SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Maurice Bishop

1943 - 1983

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Maurice Rupert Bishop (29 May 1944 – 19 October 1983) was a Grenadian revolutionary and the leader of the New Jewel Movement (NJM) – a Marxist–Leninist party that sought to prioritise socio-economic development, education and black liberation. The NJM came to power during the 13 March 1979 revolution which removed Prime Minister Eric Gairy from office. Bishop headed the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada (PRG) from 1979 to 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Bishop has received more than 1,045,722 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Maurice Bishop is the 292nd most popular social activist (up from 301st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Aruba and the most popular Aruban Social Activist.

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  • 60.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Maurice Bishop ranks 292 out of 840. Before him are Cho Man-sik, David Frankfurter, Policarpa Salavarrieta, Millicent Fawcett, Feodosia Morozova, and Bipin Chandra Pal. After him are Pavel Pestel, François-Jean de la Barre, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Túpac Katari, Franceska Mann, and Lynching of Jesse Washington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Maurice Bishop ranks 235. Before him are Sani Abacha, Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Nolan Bushnell, Mike Leigh, Rashid Sunyaev, and Patrick Demarchelier. After him are Valery Nepomnyashchy, Angélica María, Osamu Dezaki, Alain Corneau, Douglas Tompkins, and Joselito. Among people deceased in 1983, Maurice Bishop ranks 98. Before him are Jerzy Andrzejewski, John Vorster, Vladimir Bakarić, Eric Hoffer, Roy Sullivan, and Juan López Fontana. After him are Antonin Magne, Ibrahim Abboud, Lina Radke, Raymond Massey, Yuri Levitan, and Shūji Terayama.

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In Aruba

Among people born in Aruba, Maurice Bishop ranks 2 out of 8. Before him are Bobby Farrell (1949). After him are Dave Benton (1951), Frits Goedgedrag (1951), Fredis Refunjol (1950), Nelson Oduber (1947), Mike Eman (1961), Xander Bogaerts (1992), and Mikel Schreuders (1998).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Aruba

Among social activists born in Aruba, Maurice Bishop ranks 1. 

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