1952 - 2004
Koose Munisamy Veerappan (18 January 1952 – 18 October 2004) was an Indian bandit who was active for 36 years, and who kidnapped major politicians for ransom. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Veerappan has received more than 3,558,240 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Veerappan is the 433rd most popular social activist (down from 377th in 2019), the 627th most popular biography from India (down from 524th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Indian Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Veerappan ranks 433 out of 544. Before him are Wang Dan, Harry Hay, Aaron Swartz, Aminatou Haidar, Oswaldo Payá, and Bayard Rustin. After him are Dorothy Height, Mildred Gillars, Mohamed Bouazizi, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Robert Emmet, and Dorothea Dix.
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 427
1912 - 2002
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 428
1986 - 2013
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 429
1966 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 430
1952 - 2012
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 431
1912 - 1987
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 432
1952 - 2004
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 433
1912 - 2010
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 434
1900 - 1988
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 435
1984 - 2011
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 436
1890 - 1964
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 437
1778 - 1803
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 438
1802 - 1887
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 439
Among people born in 1952, Veerappan ranks 433. Before him are Monika Zehrt, Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes, Rosa Díez, Vaughan Jones, Henrique Mecking, and Clarke Peters. After him are Philippe Kahn, Peter Zoller, John Broughton, Barbara Hendricks, Darya Dontsova, and Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev. Among people deceased in 2004, Veerappan ranks 233. Before him are Volodymyr Kaplychnyi, Robert Pastorelli, Marvin Heemeyer, Frances Dee, Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, and Robert Bacher. After him are Jacek Kaczmarski, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Arnold Orville Beckman, James Aloysius Hickey, Ugo Ferrante, and Iris Chang.
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 427
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 428
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 429
1952 - 2020
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 430
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 431
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 432
1952 - 2004
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 433
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 434
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 435
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 436
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 437
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 438
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 439
1944 - 2004
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 227
1954 - 2004
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 228
1951 - 2004
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 229
1909 - 2004
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 230
1937 - 2004
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 231
1905 - 2004
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 232
1952 - 2004
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 233
1957 - 2004
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 234
1968 - 2004
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 235
1900 - 2004
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 236
1920 - 2004
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 237
1945 - 2004
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 238
1968 - 2004
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 239
Among people born in India, Veerappan ranks 627 out of 1,227. Before him are John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910), Charles Sturt (1795), Anna Chandy (1905), Javed Akhtar (1945), Gopinath Bordoloi (1890), and Asha Parekh (1942). After him are Rukhmabai (1864), Rakesh Roshan (1949), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), Aruna Irani (1946), Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896), and Mehdi Hassan (1927).
1910 - 1998
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 621
1795 - 1869
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 622
1905 - 1996
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 623
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 624
1890 - 1950
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 625
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 626
1952 - 2004
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 627
1864 - 1955
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 628
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 629
1775 - 1835
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 630
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 631
1896 - 1982
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 632
1927 - 2012
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 633
Among social activists born in India, Veerappan ranks 29. Before him are Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), Charu Majumdar (1918), Kamala Nehru (1899), Neerja Bhanot (1963), Ela Bhatt (1933), and Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947). After him are Nirmala Deshpande (1929), Shivakumara Swami (1907), Medha Patkar (1954), Jadav Payeng (1963), Gauri Lankesh (1962), and Irom Chanu Sharmila (1972).
1909 - 1996
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 23
1918 - 1972
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 24
1899 - 1936
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 25
1963 - 1986
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 26
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 27
1947 - 1984
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 28
1952 - 2004
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 29
1929 - 2008
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 30
1907 - 2019
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 31
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 32
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 33
1962 - 2017
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 34
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 35