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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Marsha P. Johnson

1945 - 1992

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Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992) was an American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen. Known as an outspoken advocate for gay rights, Johnson was one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising of 1969. Johnson was a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) and co-founded the radical activist group Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), alongside close friend Sylvia Rivera. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marsha P. Johnson has received more than 5,205,565 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Marsha P. Johnson is the 249th most popular social activist (down from 126th in 2019), the 2,891st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,341st in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Social Activist.

Marsha P. Johnson was a transgender woman and LGBTQ activist who is most famous for being one of the first people to throw a brick at a police car during the Stonewall Riots in 1969.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 249 out of 538. Before her are Juliana of Stolberg, Vera Figner, David Riazanov, Jan Gotlib Bloch, Tuvia Bielski, and Coretta Scott King. After her are Itagaki Taisuke, Alexander Antonov, Ludolf von Alvensleben, Feodosia Morozova, George Lincoln Rockwell, and Khudiram Bose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 171. Before her are Bobby Solo, Radu Lupu, Adam Zagajewski, Marek Grechuta, Assi Dayan, and Fusako Shigenobu. After her are Basil Poledouris, Betty Davis, Eizo Yuguchi, Nick Simper, Roland Joffé, and Divine. Among people deceased in 1992, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 90. Before her are Ajahn Chah, Stella Adler, Allen Newell, Isidro Lángara, Fritz Leiber, and Jean Dieudonné. After her are Jeff Porcaro, Audre Lorde, Anthony Dawson, Petra Kelly, Tevfik Esenç, and Jim Garrison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 2,891 out of 18,182. Before her are Coretta Scott King (1927), Ralph Craig (1889), Delbert Mann (1920), Sam Giancana (1908), Robert Morris (1931), and Pink (1979). After her are Christine Chubbuck (1944), Octavia Spencer (1972), Joan Bennett (1910), Richard Hamming (1915), Jeff Porcaro (1954), and Lesley Gore (1946).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 28. Before her are Gloria Steinem (1934), Sojourner Truth (1797), David Lane (1938), Billy Milligan (1955), Abbie Hoffman (1936), and Coretta Scott King (1927). After her are George Lincoln Rockwell (1918), Jesse Jackson (1941), Clara Barton (1821), Russell Means (1939), Emmett Till (1941), and Huey P. Newton (1942).

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