Activist celebrities
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Margaret McLean (née Arnot) (7 April 1845 – 14 February 1923) was a Scottish Australian temperance and women’s rights advocate.
Tarcísio Feitosa da Silva is a prominent environmental activist from Brazil, where he is director of the Roman Catholic Church’s Pastoral Land Commission. Because of his work with local communities deep in the Amazon jungle in their struggle against
Ir Albert Lai (Lai Kwong-tak, traditional Chinese: 黎廣德) is the CEO of Carbon Care Asia, a social business in carbon strategy and sustainability innovation. He is the founding chairman of The Professional Commons, an independent public policy th
Shin Pal-gyun(신팔균, 申八均, May 19, 1882 ~ July 2, 1924) or Shin Dong-chun (신동천, 申東川) was an independence activist of Korea. His wife Im Su-myung (임수명) was an independence activist also.
Olga Benário Prestes (February 12, 1908 – April 23, 1942) was a German-Brazilian communist militant.
Han Bi-ya (Hangul: 한비야; born 26 June 1958 in Seoul, South Korea) is a celebrated Korean travel writer, relief worker and poverty reduction, refugee advocate. She has published a number of best-selling travel books and lead the Emergency Relief
Dr Galarrwuy Yunupingu, AM LL.D. (born 30 June 1948) is a leader in the Australian Indigenous community, and has been involved in the fight for Land Rights throughout his career.
Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (February 2, 1878 – March 17, 1951) was an American feminist social reformer and a leader of the suffrage movement in the United States. Hepburn served as president of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association bef
Yaël Dayan (Hebrew: יעל דיין, born 12 February 1939) is an Israeli politician and author. She serve
Yossi Sarid (Hebrew: יֹוסֶף “יֹוסִי” שָׂרִיד, born 24 October 1940) is an Israeli news c
Delmore W. (Buddy) Daye was a Canadian boxer and community activist from Nova Scotia.
Uri Shraga Orbach (Hebrew: אורי שרגא אורבך; 28 March 1960 – 16 February 2015) was an Israeli