INSPIRATION

George Floyd

1973 - 2020

George Floyd

George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African-American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd had used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020. Derek Chauvin, one of four police officers who arrived on the scene, knelt on Floyd's neck and back for over nine minutes, fatally asphyxiating him. After his murder, a series of protests against police brutality, especially towards black people, quickly spread globally and across the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Floyd is the 8th most popular inspiration (down from 6th in 2019), the 2,122nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,228th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Inspiration.

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Among INSPIRATIONS

Among inspirations, George Floyd ranks 8 out of 10. Before him are Mahsa Amini, Eugène François Vidocq, Jack LaLanne, Johann Georg Faust, Alice Liddell, and Joseph Bell. After him are Andrew Wakefield.

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Mahsa Amini
1999 - 2022
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 2
Eugène François Vidocq
1775 - 1857
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 3
Jack LaLanne
1914 - 2011
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 4
Johann Georg Faust
1480 - 1541
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 5
Alice Liddell
1852 - 1934
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 6
Joseph Bell
1837 - 1911
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 7
George Floyd
1973 - 2020
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 8
Andrew Wakefield
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 9

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, George Floyd ranks 23. Before him are Heidi Klum, Larry Page, Marco Materazzi, Adam Scott, Thomas Tuchel, and Sergey Brin. After him are Ruslana, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, Jorge Garcia, Kate Beckinsale, and Nikos Christodoulides. Among people deceased in 2020, George Floyd ranks 105. Before him are Mahmoud Jibril, Carl Reiner, Ida Haendel, Gérard Houllier, Dana Zátopková, and Pat Patterson. After him are Florian Schneider, Quino, Maj Sjöwall, Margaret Burbidge, Per Olov Enquist, and Jerry Stiller.

Others Born in 1973

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Heidi Klum
MODEL
1973 - Present
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 17
Larry Page
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1973 - Present
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 18
Marco Materazzi
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 19
Adam Scott
ACTOR
1973 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 20
Thomas Tuchel
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 21
Sergey Brin
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1973 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 22
George Floyd
INSPIRATION
1973 - 2020
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 23
Ruslana
SINGER
1973 - Present
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 24
Nasser Al-Khelaifi
TENNIS PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 25
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
COMPANION
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 26
Jorge Garcia
ACTOR
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 27
Kate Beckinsale
ACTOR
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 28
Nikos Christodoulides
POLITICIAN
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 29