SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Ruhollah Zam

1978 - 2020

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Ruhollah Zam (Persian: روح‌الله زم, also Romanized as "Rouhollah Zam"; 27 July 1978 – 12 December 2020) was an Iranian activist and journalist. Best known for operating a Telegram channel named 'Amadnews', which he founded in 2015, Zam played a high-profile role in the 2017–2018 Iranian protests, to which he devoted special coverage at the time. In June 2020, an Iran court found him guilty of "corruption on earth" for running a popular anti-government forum, which officials said had incited the 2017–2018 Iranian protests. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruhollah Zam has received more than 224,089 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruhollah Zam is the 714th most popular social activist (down from 592nd in 2019), the 492nd most popular biography from Iran (down from 437th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Iranian Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Ruhollah Zam ranks 714 out of 840. Before him are Enric Duran, Loujain al-Hathloul, Bill Ayers, Judith Heumann, Guo Jianmei, and Matthew Shepard. After him are Stella Obasanjo, Asmaa Mahfouz, Ronan Farrow, Nils Muižnieks, Crystal Eastman, and Valery Levaneuski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Ruhollah Zam ranks 505. Before him are Fernando Rapallini, Walter Baseggio, Tinkara Kovač, Chen Dong, Glennis Grace, and Kimberly Goss. After him are Jermaine O'Neal, Javier Farinós, Pampita, Nick Kroll, Ola Gjeilo, and Linsey Dawn McKenzie. Among people deceased in 2020, Ruhollah Zam ranks 827. Before him are Sushant Singh Rajput, Kelly Asbury, Tony Rice, Anele Ngcongca, Howard Finkel, and Zoltan Sabo. After him are Ann E. Todd, Sergey Belyayev, Attila Horváth, Dick Thornburgh, Angelika Amon, and Wallace Roney.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ruhollah Zam ranks 492 out of 631. Before him are Alireza Beiranvand (1992), Rahman Rezaei (1975), Abdolmalek Rigi (1979), Andranik Teymourian (1983), Roya Hakakian (1966), and Helly Luv (1988). After him are Hassan Yazdani (1994), Shahin Najafi (1980), Reza Ghoochannejhad (1987), Amineh Kakabaveh (1970), Mohammed Bijeh (1982), and Mehrdad Minavand (1975).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iran

Among social activists born in Iran, Ruhollah Zam ranks 14. Before him are Mahmoud Taleghani (1911), Mina Ahadi (1956), Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967), Maryam Namazie (1966), Reyhaneh Jabbari (1988), and Zahra Eshraghi (1964). After him are Execution of Navid Afkari (1993), Behrouz Boochani (1983), and Death of Sahar Khodayari (1990).

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