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John Brown

1800 - 1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist in the decades preceding the Civil War. First reaching national prominence in the 1850s for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas, Brown was captured, tried, and executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for a raid and incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859. An evangelical Christian of strong religious convictions, Brown was profoundly influenced by the Puritan faith of his upbringing. He believed that he was "an instrument of God", raised to strike the "death blow" to slavery in the United States, a "sacred obligation". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Brown is the 109th most popular social activist (up from 144th in 2019), the 1,183rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,393rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Social Activist.

John Brown was a militant abolitionist who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, John Brown ranks 109 out of 840. Before him are Lee Radziwill, Louise Michel, Augusto César Sandino, Antipope Clement III, Mukhtar al-Thaqafi, and Fanny Kaplan. After him are Fra Dolcino, Zhang Jue, Marinus van der Lubbe, René Just Haüy, Thomas Cranmer, and Annie Besant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, John Brown ranks 11. Before him are Millard Fillmore, Emperor Ninkō, France Prešeren, Charles Goodyear, Henry Fox Talbot, and Jean-Baptiste Dumas. After him are Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, John Nelson Darby, James Clark Ross, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Jacques Paul Migne, and Lars Levi Laestadius. Among people deceased in 1859, John Brown ranks 15. Before him are Thomas De Quincey, John Vianney, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Josip Jelačić, Washington Irving, and Louis Spohr. After him are Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Archduke John of Austria, Bettina von Arnim, Leigh Hunt, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, and Walter Hunt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Brown ranks 1,183 out of 20,380. Before him are James Cromwell (1940), Sting (1959), John J. Pershing (1860), Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), Ray Manzarek (1939), and Ginger Rogers (1911). After him are Tony Bennett (1926), Paul Allen (1953), Tina Fey (1970), James Tobin (1918), Lynn Margulis (1938), and Vivian Maier (1926).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, John Brown ranks 15. Before him are Harriet Tubman (1820), Angela Davis (1944), Jody Williams (1950), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), Jane Addams (1860), and Lee Radziwill (1933). After him are Betty Ford (1918), Catharine MacKinnon (1946), William Luther Pierce (1933), Susan B. Anthony (1820), Bugsy Siegel (1906), and Cesar Chavez (1927).

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