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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Sam Berns

1996 - 2014

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Sampson Gordon Berns (October 23, 1996 – January 10, 2014) was an American activist with progeria, an extremely rare and fatal disease that causes the body to age rapidly. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Berns has received more than 1,952,007 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Sam Berns is the 624th most popular social activist (down from 95th in 2019), the 15,671st most popular biography from United States (down from 13,658th in 2019) and the 108th most popular American Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Sam Berns ranks 624 out of 538Before him are Ni Yulan, Sonita Alizadeh, Luisa Neubauer, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Fartuun Adan, and Alicia Garza. After him are Lizzie Velásquez, Yelena Grigoryeva, Manasi Pradhan, Xu Mengtao, Ihor Kostenko, and Amanda Gorman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Sam Berns ranks 272Before him are Toma Bašić, Almamy Touré, Alberth Elis, Maxim Baldry, Philipp Lienhart, and Tino Kadewere. After him are Beatriz Haddad Maia, Bartosz Kapustka, Soufiane El Bakkali, Răzvan Marin, Levin Öztunalı, and Yuma Suzuki. Among people deceased in 2014, Sam Berns ranks 513Before him are Christine Cavanaugh, Steven Sotloff, Peaches Geldof, Jan Hooks, Yago Lamela, and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi. After him are Ihor Kostenko, Man Haron Monis, Kristof Goddaert, Elena Baltacha, Misty Upham, and Simone Battle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Berns ranks 15,671 out of 18,182Before him are Tom Cotton (1977), Ally Brooke (1993), Troy Kotsur (1968), Mika Boorem (1987), Julie Warner (1965), and Sierra McCormick (1997). After him are Christian Taylor (1990), Stephen Carpenter (1970), Mickey Madden (1979), Lowell Bailey (1981), Peter Vermes (1966), and Raini Rodriguez (1993).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Sam Berns ranks 108Before him are Bill Ayers (1944), Andrea James (1967), Crystal Eastman (1881), Ronan Farrow (1987), Jake Angeli (1988), and Alicia Garza (1981). After him are Lizzie Velásquez (1989), Amanda Gorman (1998), Kayla Mueller (1988), Cindy Sheehan (1957), Elizabeth Smart (1987), and Linda Sarsour (1980).