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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saul Alinsky has received more than 3,337,175 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Saul Alinsky is the 3,795th most popular writer (up from 3,802nd in 2019), the 5,074th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,135th in 2019) and the 426th most popular American Writer.

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  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Saul Alinsky ranks 3,795 out of 5,755. Before him are Hervé Le Tellier, James Thurber, Masuji Ibuse, Mihailo Lalić, Dominique Fernandez, and Kočo Racin. After him are Maxwell Anderson, Torgny Lindgren, Aleksandar Tišma, Bret Harte, Cecco Angiolieri, and Kim Stanley Robinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Saul Alinsky ranks 192. Before him are Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Pietro Arcari, Nikola Vaptsarov, Spyros Markezinis, Arnold Badjou, and Fritz Buchloh. After him are Shura Cherkassky, Arthur Machado, Irakli Abashidze, Phoumi Vongvichit, Martin Lings, and Vagn Holmboe. Among people deceased in 1972, Saul Alinsky ranks 143. Before him are Günter Eich, Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Gottfried Fuchs, Hermann Boehm, Oleksandr Korniychuk, and Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. After him are Meena Kumari, Stanislaus Kobierski, Louis J. Mordell, Edward Cook, Bernabé Ferreyra, and Moe Berg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Saul Alinsky ranks 5,074 out of 18,182. Before him are Eric S. Raymond (1957), William Smith (1933), Patti Scialfa (1953), Nate Dogg (1969), James Thurber (1894), and Jim Walton (1948). After him are Bob Gale (1951), Maxwell Anderson (1888), Richard M. Karp (1935), Ethel Merman (1908), Burt Ward (1945), and Brian Thompson (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Saul Alinsky ranks 426. Before him are Sandra Brown (1948), David Brin (1950), Ron Kovic (1946), C. J. Cherryh (1942), V. C. Andrews (1923), and James Thurber (1894). After him are Maxwell Anderson (1888), Bret Harte (1836), Kim Stanley Robinson (1952), James Redfield (1950), Aaron Sorkin (1961), and Peter Straub (1943).

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