Find out more about the greatest 19th Century Human Rights Activists, including Victor Hugo, Solomon Northup, Henry Dunant, Nellie McClung and Lillian Wald.

Famous 19th Century Human Rights Activists

Victor HugoVictor Hugo
26 February 1802, French
Author & Poet
Solomon NorthupSolomon Northup
10 July 1807, American
Author

Henry DunantHenry Dunant
08 May 1828, Swiss
Founder of the Red Cross

Edith Dircksey CowanEdith Cowan
02 August 1861, Australian
Social Campaigner

Caroline Jones ChisholmCaroline Chisholm
30 May 1808, British
Immigrant Welfare Activist

Lillian WaldLillian Wald
10 March 1867, American
Humanitarian, Nurse, Activist
Angelina GrimkeAngelina Grimke
20 February 1805, American
Abolitionist, Women's Rights Activist

Bogd KhanBogd Khan
1869 AD, Mongolian
Mongolian head of state

Nellie McClungNellie McClung
20 October 1873, Canadian
Novelist, Writer, Politician, Human rights
Charles W. ChesnuttCharles W. Chesnutt
20 June 1858, American
Author

Levi CoffinLevi Coffin
28 October 1798, American
Abolitionist
Frédéric OzanamFrédéric Ozanam
23 April 1813, French
Scholar

Charlotte Forten GrimkéCharlotte Forten Grimké
17 August 1837, American
Poet

Vladimir KorolenkoVladimir Korolenko
27 July 1853, Ukrainian, Russian
Writer

Moncure D. ConwayMoncure D. Conway
17 March 1832, American
Writer

Benjamin LundyBenjamin Lundy
04 January 1789, American
Abolitionist
Madeline McDowell BreckinridgeMadeline McDowell Breckinridge
20 May 1872, American
Human Rights Activist

Eliza FarnhamEliza Farnham
17 November 1815, American
Writer

Mary HuntMary Hunt
1830 AD, American
Activist

Maria Weston ChapmanMaria Weston Chapman
25 July 1806, American
Abolitionist
Ann PrestonAnn Preston
01 December 1813, American
Physician

Fannie Barrier WilliamsFannie Barrier Williams
12 February 1855, American
Educator
James T. ShotwellJames T. Shotwell
06 August 1874, American
Historian

Anna Adams GordonAnna Adams Gordon
21 July 1853, American
Songwriter

Caroline SeveranceCaroline Severance
1820 AD, American
Social reformer
Helen MarotHelen Marot
09 June 1865, American
Writer

Dame Christabel Harriette PankhurstDame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst
22 September 1880, British
Militant
Ch'oe Si-hyŏngCh'oe Si-hyŏng
18 December 1824, South Korean
Korean religious leader