SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Ingrid Newkirk

1949 - Today

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Ingrid Elizabeth Newkirk (née Ward; born June 11, 1949) is a British-American animal activist, author and the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal rights organization. Newkirk founded PETA in March 1980 with fellow animal rights activist Alex Pacheco. They came to public attention in 1981, during what became known as the Silver Spring monkeys case, when Pacheco photographed 17 macaque monkeys being experimented on inside the Institute of Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ingrid Newkirk has received more than 751,954 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ingrid Newkirk is the 600th most popular social activist (down from 536th in 2019), the 4,999th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,031st in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Social Activist.

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  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Ingrid Newkirk ranks 600 out of 840. Before her are Mosab Hassan Yousef, Ryan White, Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Ella Baker, Hu Jia, and Jamnalal Bajaj. After her are Martin Luther King III, Lillian Wald, Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba, Nirmala Deshpande, Arthur Scargill, and Jared Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Ingrid Newkirk ranks 607. Before her are Gloria Hendry, Irene Pepperberg, Mircea Diaconu, Boy Hayje, Ronnie Ray Smith, and Leon Rippy. After her are Piero Fassino, Suthep Thaugsuban, Masaaki Shirakawa, Daniel DiNardo, John Haglelgam, and Dorothy Allison.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ingrid Newkirk ranks 4,999 out of 8,785. Before her are Claude Buckenham (1876), Dorothy Shirley (1939), Coventry Patmore (1823), Owen Barfield (1898), George Gilbert Scott (1811), and Sophie Monk (1979). After her are Vivien Merchant (1929), David Rose (1910), Eddie Jobson (1955), Ben Daniels (1964), Richie Hawtin (1970), and Daniel Sturridge (1989).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Ingrid Newkirk ranks 39. Before her are Octavia Hill (1838), Emily Hobhouse (1860), Annie Kenney (1879), Flora Drummond (1878), Emily Davies (1830), and Thomas Clarkson (1760). After her are Arthur Scargill (1938), James Larkin (1876), Harry Hay (1912), Mirabehn (1892), Samuel Gompers (1850), and Anthony Dod Mantle (1955).

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