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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 2,253,610 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Samantha Smith is the 382nd most popular social activist (down from 321st in 2019), the 5,211th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,683rd in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Social Activist.

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  • 49.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

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  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Samantha Smith ranks 382 out of 538Before her are Udham Singh, Mahmoud Taleghani, Catharine MacKinnon, Naziha al-Dulaimi, Viola Desmond, and Marie Popelin. After her are Gotō Shōjirō, Anita Augspurg, Gulnara Karimova, Sam Childers, Giuseppe Pinelli, and Nikolay Bauman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Samantha Smith ranks 98Before her are Meng Wanzhou, Bae Yong-joon, Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice, Amanda Peet, Eli Roth, and Grégory Coupet. After her are Sami Al-Jaber, Yoo Jae-suk, Steve McManaman, Gulnara Karimova, RedOne, and Audrey Azoulay. Among people deceased in 1985, Samantha Smith ranks 133Before her are Viorica Ursuleac, Penn Nouth, Henry Hansen, Laura Ashley, Gerhard Stöck, and George Murdock. After her are Francesca Bertini, Taylor Caldwell, Aksel Airo, Arkady Fiedler, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, and Bruno de Finetti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samantha Smith ranks 5,211 out of 18,182Before her are Gordon Douglas (1907), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), William Merritt Chase (1849), Anthony McAuliffe (1898), Adriana Caselotti (1916), and Seka (1954). After her are Melina Kanakaredes (1967), Paul Adelstein (1969), Roscoe Tanner (1951), Tammy Wynette (1942), Nathan Lane (1956), and Ted Neeley (1943).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Samantha Smith ranks 50Before her are Jerry Rubin (1938), Claudette Colvin (1939), Mathew Brady (1822), Louise Bryant (1885), Lester R. Brown (1934), and Catharine MacKinnon (1946). After her are Sam Childers (1963), Phyllis Schlafly (1924), Fred Hampton (1948), Anna Louise Strong (1885), Afeni Shakur (1947), and William Lloyd Garrison (1805).