1984 - 2011
Tarek El-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi (Arabic: طارق الطيب محمد البوعزيزي, romanized: Ṭāriq aṭ-Ṭayib Muḥammad al-Būʿazīzī; 29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011) was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, an act which became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring against autocratic regimes. His self-immolation was in response to the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation inflicted on him by a municipal official and her aides. Simmering public anger and sporadic violence intensified following Bouazizi's death, leading the then-president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to step down on 14 January 2011, after 23 years in power. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohamed Bouazizi has received more than 1,403,015 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Mohamed Bouazizi is the 484th most popular social activist (down from 435th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 87th in 2019) and the most popular Tunisian Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Mohamed Bouazizi ranks 484 out of 538. Before him are Fazu Aliyeva, Entisar Elsaeed, Josefa Francisco, Betty Ong, Karen Silkwood, and Yun Hyon-seok. After him are Eoin O'Duffy, Berta Cáceres, Ella Baker, Flora Brovina, Akira Amano, and Shivakumara Swami.
1932 - 2016
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 478
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 479
1954 - 2015
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 480
1956 - 2001
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 481
1946 - 1974
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 482
1984 - 2003
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 483
1984 - 2011
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 484
1890 - 1944
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 485
1971 - 2016
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 486
1903 - 1986
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 487
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 488
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 489
1907 - 2019
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 490
Among people born in 1984, Mohamed Bouazizi ranks 105. Before him are Jefferson Farfán, Yoon Eun-hye, Vedad Ibišević, Carlos Kameni, Robin Söderling, and Yun Hyon-seok. After him are Jackson Rathbone, Mahamat Déby, Anastasiya Kuzmina, Duffy, Sasha Vujačić, and Elizabeth Holmes. Among people deceased in 2011, Mohamed Bouazizi ranks 353. Before him are G. D. Spradlin, Célestin Oliver, Joe Arroyo, Luigi Carpaneda, Barbara Kent, and Yozhef Betsa. After him are Ray Bryant, Ragnhild Hveger, Frank Buckles, Ed Macauley, David Bedford, and Paul Motian.
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 99
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 100
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 101
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 102
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 103
1984 - 2003
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 104
1984 - 2011
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 105
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 106
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 107
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 108
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 109
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 110
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 111
1920 - 2011
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 347
1930 - 2011
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 348
1955 - 2011
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 349
1925 - 2011
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 350
1907 - 2011
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 351
1929 - 2011
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 352
1984 - 2011
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 353
1931 - 2011
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 354
1920 - 2011
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 355
1901 - 2011
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 356
1928 - 2011
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 357
1937 - 2011
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 358
1931 - 2011
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 359
Among people born in Tunisia, Mohamed Bouazizi ranks 94 out of 179. Before him are Ali Laarayedh (1955), Alberto Pellegrino (1930), Nabil Maâloul (1962), Hatem Trabelsi (1977), Ziad Tlemçani (1963), and Hédi Annabi (1943). After him are Silvan Shalom (1958), Amina Annabi (1962), Latifa (1961), Elsa Cayat (1960), Chokri Belaid (1964), and Dhafer Youssef (1967).
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 88
1930 - 1996
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 89
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 90
1977 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 91
1963 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 92
1943 - 2010
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 93
1984 - 2011
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 94
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 95
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 96
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 97
1960 - 2015
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 98
1964 - 2013
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 99
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 100
Among social activists born in Tunisia, Mohamed Bouazizi ranks 1.