SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Mario Savio

1942 - 1996

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Mario Savio (December 8, 1942 – November 6, 1996) was an American activist and a key member of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. He is most famous for his passionate speeches, especially the "Bodies Upon the Gears" address given at Sproul Hall, University of California, Berkeley on December 2, 1964. Savio remains historically relevant as an icon of the earliest phase of the 1960s counterculture movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Mario Savio is the 668th most popular social activist (down from 614th in 2024), the 12,601st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,576th in 2019) and the 111th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Mario Savio ranks 668 out of 840. Before him are Wang Dan, Nirmala Deshpande, Phoebe Hearst, Edvin Kanka Cudic, Aed Carabao, and Mosab Hassan Yousef. After him are Azimzhan Askarov, Virginia Giuffre, Air Force Amy, María Elena Moyano, Loujain al-Hathloul, and Fartuun Adan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Mario Savio ranks 689. Before him are Nené, Dan McKenzie, Richard Myers, Paul Hinder, Olivia Cole, and Adrian Metcalfe. After him are Dick Butkus, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Gene Okerlund, Ruben Kun, Margaret Alva, and Connie Hawkins. Among people deceased in 1996, Mario Savio ranks 338. Before him are Tommy Lawton, Yelizaveta Bagryantseva, Peter Glenville, Allenby Chilton, and Sim Iness. After him are Mary Haas, Eddie Harris, Sultan Rahi, Jacquetta Hawkes, Juliet Prowse, Jean Muir, and Audrey Patterson.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Mario Savio ranks 111. Before him are Lucy Burns (1879), Karen Silkwood (1946), Ryan White (1971), Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842), Fannie Lou Hamer (1917), and Phoebe Hearst (1842). After him are Virginia Giuffre (1983), Air Force Amy (1970), Juliette Gordon Low (1860), Rachel Corrie (1979), Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), and Bobby Henderson (1980).

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