SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Szeto Wah

1931 - 2011

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Szeto Wah (Chinese: 司徒華; 28 February 1931 – 2 January 2011) was a Hong Kong democracy activist and politician. He was the founding chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union and former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1985 to 1997 and from 1997 to 2004. Being one of the two icons of the Hong Kong democracy movement alongside Martin Lee, Szeto played an instrumental role in the emergence of the pro-democracy camp. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Szeto Wah has received more than 84,620 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Szeto Wah is the 540th most popular social activist (down from 449th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Hong Kong (down from 46th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Social Activist.

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  • 18

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  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Szeto Wah ranks 540 out of 840. Before him are Osman Kavala, Marie Stritt, Mykola Rudenko, Ernestine Rose, John Peters Humphrey, and Xiomara Acevedo. After him are Abraham Flexner, Aminatou Haidar, Karen Silkwood, Joseph Weydemeyer, Meena Keshwar Kamal, and Oswaldo Payá.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Szeto Wah ranks 450. Before him are Henry Källgren, Alena Vrzáňová, D. J. Fontana, Mirja Hietamies, Karan Singh, and Antonio Gamoneda. After him are Algis Budrys, Michael Fisher, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Anton Moravčík, Christopher George, and Chiharu Igaya. Among people deceased in 2011, Szeto Wah ranks 363. Before him are Ellen Winther, Giovanni Saldarini, Ernő Solymosi, Bronislovas Lubys, Alfons Van Brandt, and George Cadle Price. After him are Cesare Rubini, Gonzalo Rojas, Carlos Torres, Yrjö Hietanen, Barbara Kent, and Joe Simon.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Szeto Wah ranks 56 out of 115. Before him are Cecilia Cheung (1980), Cherie Chung (1960), Savio Hon (1950), Benny Chan (1961), Louis Koo (1970), and Wakin Chau (1960). After him are Kelly Chen (1972), René de Obaldia (1918), Ekin Cheng (1967), Tzi Ma (1962), Nicholas Tse (1980), and Clara Blandick (1876).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Hong Kong

Among social activists born in Hong Kong, Szeto Wah ranks 1. After him are Marguerite Higgins (1920), and Joshua Wong (1996).

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