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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Iqbal Masih

1983 - 1995

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Iqbal Masih (Punjabi: اقبال مسیح; 1 January 1983 – 16 April 1995) was a Pakistani Christian child labourer and activist who campaigned against abusive child labour in Pakistan. He was assassinated on 16 April 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iqbal Masih has received more than 1,324,213 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Iqbal Masih is the 515th most popular social activist (down from 425th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Pakistani Social Activist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Iqbal Masih ranks 515 out of 538. Before him are Aed Carabao, Efua Dorkenoo, Jamnalal Bajaj, Bogaletch Gebre, Dolores Huerta, and Beyers Naudé. After him are Frances Willard, James Larkin, Bram Fischer, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Yolanda King, and Hu Jia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Iqbal Masih ranks 149. Before him are Sergey Lazarev, Clint Dempsey, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Jamie Chung, Vít Jedlička, and Alsou. After him are Antonio Mirante, Kim Jae-wook, Macklemore, Katherine Maher, Julien Faubert, and Julia Fischer. Among people deceased in 1995, Iqbal Masih ranks 272. Before him are Michael Hordern, Patsy Ruth Miller, Margaret Woodbridge, Dorothy Poynton-Hill, Víctor Peralta, and Margaret Chase Smith. After him are Peter Cook, Terry Southern, Grahame Clark, Frank Perry, Art Mollner, and Art Taylor.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Iqbal Masih ranks 92 out of 180. Before him are Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (1893), Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929), Mulk Raj Anand (1905), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902), and Sadhana Shivdasani (1941). After him are Shaukat Aziz (1949), Prem Chopra (1935), Rab Butler (1902), Kamini Kaushal (1927), Valerian Gracias (1900), and Kuldip Nayar (1923).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Pakistan

Among social activists born in Pakistan, Iqbal Masih ranks 5. Before him are Bhagat Singh (1907), Guru Ram Das (1534), Bacha Khan (1890), and Malala Yousafzai (1997). After him are Asma Jahangir (1952) and Mukhtar Mai (1972).

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