1832 - 1919
Mary Edwards Walker (November 26, 1832 – February 21, 1919), commonly referred to as Dr. Mary Walker, was an American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war, and surgeon. She is the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor.In 1855, she earned her medical degree at Syracuse Medical College in New York, married and started a medical practice. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Edwards Walker has received more than 1,113,886 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Mary Edwards Walker is the 345th most popular social activist (down from 322nd in 2019), the 4,416th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,691st in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Mary Edwards Walker ranks 345 out of 538. Before her are Muhammad Zaidan, François-Jean de la Barre, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Susannah Mushatt Jones, Edna Parker, and Donald Watson. After her are Anatoly Marchenko, Lee Radziwill, Sultan al-Atrash, Toyohiko Kagawa, Natalya Estemirova, and Venetia Burney.
1948 - 2004
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 339
1745 - 1766
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 340
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 341
1899 - 2016
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 342
1893 - 2008
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 343
1910 - 2005
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 344
1832 - 1919
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 345
1938 - 1986
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 346
1933 - 2019
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 347
1891 - 1982
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 348
1888 - 1960
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 349
1958 - 2009
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 350
1918 - 2009
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 351
Among people born in 1832, Mary Edwards Walker ranks 55. Before her are Julius von Sachs, Alvan Graham Clark, Colin Archer, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Jules Vallès, and Charilaos Trikoupis. After her are Johann Joseph Abert, Lina Sandell, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, Leslie Stephen, and Pavel Chistyakov. Among people deceased in 1919, Mary Edwards Walker ranks 95. Before her are Laurence Doherty, Vasily Rozanov, Francisco Moreno, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Edward Poynter, and Saovabha Phongsri. After her are André Prévost, Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky, Aaron Aaronsohn, Woldemar Voigt, Evgraf Fedorov, and Amado Nervo.
1832 - 1897
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 49
1832 - 1897
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 50
1832 - 1921
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 51
1832 - 1914
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 52
1832 - 1885
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 53
1832 - 1896
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 54
1832 - 1919
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 55
1832 - 1915
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 56
1832 - 1903
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 57
1832 - 1921
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 58
1832 - 1913
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 59
1832 - 1904
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 60
1832 - 1919
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 61
1875 - 1919
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 89
1856 - 1919
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 90
1852 - 1919
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 91
1849 - 1919
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 92
1836 - 1919
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 93
1861 - 1919
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 94
1832 - 1919
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 95
1860 - 1919
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 96
1865 - 1919
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 97
1876 - 1919
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 98
1850 - 1919
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 99
1853 - 1919
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 100
1870 - 1919
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 101
Among people born in United States, Mary Edwards Walker ranks 4,416 out of 18,182. Before her are W. S. Van Dyke (1889), Charles Koch (1935), Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), Elihu Yale (1649), David Bushnell (1742), and Paul Chambers (1935). After her are Todd Rundgren (1948), Charles Fort (1874), David Zucker (1947), Juanita Moore (1914), Corey Taylor (1973), and Joan Osborne (1962).
1889 - 1943
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 4,410
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 4,411
1878 - 1940
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 4,412
1649 - 1721
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 4,413
1742 - 1824
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 4,414
1935 - 1969
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 4,415
1832 - 1919
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 4,416
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 4,417
1874 - 1932
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 4,418
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 4,419
1914 - 2014
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 4,420
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 4,421
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 4,422
Among social activists born in United States, Mary Edwards Walker ranks 41. Before her are Alice Paul (1885), Lucretia Mott (1793), Amelia Bloomer (1818), Black Elk (1863), Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899), and Edna Parker (1893). After her are Lee Radziwill (1933), Dorothy Day (1897), Jerry Rubin (1938), Claudette Colvin (1939), Mathew Brady (1822), and Louise Bryant (1885).
1885 - 1977
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 35
1793 - 1880
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 36
1818 - 1894
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 37
1863 - 1950
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 38
1899 - 2016
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 39
1893 - 2008
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 40
1832 - 1919
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 41
1933 - 2019
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 42
1897 - 1980
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 43
1938 - 1994
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 44
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 45
1822 - 1896
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 46
1885 - 1936
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 47