1847 - 1882
Sergey Gennadiyevich Nechayev (Russian: Серге́й Генна́диевич Неча́ев) (2 October [O.S. 20 September] 1847 – 3 December [O.S. 21 November] 1882) was a Russian anarchist, part of the Russian nihilist movement, known for his single-minded pursuit of revolution by any means necessary, including revolutionary terror.Nechayev fled Russia in 1869 after having been involved in the murder of a student who doubted the existence of his underground organization. Complicated relationships with fellow revolutionaries caused him to be expelled from the International Workingmen's Association. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergey Nechayev has received more than 288,618 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Sergey Nechayev is the 128th most popular social activist (down from 122nd in 2019), the 389th most popular biography from Russia (down from 371st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Russian Social Activist.
Sergey Nechayev was a Russian revolutionary who wrote the Catechism of a Revolutionary. He believed that to be a true revolutionary, one had to be willing to commit any act, even murder, for the sake of the revolution.
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Among social activists, Sergey Nechayev ranks 128 out of 538. Before him are Alfred Naujocks, Alexander Parvus, Meng Huo, Gerda Christian, John Brown, and Mangal Pandey. After him are Leila Khaled, Frederick Douglass, Death of Marilyn Monroe, Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, Klaus Störtebeker, and Mairead Maguire.
1911 - 1966
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 122
1867 - 1924
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 123
101 - 300
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 124
1913 - 1997
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 125
1800 - 1859
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 126
1827 - 1857
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 127
1847 - 1882
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 128
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 129
1818 - 1895
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 130
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 131
1208 - 1265
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 132
1360 - 1401
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 133
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 134
Among people born in 1847, Sergey Nechayev ranks 21. Before him are Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Jean Casimir-Perier, Maria Pia of Savoy, Max Liebermann, Catherine Dolgorukov, and Radomir Putnik. After him are Paul Langerhans, Bolesław Prus, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Nikolay Zhukovsky, John Bates Clark, and Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma. Among people deceased in 1882, Sergey Nechayev ranks 16. Before him are Louis Blanc, Francesco Hayez, William Stanley Jevons, Léon Gambetta, Joseph Liouville, and Vasily Perov. After him are Mary Todd Lincoln, Ewelina Hańska, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Henri Giffard, and Ignacy Łukasiewicz.
1847 - 1923
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 15
1847 - 1907
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 16
1847 - 1911
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 17
1847 - 1935
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 18
1847 - 1922
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 19
1847 - 1917
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 20
1847 - 1882
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 21
1847 - 1888
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 22
1847 - 1912
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 23
1847 - 1876
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 24
1847 - 1921
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 25
1847 - 1938
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 26
1847 - 1893
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 27
1811 - 1882
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 10
1791 - 1882
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 11
1835 - 1882
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 12
1838 - 1882
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 13
1809 - 1882
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 14
1834 - 1882
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 15
1847 - 1882
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 16
1818 - 1882
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 17
1805 - 1882
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 18
1849 - 1882
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 19
1807 - 1882
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 20
1825 - 1882
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 21
1822 - 1882
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 22
Among people born in Russia, Sergey Nechayev ranks 389 out of 3,262. Before him are Anna Dostoevskaya (1846), Aleksandr Karelin (1967), Tamara Karsavina (1885), Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), Sergey Mikhalkov (1913), and Naina Yeltsina (1932). After him are Pavel Nakhimov (1802), Lev Kuleshov (1899), Vladimir Bekhterev (1857), Mengu-Timur (1235), Andrei Bely (1880), and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819).
1846 - 1918
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 383
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 384
1885 - 1978
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 385
1872 - 1971
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 386
1913 - 2009
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 387
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 388
1847 - 1882
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 389
1802 - 1855
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 390
1899 - 1970
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 391
1857 - 1927
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 392
1235 - 1282
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 393
1880 - 1934
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 394
1819 - 1876
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 395
Among social activists born in Russia, Sergey Nechayev ranks 8. Before him are Yemelyan Pugachev (1742), Stenka Razin (1630), Alexey Stakhanov (1906), Witold Pilecki (1901), Aleksandr Ulyanov (1866), and Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923). After him are Ilya Ulyanov (1831), Alexei Navalny (1976), Vladimir Bukovsky (1942), Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov (1890), Maria Spiridonova (1884), and Dmitry Muratov (1961).
1742 - 1775
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 2
1630 - 1671
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 3
1906 - 1977
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 4
1901 - 1948
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 5
1866 - 1887
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 6
1923 - 1941
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 7
1847 - 1882
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 8
1831 - 1886
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 10
1942 - 2019
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 11
1890 - 1946
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 12
1884 - 1941
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 13
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 14