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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 New Jewel Movement – a Marxist–Leninist party that sought to prioritise socio-economic development, education, and black liberation – that came to power during the 13 March 1979 revolution that removed Eric Gairy from office. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Bishop has received more than 949,885 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Maurice Bishop is the 301st most popular social activist (up from 326th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Aruba and the most popular Aruban Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 950k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Maurice Bishop ranks 301 out of 538. Before him are Kōtoku Shūsui, Ricardo Flores Magón, Túpac Katari, Millicent Fawcett, Zhang Guotao, and Yuri Levitan. After him are Wei Jingsheng, Sophie Adlersparre, Tatyana Baramzina, Mehdi Huseynzade, William I, Margrave of Meissen, and Klara Zamenhof.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Maurice Bishop ranks 247. Before him are Jack Nance, Albert Pintat, Ma'ruf Amin, Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Grover Washington Jr., and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu. After him are Don Simpson, Christine McVie, Bjørn Wirkola, Nasr Abu Zayd, Lobo, and William Calley. Among people deceased in 1983, Maurice Bishop ranks 107. Before him are Ángel Labruna, Vladimir Bakarić, Lina Radke, Werner Egk, Zhang Daqian, and Yuri Levitan. After him are Johan Grøttumsbråten, Fritz Machlup, Earl Hines, Corrie ten Boom, Manuel Ferreira, and Gabrielle Roy.

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In Aruba

Among people born in Aruba, Maurice Bishop ranks 2 out of 4. Before him are Bobby Farrell (1949). After him are Dave Benton (1951) and Xander Bogaerts (1992).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Aruba

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

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