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Saul Alinsky

1909 - 1972

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Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) was an American community activist and political theorist. His work through the Chicago-based Industrial Areas Foundation helping poor communities organize to press demands upon landlords, politicians, bankers and business leaders won him national recognition and notoriety. Responding to the impatience of a New Left generation of activists in the 1960s, Alinsky – in his widely cited Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer (1971) – defended the arts both of confrontation and of compromise involved in community organizing as keys to the struggle for social justice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saul Alinsky has received more than 3,485,073 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Saul Alinsky is the 4,718th most popular writer (down from 3,782nd in 2019), the 6,403rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,062nd in 2019) and the 514th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Saul Alinsky ranks 4,718 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Seeberg, Shel Silverstein, Mamoni Raisom Goswami, James Thomson, Edward William Lane, and Fredrik Backman. After him are Robert B. Parker, Sanchuniathon, Cordwainer Smith, Michael Frayn, Edith Sitwell, and Dmitry Glukhovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Saul Alinsky ranks 277. Before him are Eudora Welty, Jaime Lazcano, Mohammad Ali Bogra, Reinhold Münzenberg, Vagn Holmboe, and Carlo Agostoni. After him are Massimo Pallottino, Zellig Harris, Margaret Mee, Juan Carreño, Xie Fuzhi, and Leo Sexton. Among people deceased in 1972, Saul Alinsky ranks 174. Before him are Alexander Bek, Reginald Owen, John Hutchinson, Charu Majumdar, Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer, and Carlo Agostoni. After him are Xie Fuzhi, Harold Rainsford Stark, Isak Abrahamsen, Adriaan Fokker, Edmund Wilson, and Julian Steward.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Saul Alinsky ranks 6,403 out of 20,380. Before him are Annette Haven (1954), Eriq La Salle (1962), George Tenet (1953), Mädchen Amick (1970), Randal Kleiser (1946), and Charlie Dominici (1951). After him are Victor Buono (1938), Anne Shirley (1918), Isaiah Thomas (1989), Will Yun Lee (1971), Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917), and Robert B. Parker (1932).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Saul Alinsky ranks 514. Before him are Louis Bromfield (1896), Mary McCarthy (1912), Jonathan Carroll (1949), Bo Goldman (1932), Helene Hanff (1916), and Shel Silverstein (1930). After him are Robert B. Parker (1932), Cordwainer Smith (1913), Rod Serling (1924), Damon Knight (1922), Aaron Sorkin (1961), and Jacqueline Susann (1918).

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