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Peter Benenson

1921 - 2005

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Peter Benenson (born Peter James Henry Solomon; 31 July 1921 – 25 February 2005) was a British barrister, human rights activist and the founder of the human rights group Amnesty International (AI); a global movement of more than 10 million people, currently, and in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses on human rights and to secure the release of political prisoners. He refused all honours for most of his life, but in his 80s, largely to please his family, he accepted the Pride of Britain Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2001. In the 1980s, he became the Chairman of Association of Christians Against Torture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Benenson has received more than 318,965 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Peter Benenson is the 23rd most popular lawyer (down from 16th in 2019), the 985th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 813th in 2019) and the most popular British Lawyer.

Peter Benenson is most famous for creating the human rights organization Amnesty International.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Peter Benenson ranks 23 out of 136. Before him are Raphael Lemkin, Al-Tahawi, Carla Del Ponte, Al-Mawardi, John F. Kennedy Jr., and Irnerius. After him are Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Helmuth James von Moltke, Ewald Georg von Kleist, Warren Christopher, Al-Sarakhsi, and Baldus de Ubaldis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Peter Benenson ranks 81. Before him are Lydia Litvyak, Paul Schäfer, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Chris Marker, Yuri Nikulin, and Murray Bookchin. After him are Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Angelica Rozeanu, Ágnes Keleti, Leonardo Sciascia, Gene Roddenberry, and Moacir Barbosa Nascimento. Among people deceased in 2005, Peter Benenson ranks 55. Before him are Victoria de los Ángeles, William Westmoreland, Robert Wise, Akira Yoshizawa, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, and Robert Sheckley. After him are Hunter S. Thompson, Richard Smalley, Carlo Maria Giulini, Arman, Aenne Burda, and Barbara Bel Geddes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Benenson ranks 985 out of 8,785. Before him are William Huggins (1824), Brian Clough (1935), John Hawkins (1532), Neil Gaiman (1960), Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594), and Joan Robinson (1903). After him are John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389), Marty Feldman (1934), Roger Daltrey (1944), John Dunstaple (1390), Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517), and Mary Somerville (1780).

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Among LAWYERS In United Kingdom

Among lawyers born in United Kingdom, Peter Benenson ranks 1. After him are William Blackstone (1723), John Selden (1584), Henry de Bracton (1210), George Hadley (1685), A. V. Dicey (1835), Karim Ahmad Khan (1970), and Philippe Sands (1960).

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