SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Huey P. Newton

1942 - 1989

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Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was an African American revolutionary and political activist who co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966. He ran the party as its first leader and crafted its ten-point manifesto with Bobby Seale. Under his leadership, the Party organized numerous social programs and community events, but also advocated for collective defense and threatened political violence. Newton learned to read using Plato's Republic, which influenced his philosophy of activism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Huey P. Newton is the 424th most popular social activist (down from 393rd in 2024), the 5,807th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,782nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Huey P. Newton ranks 424 out of 840. Before him are Alfreda Markowska, Romas Kalanta, Frances Ames, Mahmoud Taleghani, Marina Oswald Porter, and Evelyn Mase. After him are Mahadev Govind Ranade, Aruna Asaf Ali, Gulnara Karimova, Claudette Colvin, Leo Deutsch, and Nasrin Sotoudeh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Huey P. Newton ranks 357. Before him are David Proval, Ricardo Blázquez, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Gerben Karstens, Ichirō Ozawa, and Marsha Mason. After him are Chantal Goya, Taj Mahal, Eddy Mitchell, Vladimir Kovalyonok, Želimir Žilnik, and Dobromir Zhechev. Among people deceased in 1989, Huey P. Newton ranks 173. Before him are Arsenie Boca, Veniamin Kaverin, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Ugo Pignotti, and Georges Schehadé. After him are Yūsaku Matsuda, Anders Rydberg, Carl Dahlhaus, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Lawrence Stevens, and Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Huey P. Newton ranks 5,807 out of 20,380. Before him are Vince Gallagher (1899), Alan Ritchson (1982), Betty Gilpin (1986), James Gunn (1938), Norman Holter (1914), and Emile Ardolino (1943). After him are Gina Raimondo (1971), Tammi Terrell (1945), Adam Levine (1979), Emily Donelson (1807), Linda Kozlowski (1958), and Robert Levin (1947).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Huey P. Newton ranks 54. Before him are Sumner Paine (1868), Black Elk (1863), Marsha P. Johnson (1945), Alice Paul (1885), Lester R. Brown (1934), and Grace Sherwood (1660). After him are Claudette Colvin (1939), Nat Turner (1800), Afeni Shakur (1947), Otto Warmbier (1994), Anna Louise Strong (1885), and Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826).

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