1952 - 2012
Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas (29 February 1952 – 22 July 2012) was a Cuban political activist. A Roman Catholic, he founded the Christian Liberation Movement in 1987 to oppose the one-party rule of the Cuban Communist Party. He attracted international attention for organizing a petition drive known as the Varela Project, in which 25,000 signatories petitioned the Cuban government to guarantee freedom of speech and freedom of assembly as well as to institute a multi-party democracy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oswaldo Payá has received more than 111,907 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Oswaldo Payá is the 493rd most popular social activist (down from 431st in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 116th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Cuban Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Oswaldo Payá ranks 493 out of 538. Before him are Ella Baker, Flora Brovina, Akira Amano, Shivakumara Swami, Karina Pankievich, and Joseph Weydemeyer. After him are Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, Wang Dan, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Marguerite Higgins, Aminatou Haidar, and Wu'erkaixi.
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
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 491
1818 - 1866
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 492
1952 - 2012
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 493
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 494
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 495
1890 - 1964
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 496
1920 - 1966
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 497
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 498
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 499
Among people born in 1952, Oswaldo Payá ranks 449. Before him are Andrzej Grabowski, Allen Collins, Mary Badham, Rosemarie Trockel, Roxanne Hart, and Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai. After him are Tovah Feldshuh, Johanna Klier, Andy Fraser, Thomas Munkelt, Louis Walsh, and Jim Ross. Among people deceased in 2012, Oswaldo Payá ranks 361. Before him are Elyse Knox, Robert Sabatier, Ian Burgess, Richard Dawson, Jose Tomas Sanchez, and Ivan Calin. After him are Robert B. Sherman, Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Earl Scruggs, Dick Clark, Vincenzo Consolo, and Tony Martin.
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 443
1952 - 1990
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 444
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 445
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 446
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.13
Rank: 447
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.11
Rank: 448
1952 - 2012
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 449
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 450
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 451
1952 - 2015
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 452
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 453
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 454
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 455
1917 - 2012
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 355
1923 - 2012
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 356
1930 - 2012
HPI: 43.13
Rank: 357
1932 - 2012
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 358
1920 - 2012
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 359
1935 - 2012
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 360
1952 - 2012
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 361
1925 - 2012
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 362
1923 - 2012
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 363
1924 - 2012
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 364
1929 - 2012
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 365
1933 - 2012
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 366
1913 - 2012
HPI: 42.80
Rank: 367
Among people born in Cuba, Oswaldo Payá ranks 126 out of 248. Before him are Zoé Valdés (1959), Miguel Mariano Gómez (1889), José Carlos Somoza (1959), Benny Paret (1937), Rico Rodriguez (1934), and Carlos Hevia (1900). After him are Héctor Socorro (1912), Ana Fidelia Quirot (1963), Armando Peraza (1924), Daína Chaviano (1957), Iván Pedroso (1972), and Guillermo Fariñas (1962).
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 120
1889 - 1950
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 121
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 122
1937 - 1962
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 123
1934 - 2015
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 124
1900 - 1964
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 125
1952 - 2012
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 126
1912 - 1980
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 127
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 128
1924 - 2014
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 129
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 130
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 131
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 132
Among social activists born in Cuba, Oswaldo Payá ranks 4. Before him are Camilo Cienfuegos (1932), Huber Matos (1918), and Frank País (1934). After him are Yoani Sánchez (1975).
1932 - 1959
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1
1918 - 2014
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 2
1934 - 1957
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3
1952 - 2012
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 4
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.01
Rank: 5