1910 - 1988
Viktors Arājs (13 January 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a Latvian/Baltic German collaborator and Nazi SS SD officer who took part in the Holocaust during the German occupation of Latvia and Belarus as the leader of the Arajs Kommando. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktors Arājs has received more than 174,765 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Viktors Arājs is the 268th most popular social activist (down from 240th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 55th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Viktors Arājs ranks 268 out of 538. Before him are Joe Hill, Jesse Jackson, Charles Boycott, Camilo Torres Restrepo, Clara Barton, and Nimr al-Nimr. After him are M. N. Roy, Baba Amte, Eunus, Leymah Gbowee, Joseph von Sonnenfels, and Ken Saro-Wiwa.
1879 - 1915
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 262
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 263
1832 - 1897
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 264
1929 - 1966
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 265
1821 - 1912
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 266
1959 - 2016
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 267
1910 - 1988
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 268
1887 - 1954
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 269
1914 - 2008
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 270
200 BC - 132 BC
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 271
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 272
1732 - 1817
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 273
1941 - 1995
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 274
Among people born in 1910, Viktors Arājs ranks 121. Before him are Alex North, Barbara O'Neil, Gerhard Schröder, Enrique Guaita, Howlin' Wolf, and Magda Olivero. After him are Roy J. Plunkett, Johan Ferrier, Pierre Bézier, Suleiman Frangieh, Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, and Claire Trevor. Among people deceased in 1988, Viktors Arājs ranks 83. Before him are Edgar Faure, Divine, Anne Ramsey, Bluma Zeigarnik, Raymond Williams, and Hal Ashby. After him are Mikha'il Na'ima, Seán MacBride, Fritz Heider, Charles Addams, Hillel Slovak, and Alec Issigonis.
1910 - 1991
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 115
1910 - 1980
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 116
1910 - 1989
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 117
1910 - 1959
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 118
1910 - 1976
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 119
1910 - 2014
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 120
1910 - 1988
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 121
1910 - 1994
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 122
1910 - 2010
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 123
1910 - 1999
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 124
1910 - 1992
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 125
1910 - 1990
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 126
1910 - 2000
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 127
1908 - 1988
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 77
1945 - 1988
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 78
1929 - 1988
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 79
1900 - 1988
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 80
1921 - 1988
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 81
1929 - 1988
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 82
1910 - 1988
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 83
1889 - 1988
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 84
1904 - 1988
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 85
1896 - 1988
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 86
1912 - 1988
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 87
1962 - 1988
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 88
1906 - 1988
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 89
Among people born in Latvia, Viktors Arājs ranks 58 out of 284. Before him are Jānis Pujats (1930), Eduard Totleben (1818), Elya Baskin (1950), Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter (1884), Inese Jaunzeme (1932), and Maria Skobtsova (1891). After him are Barbara von Krüdener (1764), Pēteris Stučka (1865), Mstislav Keldysh (1911), Aspazija (1865), Vasiliy Ulrikh (1889), and Annie Londonderry (1870).
1930 - Present
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 52
1818 - 1884
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 53
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 54
1884 - 1923
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 55
1932 - 2011
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 56
1891 - 1945
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 57
1910 - 1988
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 58
1764 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 59
1865 - 1932
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 60
1911 - 1978
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 61
1865 - 1943
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 62
1889 - 1951
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 63
1870 - 1947
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 64
Among social activists born in Latvia, Viktors Arājs ranks 1. After him are Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven (1899).