SOCIAL ACTIVIST
Simon Wiesenthal
1908 - 2005
Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthal (31 December 1908 – 20 September 2005) was a Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer. He studied architecture, and was living in Lwów at the outbreak of World War II. He survived the Janowska concentration camp (late 1941 to September 1944), the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp (September to October 1944), the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, a death march to Chemnitz, Buchenwald, and the Mauthausen concentration camp (February to May 1945). After the war, Wiesenthal dedicated his life to tracking down and gathering information on fugitive Nazi war criminals, so that they could be brought to trial. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Wiesenthal has received more than 3,739,084 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Simon Wiesenthal is the 40th most popular social activist (down from 33rd in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 34th in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Social Activist.
Simon Wiesenthal was a Holocaust survivor who spent the rest of his life tracking down Nazi war criminals.
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3.7M
Page Views (PV)
69.00
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
55
Languages Editions (L)
7.52
Effective Languages (L*)
3.75
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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS
Among social activists, Simon Wiesenthal ranks 40 out of 840. Before him are Emiliano Zapata, Lady Godiva, Ferdinand Lassalle, Jan Palach, Sophie Scholl, and Shirin Ebadi. After him are Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Niemöller, Angela Davis, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, and Pheidippides.
Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsEmiliano Zapata
1879 - 1919
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 34
Lady Godiva
990 - 1067
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 35
Ferdinand Lassalle
1825 - 1864
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 36
Jan Palach
1948 - 1969
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 37
Sophie Scholl
1921 - 1943
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 38
Shirin Ebadi
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 39
Simon Wiesenthal
1908 - 2005
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 40
Emmeline Pankhurst
1858 - 1928
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 41
Martin Niemöller
1892 - 1984
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 42
Angela Davis
1944 - Present
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 43
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī
1837 - 1897
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 44
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta
1833 - 1918
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 45
Pheidippides
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 46
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1908, Simon Wiesenthal ranks 18. Before him are Otto Skorzeny, Lev Landau, Olivier Messiaen, John Bardeen, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Geli Raubal. After him are Ian Fleming, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Mika Waltari, Anna Magnani, David Oistrakh, and Nelson Rockefeller. Among people deceased in 2005, Simon Wiesenthal ranks 13. Before him are Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Claude Simon, Rinus Michels, Peter Drucker, Hans Bethe, and Paul Ricœur. After him are Rafic Hariri, Omar Sívori, Ezer Weizman, Kenzō Tange, Zhao Ziyang, and Zdzisław Beksiński.
Others Born in 1908
Go to all RankingsOtto Skorzeny
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1908 - 1975
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 12
Lev Landau
PHYSICIST
1908 - 1968
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 13
Olivier Messiaen
COMPOSER
1908 - 1992
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 14
John Bardeen
PHYSICIST
1908 - 1991
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 15
Henri Cartier-Bresson
PHOTOGRAPHER
1908 - 2004
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 16
Geli Raubal
CELEBRITY
1908 - 1931
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 17
Simon Wiesenthal
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1908 - 2005
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 18
Ian Fleming
WRITER
1908 - 1964
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 19
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
PHILOSOPHER
1908 - 1961
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 20
Mika Waltari
WRITER
1908 - 1979
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 21
Anna Magnani
ACTOR
1908 - 1973
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 22
David Oistrakh
MUSICIAN
1908 - 1974
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 23
Nelson Rockefeller
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1979
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 24
Others Deceased in 2005
Go to all RankingsFahd of Saudi Arabia
POLITICIAN
1921 - 2005
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 7
Claude Simon
WRITER
1913 - 2005
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 8
Rinus Michels
COACH
1928 - 2005
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 9
Peter Drucker
WRITER
1909 - 2005
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 10
Hans Bethe
PHYSICIST
1906 - 2005
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 11
Paul Ricœur
PHILOSOPHER
1913 - 2005
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 12
Simon Wiesenthal
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1908 - 2005
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 13
Rafic Hariri
POLITICIAN
1944 - 2005
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 14
Omar Sívori
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2005
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 15
Ezer Weizman
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2005
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 16
Kenzō Tange
ARCHITECT
1913 - 2005
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 17
Zhao Ziyang
POLITICIAN
1919 - 2005
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 18
Zdzisław Beksiński
PAINTER
1929 - 2005
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 19
In Ukraine
Among people born in Ukraine, Simon Wiesenthal ranks 46 out of 1,365. Before him are Andrei Chikatilo (1936), Igor Sikorsky (1889), Levi Eshkol (1895), Yulia Tymoshenko (1960), Nestor Makhno (1888), and Vladimir Horowitz (1903). After him are George Gamow (1904), Anne of Kiev (1025), Symon Petliura (1879), Joseph Roth (1894), Sholem Aleichem (1859), and Andrei Zhdanov (1896).
Others born in Ukraine
Go to all RankingsAndrei Chikatilo
EXTREMIST
1936 - 1994
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 40
Igor Sikorsky
INVENTOR
1889 - 1972
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 41
Levi Eshkol
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1969
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 42
Yulia Tymoshenko
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 43
Nestor Makhno
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1934
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 44
Vladimir Horowitz
MUSICIAN
1903 - 1989
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 45
Simon Wiesenthal
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1908 - 2005
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 46
George Gamow
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1968
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 47
Anne of Kiev
COMPANION
1025 - 1075
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 48
Symon Petliura
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1926
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 49
Joseph Roth
WRITER
1894 - 1939
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 50
Sholem Aleichem
WRITER
1859 - 1916
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 51
Andrei Zhdanov
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1948
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 52
Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Ukraine
Among social activists born in Ukraine, Simon Wiesenthal ranks 1. After him are Fanny Kaplan (1890), Georgy Gapon (1870), Alexander Pechersky (1909), Haim Arlosoroff (1899), David Riazanov (1870), Sergei Kovalev (1930), Petro Grigorenko (1907), Maria Nikiforova (1885), Borys Romanchenko (1926), Olga Lepeshinskaya (1916), and Leo Deutsch (1855).
Simon Wiesenthal
1908 - 2005
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 1
Fanny Kaplan
1890 - 1918
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 2
Georgy Gapon
1870 - 1906
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 3
Alexander Pechersky
1909 - 1990
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 4
Haim Arlosoroff
1899 - 1933
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 5
David Riazanov
1870 - 1938
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 6
Sergei Kovalev
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 7
Petro Grigorenko
1907 - 1987
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 8
Maria Nikiforova
1885 - 1919
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 9
Borys Romanchenko
1926 - 2022
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 10
Olga Lepeshinskaya
1916 - 2008
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 11
Leo Deutsch
1855 - 1941
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 12