SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Sylvia Rivera

1951 - 2002

Photo of Sylvia Rivera

Icon of person Sylvia Rivera

Sylvia Rivera (July 2, 1951 – February 19, 2002) was an American gay liberation and transgender rights activist who was also a noted community worker in New York. Rivera, who identified as a drag queen for most of her life and later as a transgender person, participated in demonstrations with the Gay Liberation Front. With close friend Marsha P. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sylvia Rivera has received more than 1,551,096 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Sylvia Rivera is the 582nd most popular social activist (down from 502nd in 2019), the 9,506th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,161st in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Sylvia Rivera ranks 582 out of 840. Before her are Lepa Mladjenovic, Wang Dan, Albert Parsons, Thomas Clarkson, James Meredith, and Luis Taruc. After her are Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, Selena Rocky Malone, Asma Jahangir, Alva Belmont, Berta Cáceres, and Hawa Abdi.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Sylvia Rivera ranks 496. Before her are Lyn McClements, Jóannes Eidesgaard, Dean Kamen, Vytenis Andriukaitis, Terry McDermott, and Ian Buruma. After her are Brian Grazer, Júlio César Leal, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Harry Groener, Patricia Richardson, and Dana Rosemary Scallon. Among people deceased in 2002, Sylvia Rivera ranks 296. Before her are R. A. Lafferty, Jonathan Harris, Johnny Unitas, Pauline Chan Bo-Lin, Martin Kamen, and Lev Kulidzhanov. After her are Ivano Blason, Walter Lord, Otis Blackwell, Stanley Wagner, Salman Raduyev, and Mitsuo Ikeda.

Others Born in 1951

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2002

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Sylvia Rivera ranks 9,506 out of 20,380. Before her are Jim Duggan (1954), Wilma Mankiller (1945), Dan Coats (1943), Mae Young (1923), Michael Hayden (1945), and Emile Hirsch (1985). After her are John Sebastian (1944), Virgil Abloh (1980), Alvin Sargent (1927), Maitland Ward (1977), Chris Stein (1950), and Julie Strain (1962).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Sylvia Rivera ranks 86. Before her are Ralph Abernathy (1926), Dolores Huerta (1930), Sam Childers (1963), Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890), Albert Parsons (1848), and James Meredith (1933). After her are Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (1861), Alva Belmont (1853), Katie Eder (1950), Andrea James (1967), Ryan White (1971), and Ella Baker (1903).

American born Social Activists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous