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Cut Nyak Dhien

1850 - 1908

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Cut Nyak Dhien (VOSS: Tjoet Nja' Dhien; c. 1848–6 November 1908) was a leader of the Acehnese guerrilla forces during the Aceh War. Following the death of her husband Teuku Umar, she led guerrilla actions against the Dutch for 25 years. She was posthumously awarded the title of National Hero of Indonesia on 2 May 1964 by the Indonesian government. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cut Nyak Dhien is the 333rd most popular social activist (down from 309th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 31st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indonesian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Cut Nyak Dhien ranks 333 out of 840. Before her are Ricardo Flores Magón, Klara Zamenhof, Marie Popelin, Natalya Estemirova, Allan Octavian Hume, and Franca Viola. After her are Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, Miriam Rodríguez Martínez, Russell Means, Mirzo Tursunzoda, Karl Ludwig Sand, and Pavel Pestel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Cut Nyak Dhien ranks 55. Before her are Xaver Scharwenka, José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, Edward Bellamy, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, and Jean-François Raffaëlli. After her are Alphonse Pénaud, Gregory VII of Constantinople, Josias von Heeringen, Augusto Righi, Andrea Carlo Ferrari, and Alfred Edwards. Among people deceased in 1908, Cut Nyak Dhien ranks 52. Before her are Khudiram Bose, Edward MacDowell, Nikolai Linevich, Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Giovanni Fattori, and Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. After her are Abraham Goldfaden, Georgy Voronoy, Charles Chamberland, Holger Drachmann, Thomas Hill, and Heinrich Hübschmann.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Cut Nyak Dhien ranks 30 out of 158. Before her are Hendrik Brouwer (1581), Adam Malik (1917), Raden Saleh (1811), Hella Haasse (1918), Tan Malaka (1897), and Sutan Sjahrir (1909). After her are Iskandar Muda (1583), Abdul Haris Nasution (1918), Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (1950), Martha Christina Tiahahu (1800), Ma'ruf Amin (1943), and Sultan Agung of Mataram (1593).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Indonesia

Among social activists born in Indonesia, Cut Nyak Dhien ranks 2. Before her are Kartini (1879). After her are Pattimura (1783), Dewi Sartika (1884), Teuku Umar (1854), Siti Musdah Mulia (1958), and Aleta Baun (1966).

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