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Matthew Shepard

1976 - 1998

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Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on October 6, 1998. He was transported by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died six days later from severe head injuries sustained during the attack. Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson were arrested shortly after the attack and charged with first-degree murder following Shepard's death. Henderson pleaded guilty to murder, and McKinney was tried and found guilty of murder; each of them received two consecutive life sentences. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). Matthew Shepard is the 724th most popular social activist (down from 719th in 2024), the 14,375th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,715th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Matthew Shepard ranks 724 out of 840. Before him are Crystal Eastman, Faiza Jama Mohamed, Dorothy Height, Manasi Pradhan, Lučka Kajfež Bogataj, and Ni Yulan. After him are Andrea James, Jacqueline Moudeina, Salwan Momika, Ahed Tamimi, Valery Levaneuski, and Laxmi Agarwal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Matthew Shepard ranks 493. Before him are Yelena Serova, Carlos Humberto Paredes, Alexei Nemov, Georg Hólm, Marcelo Rosa da Silva, and Seiichi Saito. After him are Um Ki-joon, Ümit Özat, Takayuki Chano, Katarina Čas, Roger García, and Robert Biedroń. Among people deceased in 1998, Matthew Shepard ranks 328. Before him are Donald Woods, Voitto Hellsten, Tony Shelly, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Buddy Jeannette, and Syd Owen. After him are Fred Wacker, Gene Raymond, Peter Sillett, Junkyard Dog, Irene Hervey, and Barbara Acklin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Matthew Shepard ranks 14,379 out of 20,380. Before him are Jad Fair (1954), Jerome Cowan (1897), Meldrick Taylor (1966), Adrienne Shelly (1966), Lynn Carlin (1938), and Cheyenne Jackson (1975). After him are David Anders (1981), David Payne (1982), Jill Eikenberry (1947), Steve Brodie (1919), Naomi Grossman (1975), and Alicia Coppola (1968).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Matthew Shepard ranks 127. Before him are Judith Heumann (1947), Grace Abbott (1878), Gloria Allred (1941), Derek Chauvin (1976), Crystal Eastman (1881), and Dorothy Height (1912). After him are Andrea James (1967), John Paulson (1955), Wendell Phillips (1811), Bill Ayers (1944), Ruthie Tompson (1910), and Dick Gregory (1932).

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