Famous Environmentalists Of All Time

Leonardo DiCaprio and Theodore Roosevelt are some famous environmentalists.

An environmentalist is someone who supports the goals to improve and enhance the quality of the natural environment. The objective is to protect the air, water, plants, animals and other natural resources and an environmentalist is ideally an expert in these subjects. Environmental pollution is a growing concern and has raised various issues like resulting in the depletion of various species and has displaced numerous humans and animals from their natural surroundings. So many individuals who are environmentalists continue to fight till today and have contributed immensely in protecting the environment. Al Gore, Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, Rachel Carson, Edward Abbey and Wendell Berry are some examples of famous environmentalists. Even actor Leonardo DiCaprio plays a huge role in environmental protection. Keep reading to know the full list of environmentalists.

Leonardo DiCaprio
(Actor, Film Producer)

11 November 1974

Hollywood, California, U.S.

American

Scorpio

Theodore Roosevelt
(26th U.S. President)

27 October 1858

06 January 1919

New York City

American

Scorpio

Brad Pitt
(Actor)

18 December 1963

Shawnee

American

Sagittarius

Rachel McAdams

17 November 1978

London

Canadian

Scorpio

Meryl Streep
(American actress)

22 June 1949

Summit, New Jersey, U.S.

American

Cancer

Jared Leto
(American actor)

26 December 1971

Bossier City

American

Capricorn

Pamela Anderson
(American-Canadian actress)

01 July 1967

Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada

Canadian

Cancer

Alec Baldwin
(Actor, Producer, Comedian)

03 April 1958

Amityville, New York, U.S.

American

Aries

Pierce Brosnan

16 May 1953

Drogheda, Ireland

Irish,American

Taurus

David Attenborough
(Broadcaster, Naturalist)

08 May 1926

Isleworth

British

Taurus

James Cameron
(Filmmaker)

16 August 1954

Kapuskasing

Canadian

Leo

Cindy Crawford

20 February 1966

DeKalb

American

Pisces

Emilio Estevez
(Actor, Director, Screenwriter)

12 May 1962

Staten Island, New York, United States

American

Taurus

Hayao Miyazaki
(Film director)

05 January 1941

Bunkyō

Japanese

Capricorn

Marion Cotillard
(Actress)

30 September 1975

Paris, France

French

Libra

Bette Midler

01 December 1945

Honolulu, Hawaii

American

Sagittarius

Thom Yorke
(Singer, Musician, Songwriter)

07 October 1968

Wellingborough

British

Libra

John Muir
(Naturalist)

21 April 1838

24 December 1914

Dunbar

American,Scottish

Taurus

Rachel Carson
(Marine biologist)

27 May 1907

14 April 1964

Springdale

American

Gemini

Wendell Berry

05 August 1934

Henry County

American

Leo

Neko Case
(Singer-Songwriter)

08 September 1970

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

American

Virgo

Aldo Leopold

11 January 1887

21 April 1948

Burlington

American

Capricorn

Anita Roddick

23 October 1942

10 September 2007

Littlehampton

British

Libra

Peter Garrett
(Member of the Australian House of Representatives)

16 April 1953

Wahroonga

Australian

Aries

Wallace Stegner
(Author)

18 February 1909

13 April 1993

Lake Mills

American

Aquarius

Judith Wright
(Poet, Environmentalist, Campaigner for Aboriginal Land Rights)

31 May 1915

25 June 2000

Armidale

Australian

Gemini

Lester R. Brown
(Environmentalist)

28 March 1934

Bridgeton

American

Aries

John Dann MacDonald
(Novelist, Short Story Writer)

24 July 1916

28 December 1986

Sharon, Pennysylvania

American

Leo

Marjory Stoneman Douglas
(Journalist, Feminist)

07 April 1890

14 May 1998

Minneapolis

American

Aries

Al Gore
(Politician, Financier, Businessperson, Journalist)

31 March 1948

Washington, D.C.

American

Aries

Erin Brockovich
(Jurist)

22 June 1960

Lawrence

American

Cancer

Tom Steyer
(Association football player, Environmentalist)

27 June 1957

New York City

American

Cancer

Rutger Hauer
(Actor, Film actor)

23 January 1944

Breukelen

Dutch

Aquarius

Timothy Treadwell
(Film director)

29 April 1957

05 October 2003

New York City

American

Taurus

Andrew Ridgeley
(Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, Musician)

26 January 1963

Windlesham

British

Aquarius

Vandana Shiva
(Philosopher, Physicist, Writer, University teacher)

05 November 1952

Dehradun

Indian

Scorpio

Sunderlal Bahuguna
(Environmentalist, Political activist)

09 January 1927

Tehri

Indian

Capricorn

Zac Goldsmith
(Politician, Editor, Journalist)

20 January 1975

Westminster

British

Capricorn

Douglas Tompkins
(entrepreneur, environmentalist)

20 March 1943

08 December 2015

Ohio

American

Pisces

David Mayer de Rothschild

25 August 1978

London

British

Virgo

Ed Begley, Jr.

16 September 1949

Los Angeles

American

Virgo

Chandi Prasad Bhatt
(Social worker)

23 June 1934

Chamoli Gopeshwar

Indian

Cancer

Ben Goldsmith
(Environmentalist)

28 October 1980

London

British

Scorpio

Elizabeth May
(Writer, Politician, Journalist, Lawyer)

09 June 1954

Hartford

Canadian

Gemini

Lewis Mumford
(Architect, Historian of technology, Historian, Sociologist, Screenwriter, Literary critic, Philosopher, Journalist)

19 October 1895

26 January 1990

New York City

American

Libra

Jean-Michel Cousteau
(Explorer)

06 May 1938

Toulon

French

Taurus

Marina Silva
(Politician, Trade unionist)

08 February 1958

Rio Branco

Brazilian

Aquarius

Sugathakumari
(Writer, Human rights activist, Children's writer)

03 January 1934

Aranmula

Indian

Capricorn

K. Shivaram Karanth
(Author, Poet)

10 October 1902

09 December 1997

Udupi district

Indian

Libra

Sheherazade Goldsmith
(Journalist)

14 March 1974

Denmark Hill

British

Pisces

Swampy
(envirimentalist)

1973 AD

British

Robinson Jeffers
(Poet, Writer)

10 January 1887

20 January 1962

Pittsburgh

American

Capricorn

Ed Sanders
(Musician, Writer)

17 August 1939

Kansas City

American

Leo

Loren Legarda
(Journalist, Reporter, Presenter, Model, Activist)

28 January 1960

Malabon

Filipino

Aquarius

Amory Lovins
(Physicist, Writer)

13 November 1947

Washington, D.C.

American

Scorpio

Pradip Krishen
(film director, writer)

1949 AD

New Delhi

Indian

Julia Hill

18 February 1974

Mount Vernon

American

Aquarius

David Ross Brower

01 July 1912

05 November 2000

American

Cancer

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