SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Pattimura

1783 - 1817

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Thomas Matulessy (8 June 1783 – 16 December 1817), also known as Kapitan Pattimura or simply Pattimura, was a famous Ambonese soldier who became a symbol of both the Maluku and Indonesian struggle for independence, praised by President Sukarno and declared a national hero by President Suharto. He has several namesakes in both the Netherlands and in the Indonesian archipelago. Born on the island of Ceram, Pattimura joined the British Colonial Auxiliary Forces after they took the Maluku islands from the French. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pattimura has received more than 302,822 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pattimura is the 366th most popular social activist, the 41st most popular biography from Indonesia and the 3rd most popular Indonesian Social Activist.

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  • 300k

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  • 51.97

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Pattimura ranks 366 out of 840Before him are Zinaida Portnova, Black Elk, Hector Hodler, Karl Ludwig Sand, Vasily Ignatenko, and Petro Grigorenko. After him are Clara Barton, Hannie Schaft, Udham Singh, Frank País, Ram Manohar Lohia, and Lucretia Mott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, Pattimura ranks 30Before him are Julius Klaproth, Nadezhda Durova, Cheung Po Tsai, Charles-Louis Havas, Charles Julien Brianchon, and Guglielmo Pepe. After him are Erik Gustaf Geijer, John Crawfurd, Joaquina Vedruna de Mas, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Vicente Rocafuerte, and José de la Riva Agüero. Among people deceased in 1817, Pattimura ranks 33Before him are Policarpa Salavarrieta, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, Jean-Sifrein Maury, Joseph von Sonnenfels, and Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz. After him are William Gregor, Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Martín Javier Mina y Larrea, Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, Anna Maria Lenngren, and Pál Kitaibel.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Pattimura ranks 41 out of 158Before him are Sutan Sjahrir (1909), Abdul Haris Nasution (1918), Fatmawati (1923), Julius Darmaatmadja (1934), Sultan Agung of Mataram (1593), and Hamengkubuwono X (1946). After him are Anneke Grönloh (1942), Sudirman (1916), Agus Salim (1884), I Gusti Ngurah Rai (1917), Amir Sjarifuddin (1907), and Xenia Stad-de Jong (1922).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Indonesia

Among social activists born in Indonesia, Pattimura ranks 3Before him are Kartini (1879), and Cut Nyak Dhien (1850). After him are Dewi Sartika (1884), Teuku Umar (1854), Siti Musdah Mulia (1958), and Aleta Baun (1966).