SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Daniel De Leon

1852 - 1914

Daniel De Leon

Daniel De Leon (; December 14, 1852 – May 11, 1914), alternatively spelt Daniel de León, was a Curaçaoan-American socialist newspaper editor, politician, Marxist theoretician, and trade union organizer. He is regarded as the forefather of the idea of revolutionary industrial unionism and was the leading figure in the Socialist Labor Party of America from 1890 until the time of his death. De Leon was a co-founder of the Industrial Workers of the World and much of his ideas and philosophy contributed to the creations of Socialist Labor parties across the english-speaking world, including: Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel De Leon is the 505th most popular social activist (up from 507th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Curaçao and the most popular Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Daniel De Leon ranks 505 out of 840. Before him are Joseph Wresinski, Kim Ok, Xiomara Acevedo, Eugen Drewermann, Medgar Evers, and Ōsugi Sakae. After him are Christine Delphy, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Doina Cornea, Stephen Mallory, Urani Rumbo, and Lucy Stone.

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Joseph Wresinski
1917 - 1988
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 499
Kim Ok
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 500
Xiomara Acevedo
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 501
Eugen Drewermann
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.85
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Medgar Evers
1925 - 1963
HPI: 55.85
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Ōsugi Sakae
1885 - 1923
HPI: 55.84
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Daniel De Leon
1852 - 1914
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 505
Christine Delphy
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HPI: 55.83
Rank: 506
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
1903 - 1988
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 507
Doina Cornea
1929 - 2018
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 508
Stephen Mallory
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HPI: 55.70
Rank: 509
Urani Rumbo
1885 - 1936
HPI: 55.69
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Lucy Stone
1818 - 1893
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 511

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Daniel De Leon ranks 103. Before him are George Moore, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Joaquín Sánchez de Toca, Curt von François, Felix Graf von Bothmer, and Fulgence Bienvenüe. After him are Johan Ramstedt, Orest Khvolson, Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Lin Shu, Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez, and Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland. Among people deceased in 1914, Daniel De Leon ranks 118. Before him are Anselmo Lorenzo, Eugenio Montero Ríos, Paul Déroulède, Tor Aulin, John Philip Holland, and Edward S. Holden. After him are Robert Hugh Benson, Karolina Kózka, Ida Freund, Christopher Cradock, Margaret E. Knight, and Altaf Hussain Hali.

Others Born in 1852

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George Moore
WRITER
1852 - 1933
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 97
Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak
WRITER
1852 - 1912
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 98
Joaquín Sánchez de Toca
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1942
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 99
Curt von François
GEOGRAPHER
1852 - 1931
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 100
Felix Graf von Bothmer
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1852 - 1937
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 101
Fulgence Bienvenüe
ENGINEER
1852 - 1936
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 102
Daniel De Leon
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1852 - 1914
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 103
Johan Ramstedt
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1935
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 104
Orest Khvolson
PHYSICIST
1852 - 1934
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 105
Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan
WRITER
1852 - 1937
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 106
Lin Shu
WRITER
1852 - 1924
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 107
Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1852 - 1920
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 108
Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland
NOBLEMAN
1852 - 1854
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 109