SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Thích Quảng Đức

1897 - 1963

Photo of Thích Quảng Đức

Icon of person Thích Quảng Đức

Thích Quảng Đức (chữ Hán: 釋廣德, Vietnamese: [tʰǐk̟ kʷâːŋ ɗɨ̌k] ; born Lâm Văn Túc; c. 1897 – 11 June 1963) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who died by self-immolation at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. Quảng Đức was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government of Ngô Đình Diệm, a staunch Catholic. Photographs of his self-immolation circulated around the world, drawing attention to the policies of the Diệm government. John F. Kennedy said of one photograph, "No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around the world as that one". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thích Quảng Đức is the 32nd most popular social activist (up from 62nd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Vietnamese Social Activist.

Thích Quảng Đức was a Buddhist monk who burned himself to death in 1963 to protest the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Thích Quảng Đức by language

Loading...

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Thích Quảng Đức ranks 32 out of 840. Before him are Emily Greene Balch, Guy Fawkes, Robert Owen, Margaret Sanger, Shirin Ebadi, and Charlotte Corday. After him are Emiliano Zapata, Bacha Khan, Toussaint Louverture, Jan Palach, Ferdinand Lassalle, and Irena Sendler.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Thích Quảng Đức ranks 12. Before him are Amelia Earhart, Zakir Husain, Tadeusz Reichstein, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Ivan Konev, and Subhas Chandra Bose. After him are Paavo Nurmi, Ludwig Erhard, Yun Posun, Jiroemon Kimura, Anthony Eden, and Lucky Luciano. Among people deceased in 1963, Thích Quảng Đức ranks 14. Before him are Robert Schuman, W. E. B. Du Bois, Tristan Tzara, Lee Harvey Oswald, C. S. Lewis, and Ngo Dinh Diem. After him are Francis Poulenc, Abd el-Krim, Theodor Heuss, Sylvia Plath, Paul Hindemith, and Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria.

Others Born in 1897

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1963

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Thích Quảng Đức ranks 4 out of 136. Before him are Ho Chi Minh (1890), Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926), and Ngo Dinh Diem (1901). After him are Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911), Marguerite Duras (1914), Amanda Lear (1939), Bảo Đại (1913), Lê Đức Thọ (1911), Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), and Kaysone Phomvihane (1920).

Others born in Vietnam

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Vietnam

Among social activists born in Vietnam, Thích Quảng Đức ranks 1. After him are Lê Đức Thọ (1911), and Peter Nguyen Van Hung (1958).

Vietnamese born Social Activists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous