SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

1931 - Today

Photo of Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

Icon of person Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (born 26 November 1931) is an Argentine activist, community organizer, painter, writer and sculptor. He was the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize for his opposition to Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship (1976–1983), during which he was detained, tortured, and held without trial for 14 months. He also received, among other distinctions, the Pacem in Terris Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolfo Pérez Esquivel is the 79th most popular social activist (up from 139th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 56th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Argentinean Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Adolfo Pérez Esquivel by language

Loading...

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel ranks 79 out of 840. Before him are Horst Wessel, Babak Khorramdin, Gunnar Sønsteby, Camilo Cienfuegos, Aleksandr Ulyanov, and Anneliese Michel. After him are Martin Niemöller, Liu Xiaobo, Jenny von Westphalen, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Buenaventura Durruti, and Dragutin Dimitrijević.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel ranks 44. Before him are João Gilberto, Rupert Murdoch, James Cronin, David Lee, Larry Hagman, and Aldo Rossi. After him are Richard F. Heck, Guy Debord, Khieu Samphan, John Gavin, John le Carré, and Nawal El Saadawi.

Others Born in 1931

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel ranks 27 out of 1,154. Before him are Néstor Kirchner (1950), Olivia Hussey (1951), Leopoldo Galtieri (1926), Gabriel Batistuta (1969), Helenio Herrera (1910), and Guillermo Stábile (1905). After him are Mercedes Sosa (1935), César Luis Menotti (1938), Raúl Alfonsín (1927), Daniel Passarella (1953), Leonardo Sandri (1943), and Richard Walther Darré (1895).

Others born in Argentina

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Argentina

Among social activists born in Argentina, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel ranks 2. Before him are Che Guevara (1928). After him are Virginia Bolten (1876), Azucena Villaflor (1924), Estela de Carlotto (1930), Hebe de Bonafini (1928), Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane (1867), Maria Verónica Reina (1964), Susana Trimarco (1954), and Nicole Becker (2001).

Argentinean born Social Activists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous