SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Kumi Naidoo

1965 - Today

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Kumi Naidoo (born 1965) is a South African human rights and climate justice activist. He was International Executive Director of Greenpeace International (from 2009 through 2015) and Secretary General of Amnesty International (from 2018 through 2019). Naidoo served as the Secretary-General of CIVICUS, the international alliance for citizen participation, from 1998 to 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kumi Naidoo has received more than 251,311 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Kumi Naidoo is the 728th most popular social activist (down from 578th in 2019), the 297th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 218th in 2019) and the 13th most popular South African Social Activist.

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  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Kumi Naidoo ranks 728 out of 840. Before him are Anna Hutsol, Ni Yulan, John Paulson, Inez Milholland, Roman Protasevich, and Cenk Uygur. After him are Karla Avelar, Lina Ben Mhenni, Barbara Gittings, Gauri Lankesh, Alexandra Shevchenko, and Veronika Tsepkalo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Kumi Naidoo ranks 769. Before him are Joel Spolsky, German Titov, Daniel Müller, Michael Emenalo, Aramis Naglić, and Recep Çetin. After him are Scott Brooks, Lene Espersen, Børge Brende, Anja Cetti Andersen, Erik Johnsen, and Rony Seikaly.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Kumi Naidoo ranks 297 out of 454. Before him are Patricia de Lille (1951), Tony Leon (1956), Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (1963), Kandyse McClure (1980), Shaun Bartlett (1972), and Josia Thugwane (1971). After him are Jonathan Liebesman (1976), Eben Etzebeth (1991), Eudy Simelane (1977), Kelsey-Lee Barber (1991), Ernie Els (1969), and Zozibini Tunzi (1993).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In South Africa

Among social activists born in South Africa, Kumi Naidoo ranks 13. Before him are Devdas Gandhi (1900), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), Albertina Sisulu (1918), Bram Fischer (1908), Beyers Naudé (1915), and Lillian Ngoyi (1911). After him are Hector Pieterson (1963), Ayanda Denge (1982), Ayakha Melithafa (2002), and Nkosi Johnson (1989).

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