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.
Rutger Hauer(Actor, Film actor)
23 January 1944
Dutch
Timothy Treadwell(Film director)
29 April 1957
American
Andrew Ridgeley(Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, Musician)
26 January 1963
British
Douglas Tompkins(entrepreneur, environmentalist)
20 March 1943
American
Vandana Shiva(Philosopher, Physicist, Writer, University teacher)
05 November 1952
Indian
Marina Silva(Politician, Trade unionist)
08 February 1958
Brazilian
Zac Goldsmith(Politician, Editor, Journalist)
20 January 1975
British
David Mayer de Rothschild25 August 1978
British
Sunderlal Bahuguna(Environmentalist, Political activist)
09 January 1927
Indian
Ben Goldsmith(Environmentalist)
28 October 1980
British
K. Shivaram Karanth(Author, Poet)
10 October 1902
Indian
Lewis Mumford(Architect, Historian of technology, Historian, Sociologist, Screenwriter, Literary critic, Philosopher, Journalist)
19 October 1895
American
Elizabeth May(Writer, Politician, Journalist, Lawyer)
09 June 1954
Canadian
Marjory Stoneman Douglas(Journalist, Feminist)
07 April 1890
American
Jean-Michel Cousteau(Explorer)
06 May 1938
French
Ed Begley, Jr.16 September 1949
American
Sugathakumari(Writer, Human rights activist, Children's writer)
03 January 1934
Indian
Sheherazade Goldsmith(Journalist)
14 March 1974
British
Loren Legarda(Journalist, Reporter, Presenter, Model, Activist)
28 January 1960
Filipino
Swampy(envirimentalist)
1973 AD
British
Ed Sanders(Musician, Writer)
17 August 1939
American
Robinson Jeffers(Poet, Writer)
10 January 1887
American
Chandi Prasad Bhatt(Social worker)
23 June 1934
Indian
Amory Lovins(Physicist, Writer)
13 November 1947
American
Pradip Krishen(film director, writer)
1949 AD
Indian
Julia Hill18 February 1974
American
David Ross Brower01 July 1912
American
