SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Romas Kalanta

1953 - 1972

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Romas Kalanta (22 February 1953 – 14 May 1972) was a 19-year-old Lithuanian high school student who killed himself by self-immolation in an act of protest against the Soviet regime in Lithuania. His death provoked the largest post-war riots in Lithuania and inspired similar self-immolations. In 1972, 13 more people committed suicide by self-immolation in Lithuania. Kalanta became a symbol of the Lithuanian resistance throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Romas Kalanta is the 418th most popular social activist (up from 442nd in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 121st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Lithuanian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Romas Kalanta ranks 418 out of 840. Before him are Kōtoku Shūsui, Alice Paul, Peter Arshinov, Lester R. Brown, Grace Sherwood, and Alfreda Markowska. After him are Frances Ames, Mahmoud Taleghani, Marina Oswald Porter, Evelyn Mase, Huey P. Newton, and Mahadev Govind Ranade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Romas Kalanta ranks 244. Before him are Tamir Pardo, Norberto Alonso, Kiti Mánver, Taryn Power, Ewald Lienen, and Valerie Mahaffey. After him are Francis Cabrel, Boris Grebenshchikov, Aleksandr Abdulov, Dževad Karahasan, Władysław Kozakiewicz, and Scott Hicks. Among people deceased in 1972, Romas Kalanta ranks 153. Before him are Marianne Moore, Alfred Schmidt, Max Fleischer, Balys Dvarionas, Robert Andersson, and Markos Vamvakaris. After him are Roger Courtois, Roberto Clemente, Jinichi Kusaka, Oleksandr Korniychuk, Edgar G. Ulmer, and Gottfried Fuchs.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Romas Kalanta ranks 114 out of 328. Before him are Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas (1880), Oskar Minkowski (1858), Laurynas Gucevičius (1753), Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930), Algirdas Butkevičius (1958), and Virgilijus Alekna (1972). After him are Yakov Smushkevich (1902), Jonas Staugaitis (1868), Osip Piatnitsky (1882), Władysław Kozakiewicz (1953), Maironis (1862), and Aharon Barak (1936).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Lithuania

Among social activists born in Lithuania, Romas Kalanta ranks 4. Before him are Emma Goldman (1869), Emilia Plater (1806), and Klara Zamenhof (1863). After him are Iosif Grigulevich (1913).

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