Social Activist

Mahatma Gandhi

Leader of the campaign for India's independence from British rule

1869 - 1948

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Mahatma Gandhi

His biography is available in 203 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 197 in 2024). Mahatma Gandhi is the most popular social activist (up from 3rd in 2024), the most popular biography from India and the most popular Indian Social Activist.

Mahatma Gandhi is most famous for being the leader of the Indian independence movement and for his philosophy of nonviolent resistance.

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#1 / 2,312

Mahatma Gandhi is the highest-ranked of the 2,312 individuals in Pantheon born in India.

+68

Mahatma Gandhi climbed 68 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #75 to #7.

203

Mahatma Gandhi's biography appears in 203 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 99% of all Social Activists.

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Among Social Activists

Among social activists, Mahatma Gandhi ranks 1 out of 988. After him are Che Guevara, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Luxemburg, Jan Hus, Henry Dunant, Helen Keller, and Aung San Suu Kyi.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

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Mahatma Gandhi
1869 - 1948
HPI: 97.71
Rank: 1
Che Guevara
1928 - 1967
HPI: 93.09
Rank: 2
Mother Teresa
1910 - 1997
HPI: 92.98
Rank: 3
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929 - 1968
HPI: 92.49
Rank: 4
Nelson Mandela
1918 - 2013
HPI: 90.45
Rank: 5
Malcolm X
1925 - 1965
HPI: 86.43
Rank: 6
Eleanor Roosevelt
1884 - 1962
HPI: 86.11
Rank: 7
Rosa Luxemburg
1871 - 1919
HPI: 85.33
Rank: 8
Jan Hus
1369 - 1415
HPI: 84.26
Rank: 9
Henry Dunant
1828 - 1910
HPI: 83.32
Rank: 10
Helen Keller
1880 - 1968
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 11
Aung San Suu Kyi
1945 - Present
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Mahatma Gandhi ranks 1. After him are Henri Matisse, Grigori Rasputin, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, André Gide, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Maud of Wales, Neville Chamberlain, Gustaf Dalén, Frederick Trump, Nadezhda Krupskaya, and Fritz Pregl. Among people deceased in 1948, Mahatma Gandhi ranks 1. After him are Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Edgar de Wahl, Sergei Eisenstein, D. W. Griffith, Hideki Tojo, Mileva Marić, Edvard Beneš, Franz Lehár, Osamu Dazai, Edith Roosevelt, and Walther von Brauchitsch.

Others Born in 1869

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Mahatma Gandhi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1869 - 1948
HPI: 97.71
Rank: 1
Henri Matisse
PAINTER
1869 - 1954
HPI: 86.28
Rank: 2
Grigori Rasputin
OCCULTIST
1869 - 1916
HPI: 85.15
Rank: 3
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
PHYSICIST
1869 - 1959
HPI: 82.58
Rank: 4
André Gide
WRITER
1869 - 1951
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 5
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1947
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 6
Maud of Wales
COMPANION
1869 - 1938
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 7
Neville Chamberlain
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1940
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 8
Gustaf Dalén
PHYSICIST
1869 - 1937
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 9
Frederick Trump
EXTREMIST
1869 - 1918
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 10
Nadezhda Krupskaya
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1939
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 11
Fritz Pregl
CHEMIST
1869 - 1930
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1948

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Mahatma Gandhi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1869 - 1948
HPI: 97.71
Rank: 1
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1948
HPI: 86.88
Rank: 2
Edgar de Wahl
LINGUIST
1867 - 1948
HPI: 81.92
Rank: 3
Sergei Eisenstein
FILM DIRECTOR
1898 - 1948
HPI: 80.15
Rank: 4
D. W. Griffith
FILM DIRECTOR
1875 - 1948
HPI: 79.78
Rank: 5
Hideki Tojo
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1948
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 6
Mileva Marić
COMPANION
1875 - 1948
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 7
Edvard Beneš
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1948
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 8
Franz Lehár
COMPOSER
1870 - 1948
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 9
Osamu Dazai
WRITER
1909 - 1948
HPI: 76.80
Rank: 10
Edith Roosevelt
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1948
HPI: 75.73
Rank: 11
Walther von Brauchitsch
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1948
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 12