RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Dorothy Stang

1931 - 2005

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Dorothy Mae Stang (June 7, 1931 – February 12, 2005) was an American-born Brazilian Catholic nun and martyr. She was murdered in Anapu, Pará, in the Amazon Basin in 2005. Stang had been outspoken in her efforts on behalf of the poor and the environment and had previously received death threats from loggers and landowners. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy Stang is the 2,588th most popular religious figure (down from 2,366th in 2019), the 6,250th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,341st in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Dorothy Stang ranks 2,588 out of 3,187. Before her are Soane Patita Paini Mafi, Sedecion of Byzantium, Ivan II of Bulgaria, Ali Gomaa, Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, and Mustafa Cerić. After her are Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, Yitzhak Kaduri, Theodotus of Byzantium, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, Riphath, and Michel Aupetit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Dorothy Stang ranks 322. Before her are Karl-Friedrich Haas, Jerry Van Dyke, Tullio Regge, Ángel Berni, Jorge Edwards, and Agustín García-Gasco Vicente. After her are Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Louis Pouzin, Anton Tus, Tom Adams, Vasily Rudenkov, and Imrich Stacho. Among people deceased in 2005, Dorothy Stang ranks 195. Before her are Attilio Giovannini, Sígfrid Gràcia, Tetyana Yablonska, John Vernon, Robin Cook, and Aušra Augustinavičiūtė. After her are John Ostrom, Mustai Karim, Sunil Dutt, Ossie Davis, Vladimir Toporov, and Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Stang ranks 6,251 out of 20,380. Before her are Ida B. Wells (1862), Tobias Wolff (1945), Jason Becker (1969), Kim Manners (1951), John Hopcroft (1939), and Ron Silver (1946). After her are Bessie Coleman (1892), Helen Merrill (1930), Gene Clark (1944), Stephen Root (1951), Robert Ettinger (1918), and John Ostrom (1928).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Dorothy Stang ranks 61. Before her are Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), Don Alden Adams (1925), John Wright (1909), Thomas S. Monson (1927), Seraphim Rose (1934), and Edmund Szoka (1927). After her are Francis George (1937), Squanto (1585), Yusuf Estes (1944), John Patrick Foley (1935), Milman Parry (1902), and Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774).

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