1822 - 1896
Mathew B. Brady (c. 1822–1824 – January 15, 1896) was an American photographer. Known as one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history, he is best known for his scenes of the Civil War. He studied under inventor Samuel Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America. Brady opened his own studio in New York City in 1844, and went on to photograph U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mathew Brady has received more than 1,421,497 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Mathew Brady is the 363rd most popular social activist (down from 304th in 2019), the 4,837th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,227th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Mathew Brady ranks 363 out of 538. Before him are Jerry Rubin, Claudette Colvin, Harry Wu, Leona Vicario, Karl Ludwig Sand, and Malala Yousafzai. After him are Ivan Bolotnikov, Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy, Louise Bryant, Kamala Nehru, Katarina Taikon, and Chen Qimei.
1938 - 1994
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 357
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 358
1937 - 2016
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 359
1789 - 1842
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 360
1795 - 1820
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 361
1997 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 362
1822 - 1896
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 363
1600 - 1608
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 364
1790 - 1860
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 365
1885 - 1936
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 366
1899 - 1936
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 367
1932 - 1995
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 368
1878 - 1916
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 369
Among people born in 1822, Mathew Brady ranks 53. Before him are Carlo Alfredo Piatti, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, Willem Roelofs, Alexander Mackenzie, and John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough. After him are Jakob Dubs, Dmitry Grigorovich, Gustav Spörer, Luis Sáenz Peña, Janko Kráľ, and Julius von Haast. Among people deceased in 1896, Mathew Brady ranks 52. Before him are Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Karl Verner, Charilaos Trikoupis, Mårten Eskil Winge, Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, and Jules Simon. After him are Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Charles Floquet, Félix Tisserand, Aleksandr Stoletov, Hugo Gyldén, and Alexey Bogolyubov.
1822 - 1901
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 47
1822 - 1847
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 48
1822 - 1883
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 49
1822 - 1897
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 50
1822 - 1892
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 51
1822 - 1883
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 52
1822 - 1896
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 53
1822 - 1879
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 54
1822 - 1900
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 55
1822 - 1895
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 56
1822 - 1907
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 57
1822 - 1876
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 58
1822 - 1887
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 59
1824 - 1896
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 46
1846 - 1896
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 47
1832 - 1896
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 48
1825 - 1896
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 49
1824 - 1896
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 50
1814 - 1896
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 51
1822 - 1896
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 52
1831 - 1896
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 53
1828 - 1896
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 54
1845 - 1896
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 55
1839 - 1896
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 56
1841 - 1896
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 57
1824 - 1896
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 58
Among people born in United States, Mathew Brady ranks 4,837 out of 18,182. Before him are Mary Daly (1928), Mike Connors (1925), Doug Jones (1960), Lara Flynn Boyle (1970), Jeralean Talley (1899), and Chris Carter (1956). After him are Kenny Burrell (1931), Vince Lombardi (1913), Maggie Q (1979), Antonio Fargas (1946), Elaine May (1932), and Rube Goldberg (1883).
1928 - 2010
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 4,831
1925 - 2017
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 4,832
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 4,833
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 4,834
1899 - 2015
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 4,835
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 4,836
1822 - 1896
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 4,837
1931 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 4,838
1913 - 1970
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 4,839
1979 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 4,840
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 4,841
1932 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 4,842
1883 - 1970
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 4,843
Among social activists born in United States, Mathew Brady ranks 46. Before him are Edna Parker (1893), Mary Edwards Walker (1832), Lee Radziwill (1933), Dorothy Day (1897), Jerry Rubin (1938), and Claudette Colvin (1939). After him are Louise Bryant (1885), Lester R. Brown (1934), Catharine MacKinnon (1946), Samantha Smith (1972), Sam Childers (1963), and Phyllis Schlafly (1924).
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
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 48
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 49
1972 - 1985
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 50
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 51
1924 - 2016
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 52