SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Paul Watson

1950 - Today

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Paul Franklin Watson (born December 2, 1950) is a Canadian-American environmental, conservation and animal rights activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine conservation activism. The tactics used by Sea Shepherd have attracted opposition, with the group accused of eco-terrorism by both the Japanese government and Greenpeace. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Watson has received more than 1,654,854 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Paul Watson is the 275th most popular social activist (down from 238th in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Canada (down from 129th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Paul Watson ranks 275 out of 840. Before him are Attica, Jean Ziegler, Carlo Cafiero, Harilal Gandhi, Russell Means, and Gabriela Silang. After him are Mahadev Govind Ranade, Melchora Aquino, Leymah Gbowee, Gustave Moynier, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, and Allan Octavian Hume.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Paul Watson ranks 145. Before him are Laura Esquivel, John Hughes, Kozo Arai, Richard Chase, Rajinikanth, and Eric Maskin. After him are Angry Grandpa, Rambhadracharya, Princess Elena of Romania, Jadranka Stojaković, Rebbie Jackson, and Mike Rutherford.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Paul Watson ranks 146 out of 1,622. Before him are James Craig Watson (1838), Peter Cullen (1941), Raymond Burr (1917), Jordan Peterson (1962), David Foster (1949), and William B. Davis (1938). After him are Shania Twain (1965), Gerald Bull (1928), Joshua Slocum (1844), Wilfrid Laurier (1841), Sid Meier (1954), and Donald Arnold (1935).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Canada

Among social activists born in Canada, Paul Watson ranks 1. After him are Viola Desmond (1914), David Reimer (1965), John Peters Humphrey (1905), Henrietta Edwards (1849), Emily Murphy (1868), Sheila Watt-Cloutier (1953), and Autumn Peltier (2004).

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