Jordan, Tommaso Tittoni, Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Buddy Bolden, and Lupu Pick. After her are Kinue Hitomi, Constantin von Economo, Selma Rıza, Albert Capellani, Emil Warburg, and Kálmán Kandó.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ida B. Wells ranks 5,233 out of 18,182. Before her are Biz Stone (1974), Carol Burnett (1933), Charles Bolden (1946), Patty Duke (1946), Buddy Rogers (1921), and Michael Constantine (1927). After her are James Read (1953), Conan O'Brien (1963), Helen Merrill (1930), John Wesley Shipp (1955), Tomas Arana (1955), and Joe Manchin (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ida B. Wells ranks 436. Before her are James Redfield (1950), Aaron Sorkin (1961), Peter Straub (1943), Paula Fox (1923), Nathanael West (1903), and T. C. Boyle (1948). After her are Mona Simpson (1957), Leigh Brackett (1915), Mike Resnick (1942), Gordon Willis (1931), Edna Ferber (1885), and Bret Easton Ellis (1964).

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