SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Lizzie Velásquez

1989 - Today

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Elizabeth Anne Velásquez (; born March 13, 1989) is an American motivational speaker, activist, writer, and YouTuber. She was born with an extremely rare congenital disease called Marfanoid–progeroid–lipodystrophy syndrome that, among other symptoms, prevents her from accumulating body fat and gaining weight. Her conditions resulted in bullying during her childhood. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lizzie Velásquez has received more than 3,880,637 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Lizzie Velásquez is the 769th most popular social activist (down from 624th in 2019), the 17,351st most popular biography from United States (down from 15,685th in 2019) and the 135th most popular American Social Activist.

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  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Lizzie Velásquez ranks 769 out of 840. Before her are Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Luisa Neubauer, Polly Higgins, Jake Angeli, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, and Suren Gazaryan. After her are Aleta Baun, Chen Qiushi, Godeliève Mukasarasi, Hande Kader, Execution of Navid Afkari, and Behrouz Boochani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Lizzie Velásquez ranks 657. Before her are Claudia Jessie, April Pearson, ManuElla, Mitch Hewer, Zion.T, and Tal. After her are Aimee Teegarden, Ofir Marciano, Henrik Dalsgaard, Mamadou Bagayoko, Chris Gunter, and Çağla Büyükakçay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lizzie Velásquez ranks 17,351 out of 20,380. Before her are Vic Wild (1986), Jane Espenson (1964), Debbie Armstrong (1963), Kristin Cashore (1976), Titus O'Neil (1977), and Juwan Howard (1973). After her are Aimee Teegarden (1989), Bill Christian (1938), Andy Hallett (1975), Spencer Locke (1991), Chris Masters (1983), and Sky Ferreira (1992).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Lizzie Velásquez ranks 135. Before her are Inez Milholland (1886), Cindy Sheehan (1957), Medea Benjamin (1952), Alicia Garza (1981), Frances Haugen (1980), and Jake Angeli (1988). After her are Kayla Mueller (1988), Gigi Ibrahim (1988), Sam Berns (1996), Amanda Gorman (1998), Barbara Bush (1981), and Elizabeth Smart (1987).

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