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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Oswaldo Payá

1952 - 2012

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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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  • 19

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  • 2.63

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  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In Cuba

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).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Cuba

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).

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