SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Bill Haywood

1869 - 1928

Photo of Bill Haywood

Icon of person Bill Haywood

William Dudley Haywood (February 4, 1869 – May 18, 1928), nicknamed "Big Bill", was an American labor organizer and founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a member of the executive committee of the Socialist Party of America. During the first two decades of the 20th century, Haywood was involved in several important labor battles, including the Colorado Labor Wars, the Lawrence Textile Strike, and other textile strikes in Massachusetts and New Jersey. Haywood was an advocate of industrial unionism, and syndicalism, a labor philosophy that favors organizing all workers in an industry under one union, regardless of the specific trade or skill level; this was in contrast to the craft unions that were prevalent at the time, such as the AFL. He believed that workers of all ethnicities should be united, and favored direct action over political action. Haywood was often targeted by prosecutors due to his support for violence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Haywood is the 569th most popular social activist (down from 558th in 2019), the 9,224th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,514th in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Bill Haywood by language

Loading...

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Bill Haywood ranks 569 out of 840. Before him are Devdas Gandhi, Ramdas Gandhi, Josefa Francisco, Bruno Manser, Manilal Gandhi, and Fred Hampton. After him are Bayard Rustin, Henry Spira, Walter Reuther, Lizzie Velásquez, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Bill Haywood ranks 144. Before him are Joshua Pim, Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, Zaida Ben-Yusuf, William Murrill, Albert Engström, and Stephen Leacock. After him are Booth Tarkington, Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf, Harry Stafford, Charley Grapewin, Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, and Bertha Townsend. Among people deceased in 1928, Bill Haywood ranks 113. Before him are Sverre Hassel, Gunnar Setterwall, Maria Yermolova, Marie Stritt, Jinzō Matsumura, and George Washington Goethals. After him are Árpád Tóth, Gyula Kakas, Edmund Gosse, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Antonín Sova, and Gonzalo Córdova.

Others Born in 1869

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1928

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Haywood ranks 9,226 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Moses (1888), Mary L. Trump (1965), Ray Anthony (1922), Peter Jurasik (1950), Erykah Badu (1971), and Bob Menendez (1954). After him are Booth Tarkington (1869), Betty Bronson (1906), Larry Van Kriedt (1954), Meg Whitman (1956), Robert Brandom (1950), and Michael Hayden (1945).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Bill Haywood ranks 80. Before him are Abraham Flexner (1866), Dorothea Dix (1802), Lucy Parsons (1853), Roger Stone (1952), Jerry Rubin (1938), and Fred Hampton (1948). After him are Bayard Rustin (1912), Walter Reuther (1907), Lizzie Velásquez (1989), Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890), Ella Baker (1903), and Albert Parsons (1848).

American born Social Activists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous