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Mumia Abu-Jamal

1954 - Today

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Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; April 24, 1954) is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. While on death row, he wrote and commented on the criminal justice system in the United States. After numerous appeals, his death sentence was overturned by a federal court. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mumia Abu-Jamal has received more than 2,666,630 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Mumia Abu-Jamal is the 483rd most popular social activist (down from 424th in 2019), the 6,686th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,156th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Social Activist.

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  • 2.7M

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  • 55.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Mumia Abu-Jamal ranks 483 out of 840. Before him are Hereward the Wake, Phyllis Schlafly, Danuta Wałęsa, Har Dayal, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, and David Sassoon. After him are Teuku Umar, Ibrahim Zakzaky, Theodor Loos, Nelly Diener, Marianne Hainisch, and Lucy Salani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Mumia Abu-Jamal ranks 325. Before him are Michel Camilo, Erwin Wurm, Bachendri Pal, Gary L. Francione, Bill Joy, and Patsy Reddy. After him are Malcolm Turnbull, Jaak Uudmäe, Ruslan Aushev, Jens Galschiøt, Phil Zimmermann, and Balázs Taróczy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mumia Abu-Jamal ranks 6,686 out of 20,380. Before him are Wendie Malick (1950), Emmett Toppino (1909), Bill Joy (1954), Melissa Rauch (1980), Roy Eldridge (1911), and Joe R. Lansdale (1951). After him are Theresa Russell (1957), James Worthy (1961), Leigh Harline (1907), Nicole Aniston (1987), James L. Peters (1889), and Robert Guillaume (1927).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Mumia Abu-Jamal ranks 65. Before him are Grace Sherwood (1660), Lee Radziwill (1933), William Lloyd Garrison (1805), Lucy Stone (1818), Medgar Evers (1925), and Phyllis Schlafly (1924). After him are Fred Hampton (1948), Pretty Boy Floyd (1904), Dorothea Dix (1802), William Luther Pierce (1933), Jerry Rubin (1938), and Lucy Parsons (1853).

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