Famous Activists
Famous activists and social justice leaders who shaped history through advocacy, protest, and perseverance.
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Raoul Wallenberg
b. 1912
Rodney King
b. 1965 — d. 2012
Rose Kennedy
b. 1890
Sandro Pertini
b. 1896
Savitribai Phule
b. 1831
Sheila Jackson Lee
b. 1950
Shri Krishna Sinha
b. 1887
Simon Kahquados
b. 1851
Stephen Lewis
b. 1937
Subcomandante Marcos
b. 1957
Tauba Biterman
b. 1918
Thomas Ashe
b. 1885
Thomas Starr King
b. 1824
Tim Severin
b. 1940
Tommie Smith
b. 1944
Urie Bronfenbrenner
b. 1917
Ursula Haverbeck
b. 1928
Veronica Guerin
b. 1959 — d. 1996
Vladimir Lenin
b. 1870 — d. 1924
Walter Reuther
b. 1907 — d. 1970
Wangari Maathai
b. 1940 — d. 2011
William Allen White
b. 1868
William Luther Pierce
b. 1933
William Sloane Coffin
b. 1924 — d. 2006