Famous 20th Century Activists
Muhammad Ali17 January 1942, American
Angelina Jolie04 June 1975, American
Actress, Filmmaker, Activist
Kerry Kennedy08 September 1959, American
Human rights activist
Martin Luther King Jr.15 January 1929, American
Civil Rights Activist
Betty White17 January 1922, American
Actress
Malcolm X19 May 1925, American
Activist
Ghislaine Maxwell25 December 1961, French, British, American
Socialite
Jane Goodall03 April 1934, British
Primatologist
Hillary Clinton26 October 1947, American
Former First Lady, Political Leader
Rosario Dawson09 May 1979, American
Actress
Woody Harrelson23 July 1961, American
Actor, Activist
Tucker Carlson16 May 1969, American
Journalist
Monica Lewinsky23 July 1973, American
American Television Personality
Mark Ruffalo22 November 1967, American
Actor
Noam Chomsky07 December 1928, American
Linguist
Alicia Silverstone04 October 1976, American
Fran Drescher30 September 1957, American
Actress
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.17 January 1954, American
Environment Activist & Attorney
Malala Yousafzai12 July 1997, Pakistani
Activist
Pamela Anderson01 July 1967, Canadian, American
American-Canadian Actress
Bea Arthur13 May 1922, American
Actress
Rosa Parks04 February 1913, American
Activist
Julian Assange03 July 1971, Australian, Ecuadorian
Computer programmer
Yoko Ono18 February 1933, Japanese
Artist
Jeffrey Wright07 December 1965, American
Actor
Geena Davis21 January 1956, American
Actress, Producer, Model
Erin Brockovich22 June 1960, American
Environmental Activist
Doris Day03 April 1922, American
Film actress
Amal Clooney03 February 1978, Lebanese, British
Lawyer, Activist
Pauley Perrette27 March 1969, American
Television Actress, Activist, Singer
Maya Angelou04 April 1928, American
Poet
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Chaz Bono04 March 1969, American
Actor, LGBT Rights Activist
Shaun King17 September 1979, American
Writer
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar28 May 1883, Indian
Independence Activist, Reformer
Margaret Atwood18 November 1939, Canadian
Writer, Environmental Activist
Joanna Lumley01 May 1946, British
Actress
Betty Friedan04 February 1921, American
Feminist, Writer
Bob Geldof05 October 1951, Irish
Singer
Brigitte Bardot28 September 1934, French
Actress & Animal Rights Activist
Linda McCartney24 September 1941, American
Photographer, Musician
Jesse Jackson08 October 1941, American
Civil Rights Activist
James Baldwin02 August 1924, American
Novelist
George Takei20 April 1937, American
Actor, Activist
Nathuram Godse19 May 1910, Indian
Assassin of Mahatma Gandhi
Rick Harrison22 March 1965, American
Businessman
Eartha Kitt17 January 1927, American
Singer
Sandi Toksvig03 May 1958, Danish, British
Comedian, Writer
Angela Davis26 January 1944, American
Political Activist
Arvind Kejriwal16 August 1968, Indian
Anti Corruption Activist, Politician
Anna Friel12 July 1976, British
Actress
Garry Kasparov13 April 1963, Russian
Chess Player
Zack de la Rocha12 January 1970, American
Cesar Chavez31 March 1927, American
Civil Rights Activist
Laurie David22 March 1958, American
Environmental Activist
Russell Simmons04 October 1957, American
Founder of the hip-hop music label Def Jam
Ralph Nader27 February 1934, American
Political Activist, Attorney
Doris Roberts04 November 1925, American
Actress
Cara Buono01 March 1971, American
Actress
Alfre Woodard08 November 1952, American
Actress
Dennis Weaver04 June 1924, American
Actor
Harvey Milk22 May 1930, American
Gary Burghoff24 May 1943, American
Actor
Serj Tankian21 August 1967, Lebanese, American
Singer-songwriter
Chirlane McCray29 November 1954, American
Writer, Social Activist
Denise Nicholas12 July 1944, American
Actress
Michael Bolton26 February 1953, American
Singer, Songwriter
Lena Horne30 June 1917, American
Singer
Afeni Shakur10 January 1947, American
Activist
Margaret Sanger14 September 1879, American
Educator
Delta Burke30 July 1956, American
Actress
Emily Swallow18 December 1979, American
Actress
Temple Grandin29 August 1947, American
Professor
Sean Hepburn Ferrer17 July 1960, Swiss
Film Producer
Coretta Scott King27 April 1927, American
Civil Rights Activist, Author
Ryan White06 December 1971, American
Alice Walker09 February 1944, American
Author
Bianca Jagger02 May 1945, Nicaraguan, British
Actress
Susan Sontag16 January 1933, American
Will Estes21 October 1978, American
Actor
Will Geer09 March 1902, American
Actor
Valerie Harper22 August 1939, American
Actress
Martin Luther King III23 October 1957, American
Activist
Maryse Ouellet21 January 1983, Canadian, American
Wrestler
Ruby Bridges08 September 1954, American
Philanthropist
Emmeline Pankhurst04 July 1858, British
Leader of the British Suffragette Movement
Melissa Mathison03 June 1950, American
Screenwriter
Stokely Carmichael29 June 1941, Guinean, Trinidadian, American
Abbie Hoffman30 November 1936, American
Anti-War Activist
Medgar Evers02 July 1925, American
Mike Farrell06 February 1939, American
Actor
Zbigniew Brzezinski28 March 1928, Polish, American
Former Diplomat, Political Scientist
Ricky Tomlinson26 September 1939, British
Actor
Martina Navratilova18 October 1956, American
Former Tennis Champion
Maneka Gandhi26 August 1956, Indian
Politician, Animal Rights Activist