SOCIAL ACTIVIST

José Rizal

1861 - 1896

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José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (Spanish: [xoˈse riˈsal, -ˈθal], Tagalog: [hoˈse ɾiˈsal]; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered a national hero (pambansang bayani) of the Philippines. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Rizal has received more than 11,518,474 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). José Rizal is the 64th most popular social activist (up from 104th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Philippines and the most popular Filipino Social Activist.

José Rizal is most famous for being a national hero of the Philippines. He was a polymath who wrote novels, poetry, essays, and was a doctor. His most famous work is his two novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.

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  • 12M

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  • 66.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 75

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, José Rizal ranks 64 out of 840. Before him are Babak Khorramdin, Stenka Razin, Alexei Navalny, Mustafa Barzani, Thích Quảng Đức, and Mukhtar al-Thaqafi. After him are Witold Pilecki, Camilo Cienfuegos, Beatrice Cenci, Bhagat Singh, Jenny von Westphalen, and Buenaventura Durruti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, José Rizal ranks 16. Before him are Erich von Falkenhayn, Georgy Lvov, Alfred North Whitehead, Halford Mackinder, James Naismith, and Robert Bosch. After him are Aristide Maillol, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, H. H. Holmes, and Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland. Among people deceased in 1896, José Rizal ranks 11. Before him are Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, August Kekulé, William Morris, Ivar Aasen, Hippolyte Fizeau, and Otto Lilienthal. After him are John Everett Millais, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Harriet Beecher Stowe, H. H. Holmes, Edmond de Goncourt, and Louis-Jules Trochu.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, José Rizal ranks 5 out of 155. Before him are Rodrigo Duterte (1945), Bongbong Marcos (1957), Corazon Aquino (1933), and Ferdinand Marcos (1917). After him are Lapu-Lapu (1491), Diosdado Macapagal (1910), Emilio Aguinaldo (1869), Imelda Marcos (1929), Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), Paulino Alcántara (1896), and Andrés Bonifacio (1863).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Philippines

Among social activists born in Philippines, José Rizal ranks 1. After him are Andrés Bonifacio (1863), Gabriela Silang (1731), Melchora Aquino (1812), Luis Taruc (1913), Josefa Francisco (1954), and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (1952).

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