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Leonard Peltier

1944 - Today

Leonard Peltier

Leonard Peltier (born September 12, 1944) is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was convicted of murdering two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment. Peltier became eligible for parole in 1993. On January 19, 2025, Peltier's sentence was commuted to indefinite house arrest by President Joe Biden shortly before he left office. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonard Peltier is the 378th most popular social activist (up from 426th in 2019), the 5,063rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,352nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Leonard Peltier ranks 378 out of 840. Before him are Viola Desmond, Robert Catesby, Baba Amte, Bipin Chandra Pal, Wei Jingsheng, and Nikolai Kuznetsov. After him are Flora Brovina, Maria Nikiforova, Tuvia Bielski, Meshadi Azizbekov, Anatoly Marchenko, and Gaius Hostilius Mancinus.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

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Viola Desmond
1914 - 1965
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 372
Robert Catesby
1573 - 1605
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 373
Baba Amte
1914 - 2008
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 374
Bipin Chandra Pal
1858 - 1932
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 375
Wei Jingsheng
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 376
Nikolai Kuznetsov
1911 - 1944
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 377
Leonard Peltier
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 378
Flora Brovina
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 379
Maria Nikiforova
1885 - 1919
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 380
Tuvia Bielski
1906 - 1987
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 381
Meshadi Azizbekov
1876 - 1918
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 382
Anatoly Marchenko
1938 - 1986
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 383
Gaius Hostilius Mancinus
150 BC - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 384

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Leonard Peltier ranks 366. Before him are Susan Howard, Peter Jason, Jim Gray, Ard Schenk, Kevin Ayers, and Peter Lynch. After him are John Flanagan, Džemaludin Mušović, Glen Cook, Robert Mueller, Joseph Benz, and Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto.

Others Born in 1944

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Susan Howard
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 360
Peter Jason
ACTOR
1944 - 2025
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 361
Jim Gray
POLITICIAN
1944 - 2007
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 362
Ard Schenk
SKATER
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 363
Kevin Ayers
SINGER
1944 - 2013
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 364
Peter Lynch
BUSINESSPERSON
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 365
Leonard Peltier
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 366
John Flanagan
WRITER
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 367
Džemaludin Mušović
COACH
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 368
Glen Cook
WRITER
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 369
Robert Mueller
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 370
Joseph Benz
ATHLETE
1944 - 2021
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 371
Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto
POLITICIAN
1944 - 2020
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 372