SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Samantha Smith

1972 - 1985

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Samantha Reed Smith (June 29, 1972 – August 25, 1985) was an American peace activist and child actress from Manchester, Maine, who became famous for her anti-war outreaches during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. In 1982, Smith wrote a letter to the newly appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, and received a personal reply with an invitation to visit the Soviet Union, which she accepted. Smith attracted extensive media attention in both countries as a "Goodwill Ambassador", becoming known as America's Youngest Ambassador and subsequently participating in peacemaking activities in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samantha Smith has received more than 2,423,187 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Samantha Smith is the 418th most popular social activist (down from 382nd in 2019), the 5,159th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,199th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Samantha Smith ranks 418 out of 840. Before her are Mary Harris Jones, Mahmoud Taleghani, Shireen Abu Akleh, Mary Edwards Walker, Abdul Sattar Edhi, and Mary Dyer. After her are Giuseppe Pinelli, Josephine Butler, Eugene V. Debs, Iosif Grigulevich, Saalumarada Thimmakka, and Afeni Shakur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Samantha Smith ranks 107. Before her are Mia Hamm, Gabriel Macht, Ari Behn, Rebecca Romijn, Selma Blair, and Trine Dyrholm. After her are Bang Si-hyuk, Özcan Deniz, Sandra Kim, Eric Dane, Jennie Garth, and Beth Hart. Among people deceased in 1985, Samantha Smith ranks 143. Before her are Michel Audiard, Laura Ashley, Gale Sondergaard, Mary Kenneth Keller, Josef Čtyřoký, and Dawn Addams. After her are Israel Regardie, Jan de Quay, Aksel Airo, E. B. White, Haruo Remeliik, and Yusuf Lule.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samantha Smith ranks 5,159 out of 20,380. Before her are Tyler, the Creator (1991), Emily Deschanel (1976), Patricia McPherson (1954), Mary Edwards Walker (1832), Buddy Bolden (1877), and George Kojac (1910). After her are James Pickens Jr. (1954), Susanna Kaysen (1948), Felicia Farr (1932), Pauline Kael (1919), Nas (1973), and Robert Webber (1924).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Samantha Smith ranks 51. Before her are Huey P. Newton (1942), Bayard Rustin (1912), Catharine MacKinnon (1946), Mathew Brady (1822), Louise Bryant (1885), and Mary Edwards Walker (1832). After her are Eugene V. Debs (1855), Afeni Shakur (1947), Leonard Peltier (1944), Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826), Lester R. Brown (1934), and Anna Louise Strong (1885).

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