SOCIAL ACTIVIST

José Rizal

1861 - 1896

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José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (Spanish: [xoˈse riˈsal, -ˈθal], Tagalog: [hoˈse ɾiˈsal]; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered a national hero (pambansang bayani) of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement, which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain. He was executed by the Spanish colonial government for the crime of rebellion after the Philippine Revolution broke out; the revolution was inspired by his writings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Rizal is the 70th most popular social activist (down from 64th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Filipino Social Activist.

José Rizal is most famous for being a national hero of the Philippines. He was a polymath who wrote novels, poetry, essays, and was a doctor. His most famous work is his two novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, José Rizal ranks 70 out of 840. Before him are Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Túpac Amaru II, Angela Davis, Alexey Stakhanov, Jody Williams, and Mustafa Barzani. After him are Emilia Plater, Yun Chi-ho, Horst Wessel, Babak Khorramdin, Gunnar Sønsteby, and Camilo Cienfuegos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, José Rizal ranks 17. Before him are Georgy Lvov, Erich von Falkenhayn, Alfred North Whitehead, Halford Mackinder, Aristide Maillol, and Robert Bosch. After him are Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, H. H. Holmes, James Naismith, and Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland. Among people deceased in 1896, José Rizal ranks 13. Before him are Ivar Aasen, Frederic Leighton, Hippolyte Fizeau, William Morris, Otto Lilienthal, and John Everett Millais. After him are Harriet Beecher Stowe, H. H. Holmes, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Edmond de Goncourt, Louis-Jules Trochu, and Richard Avenarius.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, José Rizal ranks 13 out of 155. Before him are Luis Antonio Tagle (1957), Manuel L. Quezon (1878), Fidel Ramos (1928), Corazon Aquino (1933), Joseph Estrada (1937), and Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932). After him are Sergio Osmeña (1878), Lorenzo Ruiz (1600), Paulino Alcántara (1896), Emilio Aguinaldo (1869), Jose P. Laurel (1891), and Diosdado Macapagal (1910).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Philippines

Among social activists born in Philippines, José Rizal ranks 1. After him are Andrés Bonifacio (1863), Melchora Aquino (1812), Gabriela Silang (1731), Josefa Francisco (1954), Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (1952), and Luis Taruc (1913).

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