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 1,372,990 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Iqbal Masih is the 630th most popular social activist (down from 515th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 91st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Pakistani Social Activist.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Iqbal Masih ranks 630 out of 840. Before him are Josefa Francisco, Ahed Tamimi, Luisa Cuesta, Eren Keskin, Maxim Martsinkevich, and Yolanda King. After him are Stanislav Markelov, Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, Razan Zaitouneh, Amelia Boynton Robinson, Marguerite Higgins, and Chen Guangcheng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Iqbal Masih ranks 172. Before him are Branko Ilić, Christian Klien, Daniel Ek, André Santos, Svetlana Khodchenkova, and Danny Makkelie. After him are Zoe Kazan, Khamis Gaddafi, Jamie Chung, Kaisa Mäkäräinen, Arthur Boka, and Jonás Gutiérrez. Among people deceased in 1995, Iqbal Masih ranks 307. Before him are George Woodcock, Stig Sjölin, John C. Stennis, Frank Perry, Burton Jastram, and Ed Flanders. After him are Harry Golombek, Terry Southern, Margaret Chase Smith, David Marshall, Einari Teräsvirta, and Johnny Carey.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Iqbal Masih ranks 110 out of 217. Before him are Kamini Kaushal (1927), Manorama (1926), Rab Butler (1902), Sultan Rahi (1938), Nek Chand (1924), and Salima Ikram (1965). After him are Sartaj Aziz (1929), Kulbhushan Kharbanda (1944), Yash Pal (1926), Javed Iqbal (1961), Shamshad Begum (1919), and Asma Barlas (1950).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Pakistan

Among social activists born in Pakistan, Iqbal Masih ranks 6. Before him are Bhagat Singh (1907), Guru Ram Das (1534), Bacha Khan (1890), Malala Yousafzai (1997), and Asma Jahangir (1952). After him are Mukhtar Mai (1972), and Jalila Haider (1988).

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