1929 - 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. An African-American church leader and a son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr., King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through nonviolence and civil disobedience. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Luther King Jr. has received more than 37,851,008 page views. His biography is available in 157 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 155 in 2019). Martin Luther King Jr. is the 10th most popular social activist, the 58th most popular biography from United States (down from 50th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Social Activist.
Martin Luther King Jr. is most famous for his role in the civil rights movement, which he lead to fight for equal rights for African Americans.
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Among social activists, Martin Luther King Jr. ranks 10 out of 538. Before him are Malcolm X, Jan Hus, Rosa Luxemburg, Mother Teresa, Henry Dunant, and Eleanor Roosevelt. After him are Helen Keller, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Jean-Paul Marat, Aung San Suu Kyi, Claus von Stauffenberg, and Guy Fawkes.
1925 - 1965
HPI: 83.94
Rank: 4
1369 - 1415
HPI: 81.44
Rank: 5
1871 - 1919
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 6
1910 - 1997
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 7
1828 - 1910
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 8
1884 - 1962
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 9
1929 - 1968
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 10
1880 - 1968
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 11
1746 - 1827
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 12
1743 - 1793
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 13
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 14
1907 - 1944
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 15
1570 - 1606
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 16
Among people born in 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. ranks 5. Before him are Grace Kelly, Anne Frank, Yasser Arafat, and Audrey Hepburn. After him are Bud Spencer, Milan Kundera, Lev Yashin, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Jürgen Habermas, Sergio Leone, and Imre Kertész. Among people deceased in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. ranks 2. Before him is Yuri Gagarin. After him are Helen Keller, Marcel Duchamp, Lise Meitner, Padre Pio, John Steinbeck, Otto Hahn, Robert F. Kennedy, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Lev Landau, and Trygve Lie.
1929 - 1982
HPI: 84.60
Rank: 1
1929 - 1945
HPI: 83.42
Rank: 2
1929 - 2004
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 3
1929 - 1993
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 4
1929 - 1968
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 5
1929 - 2016
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 6
1929 - Present
HPI: 77.72
Rank: 7
1929 - 1990
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 8
1929 - 1994
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 9
1929 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 10
1929 - 1989
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 11
1929 - 2016
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 12
1934 - 1968
HPI: 85.94
Rank: 1
1929 - 1968
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 2
1880 - 1968
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 3
1887 - 1968
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 4
1878 - 1968
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 5
1887 - 1968
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 6
1902 - 1968
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 7
1879 - 1968
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 8
1925 - 1968
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 9
1896 - 1968
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 10
1908 - 1968
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 11
1896 - 1968
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Martin Luther King Jr. ranks 58 out of 18,182. Before him are Clint Eastwood (1930), Jack London (1876), Charles Manson (1934), John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928), Louis Armstrong (1901), and Maria Callas (1923). After him are James Stewart (1908), George H. W. Bush (1924), Robert Frost (1874), Donald Trump (1946), Toni Morrison (1931), and Charles Lindbergh (1902).
1930 - Present
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 52
1876 - 1916
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 53
1934 - 2017
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 54
1928 - 2015
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 55
1901 - 1971
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 56
1923 - 1977
HPI: 78.28
Rank: 57
1929 - 1968
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 58
1908 - 1997
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 59
1924 - 2018
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 60
1874 - 1963
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 61
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 62
1931 - 2019
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 63
1902 - 1974
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 64
Among social activists born in United States, Martin Luther King Jr. ranks 3. Before him are Malcolm X (1925) and Eleanor Roosevelt (1884). After him are Helen Keller (1880), Rosa Parks (1913), Emily Greene Balch (1867), Angela Davis (1944), Jane Addams (1860), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), Bugsy Siegel (1906), Susan B. Anthony (1820), and Jody Williams (1950).
1925 - 1965
HPI: 83.94
Rank: 1
1884 - 1962
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 2
1929 - 1968
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 3
1880 - 1968
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 4
1913 - 2005
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 5
1867 - 1961
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 6
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 7
1860 - 1935
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 8
1913 - 1975
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 9
1906 - 1947
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 10
1820 - 1906
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 11
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 12