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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 293,478 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Lampião is the 314th most popular social activist (down from 274th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 247th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Lampião ranks 314 out of 538. Before him are Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven, Tawakkol Karman, Gaius Hostilius Mancinus, Ho Jong-suk, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Toktogul Satylganov. After him are Melchora Aquino, Frank País, Surya Sen, Christabel Pankhurst, Huey P. Newton, and Lempira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Lampião ranks 153. Before him are Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Zhang Guotao, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Ben-Haim, Levon Mirzoyan, and Marion Davies. After him are Dirk Stikker, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Paavo Talvela, Bud Abbott, Maximus V of Constantinople, and Pavel Batov. Among people deceased in 1938, Lampião ranks 112. Before him are Otto Warburg, Gustav Klutsis, Saken Seifullin, Miguel Cabanellas, Maurice Emmanuel, and Marie-Joseph Lagrange. After him are Jānis Rudzutaks, Boris Pilnyak, Gösta Ekman, Joseph Strauss, Abdurauf Fitrat, and Leopoldo Lugones.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Lampião ranks 246 out of 2,067. Before him are Anfilogino Guarisi (1905), Tita (1958), Angelo Sormani (1939), Branco (1964), Monteiro Lobato (1882), and Susana Vieira (1942). After him are Dondinho (1917), Paulinho (1988), Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior (1959), Mário Jardel (1973), Jaime Lerner (1937), and Bauer (1925).

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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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