SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Sam Childers

1963 - Today

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Sam Childers (born 1963), also known as the Machine Gun Preacher, is an American motorcyclist, author, and humanitarian. A member of the Highwaymen Motorcycle Club, Childers became well known after Dateline NBC broadcast a profile of him by Keith Morrison and Tim Sandler that documented his interactions with Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army in 2005. Childers subsequently dedicated his life and resources to rescuing children in the war zone of South Sudan. Childers and his wife Lynn founded and operate Angels of East Africa, the Children's Village Orphanage in Nimule, South Sudan, where they currently have around 185 children in their care. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Childers has received more than 1,826,816 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Childers is the 568th most popular social activist (down from 386th in 2019), the 9,106th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,289th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Social Activist.

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  • 1.8M

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  • 52.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Sam Childers ranks 568 out of 840. Before him are Mina Ahadi, Ralph Abernathy, Emily Hobhouse, Dolores Huerta, Satish Kumar, and Wu'erkaixi. After him are Peter Nguyen Van Hung, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Annie Kenney, Aslı Erdoğan, Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, and Flora Drummond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Sam Childers ranks 392. Before him are Mikhail Yefremov, Toru Kamikawa, Chris Mullin, Scott Ian, Yelena Baturina, and Brendan Coyle. After him are Sylvain Chomet, József Kiprich, Vital Borkelmans, Larry the Cable Guy, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, and Ronny Rosenthal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Childers ranks 9,106 out of 20,380. Before him are Faye Grant (1957), Albert Salmi (1928), Bess Meredyth (1890), Evelyn Brent (1895), Cliff DeYoung (1945), and Summer Glau (1981). After him are Doc Watson (1923), Scott Brady (1924), Scott Derrickson (1966), Mark Sandrich (1900), Paul Manafort (1949), and William Z. Foster (1881).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Sam Childers ranks 82. Before him are Karen Silkwood (1946), Roger Stone (1952), Bill Haywood (1869), Mamie Till (1921), Ralph Abernathy (1926), and Dolores Huerta (1930). After him are Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890), Albert Parsons (1848), James Meredith (1933), Sylvia Rivera (1951), Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (1861), and Alva Belmont (1853).

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