SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Josué de Castro

1908 - 1973

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Josué de Castro, born Josué Apolônio de Castro (5 September 1908 – 24 September 1973), was a Brazilian physician, nutritionist, geographer, writer, public administrator, and activist against world hunger. His book Geopolitics of Hunger was granted The Franklin D. Roosevelt Foundation Award, in 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josué de Castro has received more than 47,908 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Josué de Castro is the 493rd most popular social activist (down from 419th in 2019), the 569th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 459th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Brazilian Social Activist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Josué de Castro ranks 493 out of 840. Before him are Nelly Diener, Marianne Hainisch, Lucy Salani, Meri Mangakāhia, Fred Hampton, and Raisa Aronova. After him are Eugénie Cotton, Malalai of Maiwand, Pretty Boy Floyd, Stokely Carmichael, Dorothea Dix, and Bagha Jatin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Josué de Castro ranks 292. Before him are Concha Piquer, Zainab Biisheva, Antonio Pesenti, Vano Muradeli, Miriam Rothschild, and Franz Cisar. After him are Rudolf Bürger, Gunnar Olsson, Gustav Ernesaks, Hans Jakob, Alejandro Villanueva, and Matti Sippala. Among people deceased in 1973, Josué de Castro ranks 205. Before him are Balraj Sahni, Willy Birgel, Lon Chaney Jr., Lauri Lehtinen, Beulah Louise Henry, and Aleksandr Ponomarev. After him are Betty Field, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Raymond Schwartz, Mahmud Taymur, Alfred Schmitt, and Robert Armstrong.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Josué de Castro ranks 569 out of 2,236. Before him are Alex (1982), Doca (1903), Alex Telles (1992), Andreas Kisser (1968), Olavo Bilac (1865), and Francisco Mignone (1897). After him are Anderson (1988), Edílson (1971), Malcom (1997), Nelson Prudêncio (1944), Alberto Nepomuceno (1864), and Ricardo Teixeira (1947).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Brazil

Among social activists born in Brazil, Josué de Castro ranks 4. Before him are Chico Mendes (1944), Tiradentes (1746), and Lampião (1897).

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