1945 - 1992
Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992), born and also known as Malcolm Michaels Jr., 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 and co-founded the radical activist group Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), alongside close friend Sylvia Rivera. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marsha P. Johnson has received more than 3,270,171 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Marsha P. Johnson is the 126th most popular social activist (up from 337th in 2019), the 1,342nd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,555th in 2019) and the 13th 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, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 126 out of 544. Before her are Wat Tyler, Alfred Naujocks, Sergey Nechayev, Vesna Vulović, John Brown, and Denis Mukwege. After her are Maria Altmann, Betty Williams, Frederick Douglass, Manuela Sáenz, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and Betty Ford.
1341 - 1381
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 120
1911 - 1966
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 121
1847 - 1882
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 122
1950 - 2016
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 123
1800 - 1859
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 124
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 125
1945 - 1992
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 126
1916 - 2011
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 127
1943 - 2020
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 128
1818 - 1895
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 129
1797 - 1856
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 130
1904 - 1966
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 131
1918 - 2011
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 132
Among people born in 1945, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 62. Before her are Linda Hunt, Bette Midler, Joseph Kosuth, Carmen Maura, Anselm Kiefer, and Debbie Harry. After her are Laurent Gbagbo, Jeremy Rifkin, Ilija Petković, Bubba Smith, Graça Machel, and Massimo Moratti. Among people deceased in 1992, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 38. Before her are Lella Lombardi, Sam Walton, Joan Fuster, Günther Anders, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, and Peter D. Mitchell. After her are Denny Hulme, James Stirling, John Sturges, José Ferrer, Markos Vafeiadis, and Albert Pierrepoint.
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 56
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 57
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 58
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 59
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 60
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 61
1945 - 1992
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 62
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 63
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 64
1945 - 2020
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 65
1945 - 2011
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 66
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 67
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 68
1941 - 1992
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 32
1918 - 1992
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 33
1922 - 1992
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 34
1902 - 1992
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 35
1924 - 1992
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 36
1920 - 1992
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 37
1945 - 1992
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 38
1936 - 1992
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 39
1926 - 1992
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 40
1910 - 1992
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 41
1912 - 1992
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 42
1906 - 1992
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 43
1905 - 1992
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 44
Among people born in United States, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 1,342 out of 15,968. Before her are John G. Avildsen (1935), Jeffrey DeMunn (1947), Edward T. Hall (1914), Julius Axelrod (1912), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), and Gus Van Sant (1952). After her are Rudy Giuliani (1944), Richard F. Heck (1931), James J. Braddock (1905), Raymond Davis Jr. (1914), Sissy Spacek (1949), and Ethan Hawke (1970).
1935 - 2017
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 1,336
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 1,337
1914 - 2009
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 1,338
1912 - 2004
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 1,339
1896 - 1993
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 1,340
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 1,341
1945 - 1992
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 1,342
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 1,343
1931 - 2015
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 1,344
1905 - 1974
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 1,345
1914 - 2006
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 1,346
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 1,347
1970 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 1,348
Among social activists born in United States, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 13. Before her are Emily Greene Balch (1867), Jane Addams (1860), Susan B. Anthony (1820), Angela Davis (1944), Bugsy Siegel (1906), and John Brown (1800). After her are Frederick Douglass (1818), Betty Ford (1918), Edward Snowden (1983), Fred Phelps (1929), Mickey Cohen (1913), and Jody Williams (1950).
1867 - 1961
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 7
1860 - 1935
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 8
1820 - 1906
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 9
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 10
1906 - 1947
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 11
1800 - 1859
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 12
1945 - 1992
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 13
1818 - 1895
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 14
1918 - 2011
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 15
1983 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 16
1929 - 2014
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 17
1913 - 1976
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 18
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 19