SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Phoebe Hearst

1842 - 1919

Phoebe Hearst

Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst (December 3, 1842 – April 13, 1919) was an American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist. Hearst was the founder of the University of California Museum of Anthropology, now called the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, and the co-founder of the National Parent-Teacher Association. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Phoebe Hearst is the 664th most popular social activist (down from 649th in 2024), the 12,386th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,855th in 2019) and the 110th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Phoebe Hearst ranks 664 out of 840. Before her are Medha Patkar, Fannie Lou Hamer, Harry Hay, Samuel Gompers, Wang Dan, and Nirmala Deshpande. After her are Edvin Kanka Cudic, Aed Carabao, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Mario Savio, Azimzhan Askarov, and Virginia Giuffre.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

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Medha Patkar
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 658
Fannie Lou Hamer
1917 - 1977
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 659
Harry Hay
1912 - 2002
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 660
Samuel Gompers
1850 - 1924
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 661
Wang Dan
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 662
Nirmala Deshpande
1929 - 2008
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 663
Phoebe Hearst
1842 - 1919
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 664
Edvin Kanka Cudic
1988 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 665
Aed Carabao
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 666
Mosab Hassan Yousef
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 667
Mario Savio
1942 - 1996
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 668
Azimzhan Askarov
1951 - 2020
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 669
Virginia Giuffre
1983 - 2025
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 670

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Phoebe Hearst ranks 103. Before her are Josef Labor, Mary MacKillop, Alexander Voeikov, Henry Hyndman, Elliott Coues, and Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. After her is Sidney Lanier. Among people deceased in 1919, Phoebe Hearst ranks 156. Before her are Horatio Parker, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, J. Alden Weir, George Eyser, John Aitken, and Abraham Jacobi. After her is Anna Howard Shaw.

Others Born in 1842

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Josef Labor
MUSICIAN
1842 - 1924
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 97
Mary MacKillop
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1842 - 1909
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 98
Alexander Voeikov
ASTRONOMER
1842 - 1916
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 99
Henry Hyndman
POLITICIAN
1842 - 1921
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 100
Elliott Coues
BIOLOGIST
1842 - 1899
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 101
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1842 - 1924
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 102
Phoebe Hearst
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1842 - 1919
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 103
Sidney Lanier
WRITER
1842 - 1881
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 104