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Frantz Fanon

1925 - 1961

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Frantz Omar Fanon (, US: ; French: [fʁɑ̃ts fanɔ̃]; 20 July 1925 – 6 December 1961) was a French West Indian psychiatrist, political philosopher, and Marxist from the French colony of Martinique (today a French department). His works have become influential in the fields of post-colonial studies, critical theory, and Marxism. As well as being an intellectual, Fanon was a political radical, Pan-Africanist, and Marxist humanist concerned with the psychopathology of colonization and the human, social, and cultural consequences of decolonization. In the course of his work as a physician and psychiatrist, Fanon supported the Algerian War of independence from France and was a member of the Algerian National Liberation Front. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frantz Fanon is the 58th most popular social activist (up from 66th in 2019), the most popular biography from Martinique (up from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Social Activist.

Frantz Fanon is most famous for his book, "The Wretched of the Earth." In it, he argues that violence is necessary for the liberation of colonized people.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Frantz Fanon ranks 58 out of 840. Before him are Pheidippides, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Hassan al-Banna, Harriet Tubman, Witold Pilecki, and Yemelyan Pugachev. After him are Dominique Pire, Syed Ahmad Khan, Kim Hyong-jik, Gerald Durrell, Carl von Ossietzky, and Ernesto Teodoro Moneta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Frantz Fanon ranks 29. Before him are Lee Van Cleef, Audie Murphy, Simon van der Meer, Jack Lemmon, Robert F. Kennedy, and Carlos Castaneda. After him are Rock Hudson, Gerald Durrell, Douglas Engelbart, Ananda Mahidol, Michel Piccoli, and Peter Sellers. Among people deceased in 1961, Frantz Fanon ranks 17. Before him are Gary Cooper, Percy Williams Bridgman, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Edith Wilson, Mohammed V of Morocco, and Maria of Yugoslavia. After him are Otto Loewi, Rafael Trujillo, Kurt Meyer, Adnan Menderes, Dashiell Hammett, and Sergio Osmeña.

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In Martinique

Among people born in Martinique, Frantz Fanon ranks 1 out of 26. After him are Alexandre de Beauharnais (1760), Aimé Césaire (1913), Édouard Glissant (1928), Karine Jean-Pierre (1974), Gérard Janvion (1953), René Maran (1887), Patrick Chamoiseau (1953), Euzhan Palcy (1958), Joël Abati (1970), Allen Chastanet (1960), and Wendie Renard (1990).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Martinique

Among social activists born in Martinique, Frantz Fanon ranks 1. 

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