SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Jesse Jackson

1941 - Today

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Jesse Louis Jackson (né Burns; born October 8, 1941) is an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. Beginning as a young protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, Jackson maintained his status as a prominent civil rights leader throughout his political and theological career for over seven decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jesse Jackson has received more than 7,726,002 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Jesse Jackson is the 285th most popular social activist (down from 263rd in 2019), the 3,155th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,117th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jesse Jackson ranks 285 out of 840. Before him are Gustave Moynier, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, Allan Octavian Hume, Coretta Scott King, Christabel Pankhurst, and Mentor of Rhodes. After him are Cho Man-sik, David Frankfurter, Policarpa Salavarrieta, Millicent Fawcett, Feodosia Morozova, and Bipin Chandra Pal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Jesse Jackson ranks 195. Before him are Captain Beefheart, Chubby Checker, Bohdan Stupka, Fritz Wepper, Salvador Sadurní, and Hagen Kleinert. After him are Dana Ivey, Francisco Jara, Dag Solstad, Michael Apted, Boris Vallejo, and Kim Hye-ja.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jesse Jackson ranks 3,155 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Robeson (1898), Lyman Spitzer (1914), Bill Gates Sr. (1925), Kathleen Kennedy (1953), Alfred P. Sloan (1875), and Leon Panetta (1938). After him are Dermot Mulroney (1963), Keith Carradine (1949), Charles J. Guiteau (1841), Robert Metcalfe (1946), Erin Brockovich (1960), and James F. Byrnes (1882).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Jesse Jackson ranks 31. Before him are Gloria Steinem (1934), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868), David Lane (1938), George Lincoln Rockwell (1918), Russell Means (1939), and Coretta Scott King (1927). After him are Amelia Bloomer (1818), Abbie Hoffman (1936), Edna Parker (1893), Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899), Sumner Paine (1868), and Dorothy Day (1897).

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