SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Jerry Rubin

1938 - 1994

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Jerry Clyde Rubin (July 14, 1938 – November 28, 1994) was an American social activist, anti-war leader, and counterculture icon during the 1960s and early 1970s. Despite being known for holding radical views when he was a political activist, he ceased holding his more extreme views at some point in the 1970s and instead opted for a successful career as a businessman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Rubin has received more than 2,937,872 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Rubin is the 513th most popular social activist (down from 357th in 2019), the 7,386th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,728th in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jerry Rubin ranks 513 out of 840Before him are Efua Dorkenoo, Medha Patkar, Hebe de Bonafini, William Luther Pierce, Helene Stöcker, and Gunnar Sønsteby. After him are Ivan Betskoy, Yun Hyon-seok, Devdas Gandhi, Grey Owl, Lucy Parsons, and Fazu Aliyeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Jerry Rubin ranks 420Before him are Urs Widmer, Jon Sobrino, András Balczó, Nina Andreyeva, Sheila Dikshit, and Hudson Austin. After him are Marcel Artelesa, William Bolcom, Carlos Monsiváis, Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn, Halina Górecka, and André Chorda. Among people deceased in 1994, Jerry Rubin ranks 262Before him are Charlotte Auerbach, Marcel Mouloudji, Norberto Menéndez, Cheb Hasni, Medea Japaridze, and Ljubomir Lovrić. After him are Alberto Natusch, Ion Lăpușneanu, Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, Roberto Goyeneche, Charles Mathiesen, and Ivan Fuqua.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Rubin ranks 7,386 out of 20,380Before him are Lawrence Gordon (1936), Glenn Hardin (1910), Robert A. Taft (1889), Leonard Slatkin (1944), Richard Powers (1957), and Janet Moreau (1927). After him are Jim Wetherbee (1952), Mary Martin (1913), Nicholas Gonzalez (1976), DeAndre Yedlin (1993), Oliver Nelson (1932), and Jack Weston (1924).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Jerry Rubin ranks 70Before him are Phyllis Schlafly (1924), Mumia Abu-Jamal (1954), Fred Hampton (1948), Pretty Boy Floyd (1904), Dorothea Dix (1802), and William Luther Pierce (1933). After him are Lucy Parsons (1853), Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842), Ruby Bridges (1954), Martin Luther King Sr. (1899), Abraham Flexner (1866), and Karen Silkwood (1946).