SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Policarpa Salavarrieta

1795 - 1817

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Policarpa Salavarrieta Ríos (c. 26 January 1795 – 14 November 1817), also known by her nickname of La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high treason. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Policarpa Salavarrieta has received more than 283,156 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Policarpa Salavarrieta is the 288th most popular social activist (down from 285th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 37th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Colombian Social Activist.

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  • 280k

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  • 54.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Policarpa Salavarrieta ranks 288 out of 840. Before her are Coretta Scott King, Christabel Pankhurst, Mentor of Rhodes, Jesse Jackson, Cho Man-sik, and David Frankfurter. After her are Millicent Fawcett, Feodosia Morozova, Bipin Chandra Pal, Maurice Bishop, Pavel Pestel, and François-Jean de la Barre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Policarpa Salavarrieta ranks 33. Before her are Peter Andreas Hansen, Antoine-Louis Barye, Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Ghazi Muhammad, Anton Schindler, and James Braid. After her are Karl Eichwald, Charles Barry, Kondraty Ryleyev, Carl Anton von Meyer, Karl Ludwig Sand, and Dingane kaSenzangakhona. Among people deceased in 1817, Policarpa Salavarrieta ranks 27. Before her are Andrea Appiani, Duke Louis of Württemberg, Giacomo Quarenghi, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, Jean-André Deluc, and Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. After her are Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, Jean-Sifrein Maury, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, and Pattimura.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Policarpa Salavarrieta ranks 38 out of 356. Before her are Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Álvaro Mutis (1923), Laura Montoya (1874), Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929), Samael Aun Weor (1917), and Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900). After her are Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929), Alfonso López Michelsen (1913), Omayra Sánchez (1972), Faustino Asprilla (1969), Iván Córdoba (1976), and Juan Pablo Montoya (1975).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Colombia

Among social activists born in Colombia, Policarpa Salavarrieta ranks 2. Before her are Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929). After her are Xiomara Acevedo (null).

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