SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Katarina Taikon

1932 - 1995

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Katarina Taikon-Langhammer (29 July 1932 – 30 December 1995) was a Swedish Romani activist, leader in the civil rights movement, writer and actor, from the Kalderash caste. She was the sister of Rosa Taikon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katarina Taikon has received more than 61,527 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Katarina Taikon is the 374th most popular social activist (down from 368th in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 506th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 62k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Katarina Taikons by language

Over the past year Katarina Taikon has had the most page views in the with 14,688 views, followed by English (11,261), and German (2,436). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (239.74%), Basque (87.36%), and Tagalog (61.17%)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Katarina Taikon ranks 374 out of 840. Before her are Hannie Schaft, Udham Singh, Frank País, Ram Manohar Lohia, Lucretia Mott, and Gulnara Karimova. After her are Maria Nikiforova, Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy, Tatyana Baramzina, Marsha P. Johnson, Marie Popelin, and Germaine Tillion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Katarina Taikon ranks 238. Before her are Yakir Aharonov, Henri Schwery, Eileen Brennan, Geoff Bent, Ted Cassidy, and Colville Young. After her are Donald Byrd, Chiquito de la Calzada, Carlo Maria Abate, Anand Panyarachun, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, and Quentin Blake. Among people deceased in 1995, Katarina Taikon ranks 159. Before her are Claudio Brook, Ingo Schwichtenberg, Pál Kovács, Eva Gabor, Mickey Mantle, and Eric Porter. After her are Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, Koloman Gögh, Madge Sinclair, Michael V. Gazzo, Bryan Johnson, and Bojan Adamič.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Katarina Taikon ranks 497 out of 1,879. Before her are Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783), Lena Endre (1955), Ruben Östlund (1974), Carola Häggkvist (1966), Rudolf Svensson (1899), and Gustaf Cederström (1845). After her are Olle Hellbom (1925), Felix Hamrin (1875), Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden (1100), Viktor Rydberg (1828), Charles De Geer (1720), and Tommy Körberg (1948).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Sweden

Among social activists born in Sweden, Katarina Taikon ranks 7. Before her are Gustav I of Sweden (1496), Axel Munthe (1857), Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1390), Joe Hill (1879), Greta Thunberg (2003), and Sophie Adlersparre (1823). After her are Gertrud Adelborg (1853), Ivan Betskoy (1704), and Isabelle Axelsson (2001).

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