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Hilda Gadea

1925 - 1974

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Hilda Gadea Acosta (21 March 1925 – 11 February 1974) was a Peruvian economist, and author. She was the first wife of communist revolutionary Che Guevara. Gadea Acosta was Secretary of the Economy of the Executive National Committee for Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (APRA, American Popular Revolutionary Alliance). Her activities in Peru led to her exile in 1948. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hilda Gadea is the 160th most popular social activist (down from 138th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Peru (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Peruvian Social Activist.

Hilda Gadea is most famous for being a Marxist revolutionary who was jailed for her involvement in the armed struggle against the Somoza regime.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Hilda Gadea ranks 160 out of 840. Before her are Frances Willard, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Judas of Galilee, Soh Jaipil, Musa al-Sadr, and Abimael Guzmán. After her are Amal Clooney, David Lane, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Gangubai Kothewali, Frederick Douglass, and Malala Yousafzai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Hilda Gadea ranks 89. Before her are Oscar Peterson, Robert Rauschenberg, Paul Greengard, Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, Martin Rodbell, and Hal Holbrook. After her are Michel de Certeau, Ernest Gellner, Ernesto Cardenal, Nicolai Gedda, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, and Toshio Iwatani. Among people deceased in 1974, Hilda Gadea ranks 41. Before her are David Alfaro Siqueiros, Walter Brennan, Virginia Apgar, Cass Elliot, Walter Lippmann, and Marcel Pagnol. After her are Farid al-Atrash, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Frank Martin, Creighton Abrams, Anatole Litvak, and André Jolivet.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Hilda Gadea ranks 24 out of 287. Before her are Viracocha Inca (1310), Teófilo Cubillas (1949), Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (1938), Alan García (1949), Túpac Huallpa (1510), and Abimael Guzmán (1934). After her are Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928), Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539), Sinchi Roca (1230), Dina Boluarte (1962), César Vallejo (1892), and Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (1943).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Peru

Among social activists born in Peru, Hilda Gadea ranks 3. Before her are Túpac Amaru II (1738), and Abimael Guzmán (1934). After her are Micaela Bastidas (1744), María Elena Moyano (1958), and Máxima Acuña (1970).

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