1879 - 1915
Joe Hill (October 7, 1879 – November 19, 1915), born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund and also known as Joseph Hillström, was a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, familiarly called the "Wobblies"). A native Swedish speaker, he learned English during the early 1900s, while working various jobs from New York to San Francisco. Hill, an immigrant worker frequently facing unemployment and underemployment, became a popular songwriter and cartoonist for the union. His songs include "The Preacher and the Slave" (in which he coined the phrase "pie in the sky"), "The Tramp", "There Is Power in a Union", "The Rebel Girl", and "Casey Jones—the Union Scab", which express the harsh and combative life of itinerant workers, and call for workers to organize their efforts to improve working conditions.In 1914, John G. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Hill has received more than 1,007,664 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Hill is the 262nd most popular social activist (down from 220th in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 294th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Joe Hill ranks 262 out of 538. Before him are Harro Schulze-Boysen, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Édouard René de Laboulaye, David Frankfurter, Mahadev Govind Ranade, and Robert Catesby. After him are Jesse Jackson, Charles Boycott, Camilo Torres Restrepo, Clara Barton, Nimr al-Nimr, and Viktors Arājs.
1909 - 1942
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 256
1886 - 1943
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 257
1811 - 1883
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 258
1909 - 1982
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 259
1842 - 1901
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 260
1573 - 1605
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 261
1879 - 1915
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 262
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 263
1832 - 1897
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 264
1929 - 1966
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 265
1821 - 1912
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 266
1959 - 2016
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 267
1910 - 1988
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 268
Among people born in 1879, Joe Hill ranks 84. Before him are Eli Heckscher, René Pottier, Aimo Cajander, Alan Gardiner, Dwight F. Davis, and Vanessa Bell. After him are Aleksandër Moisiu, Patrick Pearse, Joseph Canteloube, Sándor Garbai, Thành Thái, and Carlos Chagas. Among people deceased in 1915, Joe Hill ranks 48. Before him are Hans Gross, Inoue Kaoru, Otto Weddigen, Nagakura Shinpachi, Karl Lamprecht, and Theodor Boveri. After him are Józef Brandt, Mubarak Al-Sabah, Béla Kiss, Adolphe Pégoud, Carlos Finlay, and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild.
1879 - 1952
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 78
1879 - 1907
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 79
1879 - 1943
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 80
1879 - 1963
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 81
1879 - 1945
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 82
1879 - 1961
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 83
1879 - 1915
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 84
1879 - 1935
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 85
1879 - 1916
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 86
1879 - 1957
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 87
1879 - 1947
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 88
1879 - 1954
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 89
1879 - 1934
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 90
1847 - 1915
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 42
1836 - 1915
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 43
1882 - 1915
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 44
1839 - 1915
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 45
1856 - 1915
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 46
1862 - 1915
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 47
1879 - 1915
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 48
1841 - 1915
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 49
1837 - 1915
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 50
1877 - 1915
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 51
1889 - 1915
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 52
1833 - 1915
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 53
1840 - 1915
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 54
Among people born in Sweden, Joe Hill ranks 337 out of 1,612. Before him are Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1753), Ove Andersson (1938), Ove Kindvall (1943), Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862), Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1767), and Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982). After him are Eric Lemming (1880), Eva Dahlbeck (1920), Reine Wisell (1941), Magnus Stenbock (1664), Fredrik Reinfeldt (1965), and Lars Fredrik Nilson (1840).
1753 - 1829
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 331
1938 - 2008
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 332
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 333
1862 - 1953
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 334
1767 - 1813
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 335
1982 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 336
1879 - 1915
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 337
1880 - 1930
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 338
1920 - 2008
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 339
1941 - 2022
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 340
1664 - 1717
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 341
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 342
1840 - 1899
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 343
Among social activists born in Sweden, Joe Hill ranks 4. Before him are Gustav I of Sweden (1496), Axel Munthe (1857), and Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1390). After him are Greta Thunberg (2003), Sophie Adlersparre (1823), and Katarina Taikon (1932).
1496 - 1560
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 1
1857 - 1949
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 2
1390 - 1436
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 3
1879 - 1915
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 4
2003 - Present
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 5
1823 - 1895
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 6
1932 - 1995
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 7