1963 - 1986
Neerja Bhanot (7 September 1963 – 5 September 1986) was an Indian flight purser. On 5 September 1986, she saved a large number of passengers onboard Pan Am Flight 73, which had been hijacked by four Palestinian terrorists from the Abu Nidal Organization after it made a stopover at Jinnah International Airport in Pakistan. Around 17 hours into the standoff, after she opened an emergency exit door and began helping passengers escape from the plane, Neerja was shot and killed by the hijackers, two days before her 23rd birthday. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neerja Bhanot has received more than 10,267,130 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Neerja Bhanot is the 426th most popular social activist (down from 407th in 2019), the 515th most popular biography from India (up from 545th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Indian Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Neerja Bhanot ranks 426 out of 538. Before her are Nadia Murad, İbrahim Kaypakkaya, Har Dayal, Lucy Stone, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo. After her are Ruby Bridges, Jack Sheppard, David Reimer, Joseph Wresinski, Bagha Jatin, and Gunnar Sønsteby.
1993 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 420
1949 - 1973
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 421
1884 - 1939
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 422
1818 - 1893
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 423
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 424
1917 - 1983
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 425
1963 - 1986
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 426
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 427
1702 - 1724
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 428
1965 - 2004
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 429
1917 - 1988
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 430
1879 - 1915
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 431
1918 - 2012
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 432
Among people born in 1963, Neerja Bhanot ranks 227. Before her are Bernd Storck, Brendan Coyle, Dylan Walsh, Edie Falco, Mark Hughes, and Alessandro Safina. After her are Yann Martel, Dario Marianelli, Lajos Détári, Jon Turteltaub, Florence Parly, and Michael McElhatton. Among people deceased in 1986, Neerja Bhanot ranks 177. Before her are Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Jaroslav Burgr, Ronald McNair, Thad Jones, Ludwig Biermann, and D. R. Kaprekar. After her are Lothar Bolz, Kunio Maekawa, Hyman G. Rickover, Floyd Gottfredson, Dominique Mbonyumutwa, and Vicente Trueba.
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 221
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 222
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 223
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 224
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 225
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 226
1963 - 1986
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 227
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 228
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 229
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 230
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 231
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 232
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 233
1902 - 1986
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 171
1906 - 1986
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 172
1950 - 1986
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 173
1923 - 1986
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 174
1907 - 1986
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 175
1905 - 1986
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 176
1963 - 1986
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 177
1903 - 1986
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 178
1905 - 1986
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 179
1900 - 1986
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 180
1905 - 1986
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 181
1921 - 1986
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 182
1905 - 1986
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 183
Among people born in India, Neerja Bhanot ranks 515 out of 1,493. Before her are P. T. Usha (1964), Fauja Singh (1911), Har Dayal (1884), Sivaji Ganesan (1928), D. R. Kaprekar (1905), and Jayakanthan (1934). After her are Mayawati (1956), Kedarnath Singh (1934), Jamini Roy (1887), Gangubai Hangal (1913), Dara Singh (1928), and Balamani Amma (1909).
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 509
1911 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 510
1884 - 1939
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 511
1928 - 2001
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 512
1905 - 1986
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 513
1934 - 2015
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 514
1963 - 1986
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 515
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 516
1934 - 2018
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 517
1887 - 1972
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 518
1913 - 2009
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 519
1928 - 2012
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 520
1909 - 2004
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 521
Among social activists born in India, Neerja Bhanot ranks 31. Before her are Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), Kamala Nehru (1899), Udham Singh (1899), Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940), Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), and Har Dayal (1884). After her are Charu Majumdar (1918), Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878), Medha Patkar (1954), Ela Bhatt (1933), Manilal Gandhi (1892), and Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947).
1909 - 1996
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 25
1899 - 1936
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 26
1899 - 1940
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 27
1940 - 2020
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 28
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 29
1884 - 1939
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 30
1963 - 1986
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 31
1918 - 1972
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 32
1878 - 1931
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 33
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 34
1933 - 2022
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 35
1892 - 1956
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 36
1947 - 1984
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 37