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Frank Kameny

1925 - 2011

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Franklin Edward Kameny (May 21, 1925 – October 11, 2011) was an American gay rights activist. He has been referred to as "one of the most significant figures" in the American gay rights movement. During the Lavender scare, in 1957, Kameny was dismissed from his position as an astronomer in the U.S. Army's Army Map Service in Washington, D.C., because of his homosexuality, leading him to begin "a Herculean struggle with the American establishment" that would "spearhead a new period of militancy in the homosexual rights movement of the early 1960s". Kameny formally appealed his firing by the U.S. Civil Service Commission. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Kameny is the 638th most popular social activist (up from 665th in 2019), the 11,637th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,840th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Frank Kameny ranks 638 out of 840. Before him are Chen Guangcheng, Maria Verónica Reina, Alva Belmont, Lillian Wald, Wu'erkaixi, and Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. After him are Ingrid Newkirk, Elizaveta Glinka, Lucy Burns, Charlotte Despard, Jan Egeland, and Jón Páll Sigmarsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Frank Kameny ranks 504. Before him are Ted Lindsay, Finn Pedersen, Christopher Zeeman, Kasey Rogers, Slater Martin, and Aristid Lindenmayer. After him are Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina, June Christy, James Moody, Bob Tinning, Jay Chamberlain, and Robert Cormier. Among people deceased in 2011, Frank Kameny ranks 446. Before him are Vittorio Arrigoni, Pauline Betz, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Peter Schamoni, Clement Arrindell, and Naoki Matsuda. After him are Brian Jacques, Pavle Jurina, Rob Schroeder, Dolores Fuller, H. R. F. Keating, and Chen Muhua.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Kameny ranks 11,639 out of 20,380. Before him are Barbara Barrie (1931), Tommy Roe (1942), Marilyn Maxwell (1921), Remy LaCroix (1988), Robert Lowery (1913), and Albert Maltz (1908). After him are Timothy Kopra (1963), Clayton Stanley (1978), Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859), Madison Keys (1995), Tianna Bartoletta (1985), and Richard Wilbur (1921).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Frank Kameny ranks 102. Before him are Aaron Swartz (1986), Norma McCorvey (1947), Angelina Grimké (1805), Jake Angeli (1988), Alva Belmont (1853), and Lillian Wald (1867). After him are Lucy Burns (1879), Karen Silkwood (1946), Ryan White (1971), Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842), Fannie Lou Hamer (1917), and Phoebe Hearst (1842).

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