1800 - 1859
John H. Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist leader. Brown felt that violence was necessary to end American slavery, as years of speeches, sermons, petitions, and moral persuasion had failed. An intensely religious man, Brown believed he was raised up by God to strike the death blow to American slavery. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Brown has received more than 223,178 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). John Brown is the 124th most popular social activist (up from 136th in 2019), the 1,315th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,399th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Social Activist.
John Brown was a militant abolitionist who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States.
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Among social activists, John Brown ranks 124 out of 544. Before him are Pier Gerlofs Donia, Georgy Gapon, Wat Tyler, Alfred Naujocks, Sergey Nechayev, and Vesna Vulović. After him are Denis Mukwege, Marsha P. Johnson, Maria Altmann, Betty Williams, Frederick Douglass, and Manuela Sáenz.
1480 - 1520
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 118
1870 - 1906
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 119
1341 - 1381
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 120
1911 - 1966
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 121
1847 - 1882
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 122
1950 - 2016
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 123
1800 - 1859
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 124
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 125
1945 - 1992
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 126
1916 - 2011
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 127
1943 - 2020
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 128
1818 - 1895
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 129
1797 - 1856
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 130
Among people born in 1800, John Brown ranks 13. Before him are France Prešeren, James Clark Ross, John Edward Gray, Lars Levi Laestadius, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, and Ludwig Ritter von Köchel. After him are Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Jacques Paul Migne, Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza, and Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg. Among people deceased in 1859, John Brown ranks 18. Before him are Louis Spohr, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Bettina von Arnim, Archduke John of Austria, Thomas De Quincey, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. After him are Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, John Austin, Robert Stephenson, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Abd al-Rahman of Morocco, and Louis Poinsot.
1800 - 1849
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 7
1800 - 1862
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 8
1800 - 1875
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 9
1800 - 1861
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 10
1800 - 1884
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 11
1800 - 1877
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 12
1800 - 1859
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 13
1800 - 1831
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 14
1800 - 1842
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 15
1800 - 1867
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 16
1800 - 1875
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 17
1800 - 1834
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 18
1800 - 1852
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 19
1784 - 1859
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 12
1786 - 1859
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 13
1785 - 1859
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 14
1782 - 1859
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 15
1785 - 1859
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 16
1806 - 1859
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 17
1800 - 1859
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 18
1837 - 1859
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 19
1790 - 1859
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 20
1803 - 1859
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 21
1786 - 1859
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 22
1779 - 1859
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 23
1777 - 1859
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 24
Among people born in United States, John Brown ranks 1,315 out of 15,968. Before him are Alan Greenspan (1926), Neil Diamond (1941), Anthony Bourdain (1956), Rene Russo (1954), Cordell Hull (1871), and Karen Grassle (1942). After him are Count Basie (1904), George Benson (1943), Jack Dempsey (1895), Aaron Spelling (1923), George Minot (1885), and Stephanie Kwolek (1923).
1926 - Present
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 1,309
1941 - Present
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 1,310
1956 - 2018
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 1,311
1954 - Present
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 1,312
1871 - 1955
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 1,313
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1,314
1800 - 1859
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1,315
1904 - 1984
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1,316
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1,317
1895 - 1983
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1,318
1923 - 2006
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1,319
1885 - 1950
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 1,320
1923 - 2014
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 1,321
Among social activists born in United States, John Brown ranks 12. Before him are Jimmy Hoffa (1913), Emily Greene Balch (1867), Jane Addams (1860), Susan B. Anthony (1820), Angela Davis (1944), and Bugsy Siegel (1906). After him are Marsha P. Johnson (1945), Frederick Douglass (1818), Betty Ford (1918), Edward Snowden (1983), Fred Phelps (1929), and Mickey Cohen (1913).
1913 - 1975
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 6
1867 - 1961
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 7
1860 - 1935
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 8
1820 - 1906
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 9
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 10
1906 - 1947
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 11
1800 - 1859
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 12
1945 - 1992
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 13
1818 - 1895
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 14
1918 - 2011
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 15
1983 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 16
1929 - 2014
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 17
1913 - 1976
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 18