SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Wat Tyler

1341 - 1381

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Walter "Wat" Tyler (4 January 1341 (disputed) – 15 June 1381) was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England. He led a group of rebels from Canterbury to London to oppose the collection of a poll tax and to demand economic and social reforms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wat Tyler has received more than 1,021,430 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Wat Tyler is the 268th most popular social activist (down from 204th in 2019), the 1,715th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,301st in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Social Activist.

Wat Tyler was a leader of the Peasants' Revolt in 1381.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Wat Tyler ranks 268 out of 840. Before him are Jan Gotlib Bloch, Sergey Taboritsky, George Lincoln Rockwell, Camilo Torres Restrepo, Cassivellaunus, and Hazi Aslanov. After him are Attica, Jean Ziegler, Carlo Cafiero, Harilal Gandhi, Russell Means, and Gabriela Silang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1341, Wat Tyler ranks 4. Before him are Saray Mulk Khanum, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and John II, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Tini Beg, Bonne of Bourbon, and Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland. Among people deceased in 1381, Wat Tyler ranks 6. Before him are Catherine of Vadstena, Juana Manuel, Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia, John of Ruusbroec, and Beatrice of Portugal. After him are Taddea Visconti, and John Ball.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Wat Tyler ranks 1,715 out of 8,785. Before him are James Gillray (1756), James Ferguson (1797), Harold Laski (1893), John Ross (1777), Donald Adamson (1939), and George Rooke (1650). After him are Lulach (1030), Eadgifu of Wessex (null), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870), Israel Kirzner (1930), and Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Wat Tyler ranks 16. Before him are Emily Davison (1872), Max Mosley (1940), Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), Kate Sheppard (1848), Eglantyne Jebb (1876), and Cassivellaunus (-100). After him are Allan Octavian Hume (1829), Christabel Pankhurst (1880), Millicent Fawcett (1847), Unity Mitford (1914), Charles Boycott (1832), and Robert Catesby (1573).

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