1949 - Today
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 708,433 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ingrid Newkirk is the 536th most popular social activist (down from 455th in 2019), the 5,043rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,633rd in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Ingrid Newkirk ranks 536 out of 538. Before her are Jared Taylor, Albertina Sisulu, Roger Stone, Chen Guangcheng, William Smith O'Brien, and Oinikhol Bobonazarova. After her are Frank Kameny, Jan Egeland, Salih Mahmoud Osman, Luis Taruc, Rachel Corrie, and Eren Keskin.
1951 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 530
1918 - 2011
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 531
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 532
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 533
1803 - 1864
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 534
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.41
Rank: 535
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 536
1925 - 2011
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 537
1957 - Present
HPI: 40.33
Rank: 538
1957 - Present
HPI: 40.29
Rank: 539
1913 - 2005
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 540
1979 - 2003
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 541
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 542
Among people born in 1949, Ingrid Newkirk ranks 599. Before her are Paul Manafort, Wenceslao Padilla, Brian Kidd, Peter Kern, Simon Kirke, and Scott Asheton. After her are Walter Corbo, Dave Greenfield, Viktor Kupreichik, Anna-Maria Müller, Tom Watson, and Daniel DiNardo.
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 593
1949 - 2018
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 594
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 595
1949 - 2015
HPI: 40.48
Rank: 596
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.44
Rank: 597
1949 - 2014
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 598
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 599
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 600
1949 - 2020
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 601
1949 - 2017
HPI: 40.31
Rank: 602
1949 - 2009
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 603
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 604
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.21
Rank: 605
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ingrid Newkirk ranks 5,043 out of 7,765. Before her are Brian Murphy (1932), John Speed (1551), Compton Mackenzie (1883), Rupert Sanders (1971), Jan Morris (1926), and Frederic Moore (1830). After her are Gracie Fields (1898), Peter Lord (1953), Tara Fitzgerald (1967), Charlie Buchan (1891), Ivor Montagu (1904), and Dave Greenfield (1949).
1932 - Present
HPI: 40.43
Rank: 5,037
1551 - 1629
HPI: 40.43
Rank: 5,038
1883 - 1972
HPI: 40.42
Rank: 5,039
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 5,040
1926 - 2020
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 5,041
1830 - 1907
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 5,042
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 5,043
1898 - 1979
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 5,044
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 5,045
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.37
Rank: 5,046
1891 - 1960
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 5,047
1904 - 1984
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 5,048
1949 - 2020
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 5,049
Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Ingrid Newkirk ranks 39. Before her are Hereward the Wake (1035), Emily Hobhouse (1860), Thomas Clarkson (1760), James Larkin (1876), Emily Davies (1830), and Harry Hay (1912). After her are Samuel Gompers (1850), Arthur Scargill (1938), Charlotte Despard (1844), Anna Howard Shaw (1847), Anthony Dod Mantle (1955), and Anjem Choudary (1967).
1035 - 1072
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 33
1860 - 1926
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 34
1760 - 1846
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 35
1876 - 1947
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 36
1830 - 1921
HPI: 41.02
Rank: 37
1912 - 2002
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 38
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 39
1850 - 1924
HPI: 39.33
Rank: 40
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 41
1844 - 1939
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 42
1847 - 1919
HPI: 37.01
Rank: 43
1955 - Present
HPI: 36.83
Rank: 44
1967 - Present
HPI: 27.92
Rank: 45