Famous 20th Century Activists
Angelina Jolie04 June 1975, American
Actress, Filmmaker, Activist
Muhammad Ali17 January 1942, American
Rashida Jones25 February 1976, American
Actress
Betty White17 January 1922, American
Actress
Malcolm X19 May 1925, American
Activist
Martin Luther King Jr.15 January 1929, American
Civil Rights Activist
Woody Harrelson23 July 1961, American
Actor, Activist
Hillary Clinton26 October 1947, American
Former First Lady, Political Leader
Monica Lewinsky23 July 1973, American
American Television Personality
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar28 May 1883, Indian
Independence Activist, Reformer
Rosario Dawson09 May 1979, American
Actress
Ghislaine Maxwell25 December 1961, French, British, American
Socialite
Malala Yousafzai12 July 1997, Pakistani
Youngest Nobel Laureate
Noam Chomsky07 December 1928, American
Linguist
Mark Ruffalo22 November 1967, American
Actor
Julian Assange03 July 1971, Australian, Ecuadorian
Computer programmer
Rosa Parks04 February 1913, American
Civil Rights Activist
Pamela Anderson01 July 1967, Canadian, American
American-Canadian Actress
Yoko Ono18 February 1933, Japanese
Artist
Nathuram Godse19 May 1910, Indian
Assassin of Mahatma Gandhi
Geena Davis21 January 1956, American
Actress, Producer, Model
Bea Arthur13 May 1922, American
Actress
Margaret Atwood18 November 1939, Canadian
Writer, Environmental Activist
Doris Day03 April 1922, American
Film actress
Amal Clooney03 February 1978, Lebanese, British
Lawyer, Activist
Maneka Gandhi26 August 1956, Indian
Politician, Animal Rights Activist
Alicia Silverstone04 October 1976, American
Maya Angelou04 April 1928, American
Author
Chaz Bono04 March 1969, American
Actor, LGBT Rights Activist
Sandi Toksvig03 May 1958, Danish, British
Comedian, Writer
Eartha Kitt17 January 1927, American
Singer
Erin Brockovich22 June 1960, American
Environmental Activist
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Pauley Perrette27 March 1969, American
Television Actress, Activist, Singer
Fran Drescher30 September 1957, American
Actress
Bob Geldof05 October 1951, Irish
Singer
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.29 November 1908, American
Politician & Civil Rights Activist
Jane Goodall03 April 1934, British
Anthropologist
Linda McCartney24 September 1941, American
Photographer, Musician
Zack de la Rocha12 January 1970, American
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.17 January 1954, American
Environment Activist & Attorney
Anna Friel12 July 1976, British
Actress
Arvind Kejriwal16 August 1968, Indian
Anti Corruption Activist, Politician
Doris Roberts04 November 1925, American
Actress
Brigitte Bardot28 September 1934, French
Actress & Animal Rights Activist
Joanna Lumley01 May 1946, British
Actress
Mike Farrell06 February 1939, American
Actor
James Baldwin02 August 1924, American
Novelist
Jeffrey Wright07 December 1965, American
Actor
Afeni Shakur10 January 1947, American
Activist
Harvey Milk22 May 1930, American
Garry Kasparov13 April 1963, Russian
Chess Player
Clayton Kershaw19 March 1988, American
Baseball Pitcher
George Takei20 April 1937, American
Actor, Activist
Alfre Woodard08 November 1952, American
Actress
Cesar Chavez31 March 1927, American
Civil Rights Activist
Angela Davis26 January 1944, American
Political Activist
Mika Camarena1948 AD, American
Activist, wife of late DEA agent Kiki Camarena
Lena Horne30 June 1917, American
Singer
Russell Simmons04 October 1957, American
Founder of the hip-hop music label Def Jam
Gary Burghoff24 May 1943, American
Actor
Michael Bolton26 February 1953, American
Singer, Songwriter
Temple Grandin29 August 1947, American
Professor
Serj Tankian21 August 1967, Lebanese, American
Singer-songwriter
Susan Sontag16 January 1933, American
Rick Harrison22 March 1965, American
Businessman
Ralph Nader27 February 1934, American
Political Activist, Attorney
Ruby Bridges08 September 1954, American
Philanthropist
Bianca Jagger02 May 1945, Nicaraguan, British
Actress
Valerie Harper22 August 1939, American
Actress
Will Estes21 October 1978, American
Actor
Margaret Sanger14 September 1879, American
Educator
Jesse Jackson08 October 1941, American
Civil Rights Activist
Delta Burke30 July 1956, American
Actress
Cara Buono01 March 1971, American
Actress
Ryan White06 December 1971, American
Alice Walker09 February 1944, American
Author
Martina Navratilova18 October 1956, American
Former Tennis Champion
Kailash Satyarthi11 January 1954, Indian
Child Rights Activist
Burt Ward06 July 1945, American
Actor
Emmeline Pankhurst04 July 1858, British
Leader of the British Suffragette Movement
Melissa Mathison03 June 1950, American
Screenwriter
Pia Wurtzbach24 September 1989, German, Filipino
Model, Actress
Abbie Hoffman30 November 1936, American
Anti-War Activist
Coretta Scott King27 April 1927, American
Civil Rights Activist, Author
Dennis Weaver04 June 1924, American
Actor
Maryse Ouellet21 January 1983, Canadian, American
Wrestler
Essence Atkins07 February 1972, American
Actress
Daniel Ellsberg07 April 1931, American
Activist
Medgar Evers02 July 1925, American
Lola Van Wagenen30 November 1938, American
Historian, Activist
William O. Douglas16 October 1898, American
Former Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court
Viola Desmond06 July 1914, Canadian, American
Businesswoman
Stokely Carmichael29 June 1941, Guinean, Trinidadian, American
Steve Biko18 December 1946, South African
Anti-apartheid Activist
Jerry Falwell11 August 1933, American
Pastor
Laurie Holden17 December 1969, American
Actress