Famous Activists Born in June

William Sloane Coffin

b. June 1, 1924 — d. 2006

Adelaide Casely-Hayford

b. June 2, 1868 — d. 1960

Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Russia

b. June 2, 1838

Angelina Jolie

b. June 4, 1975

Tommie Smith

b. June 6, 1944

Marcel Léger

b. June 8, 1930

Che Guevara

b. June 14, 1928 — d. 1967

Josiah Henson

b. June 15, 1789 — d. 1883

Subcomandante Marcos

b. June 19, 1957

Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg

b. June 24, 1485

Henry Ward Beecher

b. June 24, 1813

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

b. June 26, 1963