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Marielle Franco

1979 - 2018

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Marielle Franco (Portuguese pronunciation: [maɾiˈɛli ˈfɾɐ̃ku]; born Marielle Francisco da Silva, 27 July 1979 – 14 March 2018) was a Brazilian politician, sociologist, feminist, socialist and human rights activist. Franco served as a city councillor of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro for the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) from January 2017 until her assassination. On 14 March 2018, while in a car after delivering a speech in the north of Rio de Janeiro, Franco and her driver were shot multiple times and killed by two murderers travelling in another vehicle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marielle Franco has received more than 764,947 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Marielle Franco is the 16,783rd most popular politician (down from 15,259th in 2019), the 839th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 723rd in 2019) and the 78th most popular Brazilian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marielle Franco ranks 16,783 out of 19,576. Before her are Arvind Kejriwal, Otto Bahr Halvorsen, Petra Roth, Māris Gailis, Joseph Plunkett, and Arta Dade. After her are Zbigniew Wassermann, Paul Biyoghé Mba, Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, Jens Bratlie, and Eddy Maillet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Marielle Franco ranks 209. Before her are Flávio Amado, David Bisbal, Svetlana Khorkina, Audrey Hollander, Hiromi Uehara, and Joaquim Rodríguez. After her are Vlada Avramov, Taavi Rõivas, Sabina Babayeva, Rachel Corrie, Mamadou Niang, and Soo Ae. Among people deceased in 2018, Marielle Franco ranks 478. Before her are Danny Kirwan, Edwin Hawkins, Matti Kassila, Reg E. Cathey, Pavel Panov, and Simon Shelton. After her are Javier González, Naomi Parker Fraley, Roy Clark, Ennio Fantastichini, Ken Berry, and Christine Muzio.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Marielle Franco ranks 839 out of 2,236. Before her are Daniella Cicarelli (1978), França (1976), Reynaldo Gianecchini (1972), Edevaldo de Freitas (1958), Matuzalém (1980), and Izabel Goulart (1984). After her are Vitor Belfort (1977), Paulo Jr. (1969), Cícero Moraes (1982), Marjorie Estiano (1982), Dedé (1978), and Eduardo Riedel (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Marielle Franco ranks 78. Before her are José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1819), Fernando Haddad (1963), João Pinheiro Chagas (1863), Marco Maciel (1940), Augusto Pestana (1868), and Luciano Burti (1975). After her are Eduardo Riedel (1969), Ciro Gomes (1957), Eduardo Paes (1969), Aécio Neves (1960), Gilberto Kassab (1960), and Eduardo Campos (1965).

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