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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Sylvia Rivera

1951 - 2002

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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 1,471,469 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Sylvia Rivera is the 502nd most popular social activist (down from 390th in 2019), the 9,180th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,567th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Social Activist.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Sylvia Rivera ranks 502 out of 538Before her are Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Marguerite Higgins, Aminatou Haidar, Wu'erkaixi, Martin Luther King III, and Dimitrana Ivanova. After her are Nirmala Deshpande, Mina Ahadi, Lillian Wald, Aaron Swartz, Indira Bajramović, and Dorothea Dix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Sylvia Rivera ranks 454Before her are Vladimir Romashkin, Ellen Nikolaysen, Roy A. Tucker, Marietta Giannakou, Peabo Bryson, and Ildikó Schwarczenberger. After her are Vytenis Andriukaitis, Ian Buruma, Jürgen Hennig, Brad Delp, Steve Walsh, and Scott Gorham. Among people deceased in 2002, Sylvia Rivera ranks 283Before her are Jerome Biffle, Gregorio Fuentes, Mikhail Krug, Katrin Cartlidge, Vladimir Romashkin, and Jack Shea. After her are Sam Snead, Kaifi Azmi, Francisco Cabañas, Desmond Hoyte, Davey Boy Smith, and Geoffrey Crossley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sylvia Rivera ranks 9,180 out of 18,182Before her are Dale Crover (1967), Charles B. Cory (1857), Justin Francis Rigali (1935), Nestor Serrano (1955), Deborah Ann Woll (1985), and Alana de la Garza (1976). After her are Merna Kennedy (1908), Britt Robertson (1990), John Ortiz (1968), Stanley Jordan (1959), Alison Brie (1982), and Brittany Andrews (1973).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Sylvia Rivera ranks 77Before her are James Meredith (1933), Betty Ong (1956), Karen Silkwood (1946), Ella Baker (1903), Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890), and Martin Luther King III (1957). After her are Lillian Wald (1867), Aaron Swartz (1986), Dorothea Dix (1802), Dolores Huerta (1930), Frances Willard (1839), and Yolanda King (1955).