Throughout history, there have been many women activists who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female activists such as Hillary Clinton, Shailene Woodley, Angelina Jolie, Malala Yousafzai, Pauley Perrette.The women activists featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Australia and many more countries.
Angelina Jolie04 June 1975, American
Actress, Filmmaker, Activist
Rashida Jones25 February 1976, American
Actress
Betty White17 January 1922, American
Actress
Shailene Woodley15 November 1991, American
Actress, Activist
Lali Espósito10 October 1991, Argentinian
Singer
Candace Owens29 April 1989, American
Political Activist, Commentator
Greta Thunberg03 January 2003, Swedish
Environmental Activist
Harriet Tubman1820 AD, American
Hillary Clinton26 October 1947, American
Former First Lady, Political Leader
Monica Lewinsky23 July 1973, American
American Television Personality
Pamela Anderson01 July 1967, Canadian, American
American-Canadian Actress
Rosario Dawson09 May 1979, American
Actress
Malala Yousafzai12 July 1997, Pakistani
Youngest Nobel Laureate
Ghislaine Maxwell25 December 1961, French, British, American
Socialite
Margaret Atwood18 November 1939, Canadian
Writer, Environmental Activist
Geena Davis21 January 1956, American
Actress, Producer, Model
Yoko Ono18 February 1933, Japanese
Artist
Bea Arthur13 May 1922, American
Actress
Alicia Silverstone04 October 1976, American
Amal Clooney03 February 1978, Lebanese, British
Lawyer, Activist
Rosa Parks04 February 1913, American
Civil Rights Activist
Maya Angelou04 April 1928, American
Author
Maneka Gandhi26 August 1956, Indian
Politician, Animal Rights Activist
Sandi Toksvig03 May 1958, Danish, British
Comedian, Writer
Eartha Kitt17 January 1927, American
Singer
Jessica Lange20 April 1949
Film actor, Photographer, Stage actor, Television
Doris Day03 April 1922, American
Film actress
Linda McCartney24 September 1941, American
Photographer, Musician
Fran Drescher30 September 1957, American
Actress
Pauley Perrette27 March 1969, American
Television Actress, Activist, Singer
Ali MacGraw01 April 1939, American
Actress
Jane Goodall03 April 1934, British
Anthropologist
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Joanna Lumley01 May 1946, British
Actress
Brigitte Bardot28 September 1934, French
Actress & Animal Rights Activist
Anna Friel12 July 1976, British
Actress
Doris Roberts04 November 1925, American
Actress
Erin Brockovich22 June 1960, American
Environmental Activist
Torrey DeVitto08 June 1984, American
Actress
Afeni Shakur10 January 1947, American
Activist
Martina Navratilova18 October 1956, American
Former Tennis Champion
Mena Suvari13 February 1979, American
Actress
Alfre Woodard08 November 1952, American
Actress
Lena Horne30 June 1917, American
Singer
Susan Sontag16 January 1933, American
Temple Grandin29 August 1947, American
Professor
Mika Camarena1948 AD, American
Activist, wife of late DEA agent Kiki Camarena
Heather Mills12 January 1968, British
Media Personality
Angela Davis26 January 1944, American
Political Activist
Jazz Jennings06 October 2000, American
LGBTQ Rights Activist, Internet Personality,
Charlotte Casiraghi03 August 1986, Monacan
Editor-at-large, Equestrian Sports Ambassador
Maryse Ouellet21 January 1983, Canadian, American
Wrestler
Mary Wollstonecraft27 April 1759, British
Writer
Margaret Sanger14 September 1879, American
Birth Control Activist
Bianca Jagger02 May 1945, Nicaraguan, British
Actress
Valerie Harper22 August 1939, American
Actress
Alice Walker09 February 1944, American
Author
Susan B. Anthony15 February 1820, American
Women’s Rights Activist
Delta Burke30 July 1956, American
Actress
Kasturba Gandhi11 April 1869, Indian
Wife of Mahatama Gandhi
Cara Buono01 March 1971, American
Actress
Emma Goldman27 June 1869, American
Writer
Ruby Bridges08 September 1954, American
Philanthropist
Sojourner Truth01 December 1797, American
American women's rights activist
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela26 September 1936, South African
Politician, Anti-Apartheid Activist
Pia Wurtzbach24 September 1989, German, Filipino
Model, Actress
Michelle Malkin20 October 1970, American
Blogger
Coretta Scott King27 April 1927, American
Civil Rights Activist, Author
Annie Besant01 October 1847, British
Member of the London School Board
Essence Atkins07 February 1972, American
Actress
Lola Van Wagenen30 November 1938, American
Historian, Activist
Viola Desmond06 July 1914, Canadian, American
Businesswoman
Laurie Holden17 December 1969, American
Actress
Mariette Hartley21 June 1940, American
Actress
Naomi Klein08 May 1970, Canadian
Author
Jane Addams06 September 1860, American
Ida B. Wells16 July 1862, American
Journalist
Anne-Marie Johnson18 July 1960, American
Actress
Ayaan Hirsi Ali13 November 1969, American
Writer, Politician, Activist, Feminist
Sophie Thompson20 January 1962, British
Actress
Andrea Tantaros30 December 1978, American
Political Analyst
Emmeline Pankhurst04 July 1858, British
Leader of the British Suffragette Movement
Alyssa Diaz07 September 1985, American
Actress
Sophie Scholl09 May 1921, German
Anti-Nazi Activist
Melissa Mathison03 June 1950, American
Screenwriter
Joanna Cassidy02 August 1945, American
Actress
Alexandra Paul29 July 1963, American
Actress
Ilona Staller26 November 1951, Hungarian
Politician, Singer
Miriam Makeba04 March 1932, South African
Singer
Ally Walker25 August 1961, American
Actress
Elizabeth Jagger02 March 1984, American
Model
Jorja Fox07 July 1968, American
Actress
Malese Jow18 February 1991, American
Actress
Katie Pavlich10 July 1988, American
Commentator
Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland10 June 1982, Swedish
Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
Laurie David22 March 1958, American
Environmental Activist
Gauri Lankesh29 January 1962, Indian
Activist, Journalist