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Joe Slovo

1926 - 1995

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Joe Slovo (born Yossel Mashel Slovo; 23 May 1926 – 6 January 1995) was a South African politician, and an opponent of the apartheid system. A Marxist-Leninist, he was a long-time leader and theorist in the South African Communist Party (SACP), a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC), and a commander of the ANC's military wing uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). A South African citizen from a Jewish-Lithuanian family, Slovo was a delegate to the multiracial Congress of the People of June 1955 which drew up the Freedom Charter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Slovo has received more than 664,811 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Joe Slovo is the 14,614th most popular politician (down from 14,522nd in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 148th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Lithuanian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Joe Slovos by language

Over the past year Joe Slovo has had the most page views in the with 87,426 views, followed by Russian (4,504), and Spanish (3,078). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swahili (106.31%), Esperanto (99.58%), and Irish (89.56%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joe Slovo ranks 14,614 out of 19,576. Before him are Sextus Julius Caesar, Anies Baswedan, Carlos Veiga, Jean-Paul Proust, Wuffa of East Anglia, and Guillermo Billinghurst. After him are José Pardo y Barreda, George Moscone, John Forsyth, Manuel Isidoro Belzu, Margarita Robles, and He Xiangning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Joe Slovo ranks 350. Before him are Yehuda Bauer, Abel Goumba, Bob Benny, Egisto Pandolfini, Rafael Azcona, and Brita Borg. After him are Anneliese Rothenberger, James Best, Dietmar Schönherr, Carlos Roberto Reina, Julius Katchen, and Frank O'Hara. Among people deceased in 1995, Joe Slovo ranks 229. Before him are René Bader, Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, Big John Studd, Bruno Junk, Carlo Pavesi, and Mira Lobe. After him are Elisha Cook Jr., Fabio Casartelli, Robert Parrish, Víctor Ugarte, Reinhard Furrer, and Riccardo Carapellese.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Joe Slovo ranks 157 out of 328. Before him are Ernestas Galvanauskas (1882), Ignaty Krachkovsky (1883), Napoleon Cybulski (1854), Lena Valaitis (1943), Kazimieras Būga (1879), and Irena Degutienė (1949). After him are Vincentas Sladkevičius (1920), Abram Deborin (1881), Valdemaras Chomičius (1959), Mikalojus Daukša (1527), Mykolas Biržiška (1882), and Saulius Skvernelis (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lithuania

Among politicians born in Lithuania, Joe Slovo ranks 52. Before him are Stanisław Narutowicz (1862), Artūras Paulauskas (1953), Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (1882), Steponas Kairys (1879), Ernestas Galvanauskas (1882), and Irena Degutienė (1949). After him are Mykolas Biržiška (1882), Saulius Skvernelis (1970), Vladas Mironas (1880), Bronislovas Lubys (1938), Zigmantas Balčytis (1953), and Aleksander Prystor (1874).

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