SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Lampião

1897 - 1938

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"Captain" Virgulino Ferreira da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [viʁɡulĩnu feˈʁejɾɐ da ˈsiwvɐ]; 7 June 1897 – 28 July 1938), better known as Lampião (older spelling: Lampeão, Portuguese pronunciation: [lɐ̃piˈɐ̃w], meaning "lantern" or "oil lamp"), was probably the twentieth century's most successful traditional bandit leader. The banditry endemic to the Brazilian Northeast was called Cangaço. Cangaço had origins in the late 19th century but was particularly prevalent in the 1920s and 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lampião has received more than 315,293 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Lampião is the 332nd most popular social activist (down from 314th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 245th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Lampião ranks 332 out of 840. Before him are Naziha al-Dulaimi, Viola Desmond, Ricardo Flores Magón, Edna Parker, Joe Hill, and Dhondo Keshav Karve. After him are Mohamed Bouazizi, Sultan al-Atrash, Vladimir Burtsev, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Sergei Kovalev, and Ho Jong-suk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Lampião ranks 156. Before him are Herman J. Mankiewicz, Lazare Ponticelli, Karl Decker, Paul Gallico, Nicholas Poppe, and Otto Struve. After him are Gaspar Cassadó, Marion Davies, Mikhail Kovalyov, Lepke Buchalter, Richard Hildebrandt, and Levon Mirzoyan. Among people deceased in 1938, Lampião ranks 119. Before him are Ramón Franco, Maurice Emmanuel, Ahn Changho, Branislaw Tarashkyevich, George Ellery Hale, and Rafael Arnaiz Barón. After him are Juho Vennola, Tang Shaoyi, Marie-Joseph Lagrange, Paolo Troubetzkoy, Abdurauf Fitrat, and Erik Werenskiold.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Lampião ranks 275 out of 2,236. Before him are Ruy Barbosa (1849), Márcio Amoroso (1974), Michael Löwy (1938), Antônio Carlos Zago (1969), Tony Ramos (1948), and Vinícius Júnior (2000). After him are Aracy Balabanian (1940), Moacir Claudino Pinto (1936), Evaristo de Macedo (1933), Angelo Sormani (1939), Jorginho (1991), and José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (1850).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Brazil

Among social activists born in Brazil, Lampião ranks 3. Before him are Chico Mendes (1944), and Tiradentes (1746). After him are Josué de Castro (1908).

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