Activists & Reformers
“Changemakers who moved the world”
These names are shared with the activists and reformers who changed the world — the civil-rights leaders, suffragists, abolitionists, and revolutionaries who fought for a more just future. They carry a legacy of courage and conviction.
Elijah Cummings
American politician and civil rights advocate
Isaac Wright Jr.
Lawyer and activist who was wrongfully convicted
Jesse Jackson
Civil rights activist and politician
Eleanor Roosevelt
Former First Lady of the United States and human rights activist
Eva Perón
First Lady of Argentina and activist
Bella Abzug
US Representative and women's rights activist
Alice Paul
American suffragist and women's rights activist
Cesar Chavez
Labor leader and civil rights activist
Holden Roberto
Angolan independence leader and founder of the FNLA
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German revolutionary socialist and philosopher
Did you know some of the most inspiring names belong to changemakers? Rosa (Parks), Harriet (Tubman), Frederick (Douglass), Susan (B. Anthony), and Eleanor (Roosevelt) each turned a first name into a symbol of progress.
Barbara Jordan
Leader of the Civil Rights Movement and congresswoman
Harvey Milk
Civil rights activist and first openly gay elected official in California
Ahmed Kathrada
South African anti-apartheid activist
Stacey Abrams
American politician and voting rights activist
Luz Mely Reyes
Venezuelan journalist and political activist
Beatrice Webb
English sociologist, economist, and social reformer
Greta Thunberg
Swedish environmental activist
Ingrid Betancourt
Colombian politician and activist
Abbie Hoffman
American social and political activist
Kendal Unruh
American political activist
Aryanna Berringer
American political activist and veteran
Ericka Huggins
Human rights activist and Black Panther Party leader
Kerry Kennedy
Human rights activist and daughter of Robert F. Kennedy
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Somali-born Dutch-American activist and writer
Cassius Marcellus Clay
American abolitionist and politician
Marian Wright Edelman
Children's rights activist and founder of the CDF
Yehuda Glick
Israeli politician and activist
Constance Markievicz
Irish revolutionary and the first woman elected to the UK Parliament
Opal Tometi
Human rights activist and community organizer
Bree Newsome
American filmmaker and civil rights activist
An activist can make a name aspirational — parents drawn to these names often choose them for what they stand for: justice, courage, and the conviction to change things for the better.
Winnie Mandela
South African anti-apartheid activist
Soraya Post
Swedish politician and human rights activist
Harris Wofford
United States Senator and civil rights activist
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
Irish civil rights leader and former Member of Parliament
Syed Saddiq
Malaysian politician and activist
Anson Burlingame
American diplomat and abolitionist
Zoya Phan
Burmese human rights activist
Yuri Kochiyama
Japanese-American civil rights activist
Khadija Ryari
Moroccan human rights activist
Lenora Branch Fulani
American psychologist and political activist
Oswaldo Payá
Cuban political activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Samaria Rice
Civil rights activist and mother of Tamir Rice
Lyndon Larouche
American political activist and perennial candidate
Rosalina Tuyuc
Guatemalan human rights activist and former deputy
Freyja Haraldsdóttir
Icelandic disability rights activist and politician
Vida Goldstein
Australian suffragist and social reformer
Patrice Cullors
American activist and co-founder of Black Lives Matter
Marielle Franco
Brazilian politician and human rights activist
Janaya Khan
Social activist and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto
Estela de Carlotto
Human rights activist and leader of Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Kylar Broadus
American attorney, entrepreneur, and trans rights activist
Zephyr Teachout
American attorney and political activist
Rochel Sylvetsky
Israeli activist and former chairperson of Emunah
Azucena Villaflor
Argentine social activist and founder of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Xitlali Hernandez
Mexican politician and activist
A. Philip Randolph
Civil rights activist and labor union leader
Veer Savarkar
Indian politician and activist
Ammon Bundy
American militant and political activist
Anas Altikriti
British-Iraqi hostage negotiator and activist
Dolores Huerta
Labor leader and civil rights activist
Zaida Catalán
Swedish politician and human rights activist
Kwame Ture
Prominent civil rights organizer and activist
Ela Bhatt
Indian cooperative organizer and activist who founded SEWA
Safiya Zaghloul
Egyptian political activist known as the Mother of the Egyptians
Tamika Mallory
Civil rights activist and organizer
Asma Jahangir
Human rights lawyer and social activist
Adalberto Tejeda Olivares
Mexican politician and revolutionary
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami
Yanomami shaman and indigenous rights activist
Zaida Catalán
Swedish politician and human rights activist
Aminata Traoré
Malian author, politician, and political activist
Caesar Chavez
Labor leader and civil rights activist
Elvia Carrillo Puerto
Mexican politician and feminist activist
Leopoldo López
Venezuelan political leader and activist
Samar Badawi
Saudi Arabian human rights activist
Fannie Lou Hamer
American voting and women's rights activist and civil rights leader
Burke Marshall
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights during the Kennedy administration
Hanan Ashrawi
Palestinian legislator and activist
Arnoldo Martinez Verdugo
Mexican politician and democracy activist
Deniz Gezmiş
Turkish political activist
Alaa Abd El-Fattah
Egyptian-British software developer and political activist
Isra Hirsi
American environmental activist and daughter of Ilhan Omar
Yechiel Leiter
Israeli political activist and former chief of staff
Yousif Kuwa
Sudanese revolutionary leader and teacher
Esau Jenkins
Civil rights leader and community organizer
Ceasar Chavez
Civil rights activist and labor leader often confused with the spelling Cesar
Yelena Bonner
Human rights activist in the former Soviet Union
Horace Mann
American educational reformer known as the Father of the Common School
Vladimir Lenin
Russian revolutionary and first head of Soviet Russia
Bayard Rustin
Civil rights leader and strategist for the March on Washington
Mahala Ashley Dickerson
American lawyer and civil rights activist
Shannen Koostachin
Cree youth education activist
Alexei Navalny
Russian opposition leader and activist
Meena Keshwar Kamal
Afghan women's rights activist and founder of RAWA
Abimael Guzmán
Peruvian revolutionary and leader of the Shining Path
Milagro Sala
Argentine social activist and political leader
Takiyah Thompson
American activist and student leader
Phyllis Schlafly
American constitutional lawyer and conservative activist
Al Sharpton
Civil rights activist and Baptist minister
Aïcha Belarbi
Moroccan sociologist, diplomat, and women's rights activist
Diante Johnson
Political commentator and activist
Kush Bhargava
Indian politician and activist
Delores Tucker
Civil rights activist and politician
Jamira Burley
Human rights activist and White House Champion of Change
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos
Puerto Rican activist and musician
Damario Solomon-Simmons
Civil rights attorney and advocate
Viggo Hansteen
Norwegian lawyer and labor leader
Matilde Bajer
Danish women's rights activist and pacifist
Gerrit Smith
American social reformer and abolitionist
LaDonna Harris
Comanche Native American social activist and politician
Faiza Jama Mohamed
Somali women's rights activist
Hillel Neuer
Executive Director of UN Watch and human rights lawyer
Medha Patkar
Social activist and politician known for her work with Narmada Bachao Andolan
Rayhan Asat
Human rights lawyer and advocate
Athalia Ponsell Bradshaw
American politician and civic activist
Asma Jahangir
Pakistani human rights lawyer and activist
Vilma Espín
Cuban revolutionary and women's rights activist
Saron Gebresellassie
Canadian lawyer and activist
Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman
Prominent activist and founder of SumOfUs
Mable Elmore
Canadian politician and labor activist
Tiare Lawrence
Hawaiian community organizer and activist
Carmel Budiardjo
Human rights activist and founder of TAPOL
Margret Benedictsson
Icelandic-Canadian suffrage leader and journalist
Lucile Bluford
Influential African-American journalist and civil rights activist
Moishe Lewis
Labor activist and political leader
Concepción Picciotto
Long-term peace activist who picketed the White House for 35 years
Pádraig Pearse
Irish revolutionary leader and poet
Hadeel Kouky
Syrian human rights activist
Bessie Braddock
British Labour Party politician and social reformer
Avital Sharansky
Human rights activist and wife of Natan Sharansky
Lakshmi Sahgal
Revolutionary in the Indian independence movement
Khaliq Ibrahim
Malaysian politician and activist
Lolita Lebrón
Puerto Rican nationalist leader
Dionicio Morales
Civil rights activist and founder of the MAOF
Duran Cafer
Turkish politician and activist
Baldemar Velásquez
Labor union activist and MacArthur Fellow
Iana Matei
Romanian activist and founder of Reaching Out Romania
Latosha Brown
Voting rights activist and co-founder of Black Voters Matter
Israa al-Ghomgham
Saudi human rights activist
Assata Shakur
African-American activist and former member of the Black Panther Party
Prentice Marshall
United States District Judge and notable legal reformer
Refugio Galindo
Mexican revolutionary and politician
Nabiha Al-Madi
Jordanian political activist and pioneer
Nnamdi Kanu
British-Nigerian political activist
Shadi Sadr
Human rights lawyer and activist
Majd Izzat al-Chourbaji
Syrian peace activist and human rights defender
Sundus Abbas
Iraqi women's rights activist and International Women of Courage Award recipient
Kyleen Wright
American activist and non-profit executive
Rosalio Munoz
Chicano activist and organizer of the Chicano Moratorium
Aleksey Navalny
Russian opposition leader and activist
Alexei Navalny
Russian opposition leader and activist
Citlalli Hernandez
Mexican politician and activist
Gauri Lankesh
Indian journalist and activist
Elba Esther Gordillo
Mexican politician and former union leader
Aïssata Toure Kane
Mauritanian politician and women's rights activist
Yahia Boushaki
Algerian political leader and revolutionary
Christabel Pankhurst
British suffragette and co-founder of the WSPU
Hannan Ashrawi
Palestinian legislator and activist
Aruna Asaf Ali
Indian educator and political activist known as the Grand Old Lady of Independence
Atziri Avila
Mexican human rights activist and advocate
Lujain Al-Hathloul
Prominent Saudi women's rights activist
Asra Al-Shafie
Bahraini human rights activist and founder of Majal.org
Aleta Baun
Indonesian environmental activist and Goldman Environmental Prize winner
Benigno Aquino Jr.
Filipino senator and revolutionary leader
Fariha Al-Ahmadi
Kuwaiti princess and social activist
Karinna Moskalenko
Renowned Russian human rights lawyer
Alexya Salvador
Brazilian politician and human rights activist
Shirin Ebadi
Nobel Peace Prize-winning lawyer and human rights activist
Aleksei Navalny
Russian opposition leader and activist
Ociel Baena
Prominent Mexican magistrate and human rights activist
Ehsan Jami
Dutch politician and activist
Martin Galvin
Irish-American lawyer and political activist
Yudith del Rincón
Mexican politician and activist
Muntaha al-Atrash
Syrian journalist and human rights activist
Karima Baloch
Human rights activist
Rosmery Mollo
Bolivian politician and indigenous rights activist
Citlalli Hernández
Mexican politician and activist
Shirin Ebadi
Nobel Peace Prize-winning Iranian lawyer and human rights activist
Nikkita Oliver
American attorney and community activist
Jesselyn Radack
National security and human rights attorney known for whistleblowing advocacy
Salima Ghezali
Algerian journalist and women's rights activist
Jibran Nasir
Pakistani civil rights activist and lawyer
Sandeep Pandey
Social activist and Ramon Magsaysay Award winner
Jihan Sadat
Former First Lady of Egypt and human rights activist
Raed Jarrar
Architect and human rights advocate
Argelia Laya
Venezuelan educator and women's rights activist
Petrona Eyle
Argentine physician and feminist activist for women's rights
Damyan Gruev
Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary leader
Khary Penebaker
American political activist
Herminio Iglesias
Argentine politician and trade union leader
Saima Wazed
Bangladeshi autism activist and WHO Regional Director
Sekai Holland
Zimbabwean politician and human rights activist
Eldridge Cleaver
Political activist and writer who was a leader of the Black Panther Party
Nakisha Glover
Environmental justice activist and community organizer
Shada Nasir
Yemeni human rights lawyer and activist
Akua Njeri
American civil rights activist and former Black Panther
Kasra Nouri
Iranian journalist and human rights activist
Suhail Khan
American conservative activist and former government official
Fouad Belkacem
Belgian political activist
Harish Iyer
Prominent Indian equal rights activist and speaker
Azucena Villaflor
Social activist and founder of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Brinda Karat
Indian politician and activist
Kailash Satyarthi
Nobel Peace Prize-winning children's rights activist
Jabbar Savalan
Azerbaijani youth activist
Vrinda Grover
Prominent human rights lawyer and activist
Azucena Villaflor
Social activist and founder of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Raif Badawi
Saudi Arabian writer and activist
Rosi Wolfstein
German socialist politician and activist
Evelio Boal
Spanish trade unionist and activist
Nasreen Pervin Huq
Prominent women's rights activist
Hortensia Bussi
First Lady of Chile and human rights activist
Romani Rose
German Sinti activist and head of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma
Saadia Marciano
Israeli social activist and politician
Faiza Jama Mohamed
Somali women's rights activist
Hena Das
Prominent Bangladeshi activist and educator
José Carlos Mariátegui
Influential Peruvian philosopher and political activist
Shahan Natalie
Armenian political activist and writer
Fatiha Boudiaf
Algerian activist and former First Lady
Ezell Blair Jr.
Civil rights activist and member of the Greensboro Four
Jehan Sadat
Former First Lady of Egypt and human rights activist
Mujahid Dokubo-Asari
Nigerian political figure and activist
Nadezhda Krupskaya
Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and wife of Vladimir Lenin
Hodan Ahmed
Somali political activist and women's rights advocate
Nasrin Sotoudeh
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and activist
Afrah Nasser
Award-winning Yemeni journalist and human rights advocate
Hanifa Safi
Afghan women's rights activist and provincial head
Arna Mer-Khamis
Human rights activist and Right Livelihood Award recipient
Harriett Woods
American politician and activist
Thaddeus Stevens
Powerful US Congressman and abolitionist leader
Mary-Frances Berry
Former Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Suraiya Pakzad
Afghan women's rights activist and founder of Voice of Women Organization
Jalila Khamis Koko
Sudanese teacher and human rights activist
Jenin Younes
American civil rights attorney and legal commentator
Marilla Ricker
Suffragist and the first woman to practice law in New Hampshire
Abie Nathan
Israeli humanitarian and peace activist
Hidaya Sultan al-Salem
Kuwaiti journalist and women's rights activist
Archana Soreng
Environmental activist and UN Youth Advisory Group member
Sola Sierra
Chilean human rights activist
Mansoor Hekmat
Iranian theorist and revolutionary
Melida Anaya Montes
Salvadoran educator and revolutionary leader
Simonne Monet-Chartrand
Canadian human rights activist and pacifist
Gao Yu
Chinese journalist and political activist
Esraa Abdel Fattah
Egyptian democracy activist and co-founder of the April 6 Youth Movement
Apolonio de Carvalho
Brazilian social activist and politician
Ganesh Damodar Savarkar
Indian independence activist
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
South African anti-apartheid activist and politician
Elek Köblös
Hungarian and Romanian communist activist
Stepan Bandera
Ukrainian nationalist leader
Wei Jingsheng
Chinese human rights activist
Nazia Khanum
British management consultant and community activist
Digna Ochoa
Mexican human rights lawyer and activist
Shabnam Nasimi
British-Afghan social activist and political advisor
Baraa Shiban
Human rights activist and political analyst
Luma Mufleh
Jordanian-American social entrepreneur and activist
Andreu Nin
Spanish communist politician and revolutionary
Abdulhadi al-Khawaja
Bahraini-Danish human rights activist
Zeynab Jalalian
Iranian Kurdish political activist
Olaoluwa Abagun
Nigerian lawyer and women's rights activist
Isam al-Qadi
Palestinian political activist and leader
Enza Anderson
Canadian journalist and political activist
Rahima Moosa
South African anti-apartheid activist
Jestina Mukoko
Zimbabwean human rights activist and journalist
Haja Saran Daraba Kaba
Guinean politician and activist for women's rights
Mathews Phosa
South African anti-apartheid activist and politician
Safiyya Zaghloul
Egyptian political activist known as the Mother of the Egyptians
Huber Matos
Cuban revolutionary leader and political activist
Etai Pinkas
Israeli civil rights activist and politician
Dorie Ladner
Civil rights activist and SNCC organizer
Ioane Teitiota
Kiribati climate change activist and legal figure
Rennie Davis
American anti-war activist and member of the Chicago Seven
Seynabou Male Cisse
Senegalese peace activist and regional leader
Yenny Wahid
Indonesian activist and politician
Ranbir Singh Hooda
Indian independence activist and politician
Masaki Kito
Japanese lawyer and activist
Shavar Jeffries
American civil rights attorney and advocate
Manasi Pradhan
Indian women's rights activist and author
Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba
Guinean activist and first female secretary-general of the Mano River Union
Jalila Khamis Koko
Sudanese teacher and human rights activist
Isatou Touray
Gambian politician and activist
Crisanto Evangelista
Filipino labor leader and politician
Sultana Kamal
Bangladeshi lawyer and human rights activist
Salima Ghezali
Algerian journalist and women's rights activist
Christabel Pankhurst
British suffragette and co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union
Stokely Carmichael
Prominent civil rights activist and leader of the Black Panther Party
Dulcie September
South African anti-apartheid activist
Marcus Garvey
Jamaican political activist and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Kainat Soomro
Pakistani human rights activist
Medardo Flores
Honduran journalist and activist
Irineo Evangelista
Filipino politician and revolutionary
Richard Varick
Revolutionary War figure and former Mayor of New York City
Imri Kalmann
Israeli social activist and former co-chair of the Aguda
Haydee Santamaria
Cuban revolutionary and politician
Ady Barkan
American lawyer and social justice activist
Denea Joseph
Human rights activist and advocate
Nechama Rivlin
Former First Lady of Israel and environmental activist
Sung Jae-gi
South Korean human rights activist
Farzana Bari
Pakistani human rights activist and academic
Mayerly Sánchez
Colombian peace activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Osmany Cienfuegos
Cuban revolutionary and politician
Kateryna Handziuk
Civil rights and anti-corruption activist
Amzie Moore
Civil rights leader and entrepreneur in Mississippi
Narges Mohammadi
Nobel Peace Prize-winning Iranian human rights activist
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Indian politician and activist
Tamika Mallory
American activist and co-chair of the 2017 Women's March
Vang Chi-shing
Hong Kong politician and activist
Hajer Sharief
Libyan peace activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Aemon de Valera
Prominent Irish statesman and revolutionary
Cleve Jones
American AIDS and LGBTQ+ rights activist
Sajjad Shar
Pakistani politician and activist
Swati Maliwal
Indian social activist and politician
Hidayah Sultan Al-Salem
Kuwaiti journalist and activist
Filemon Lagman
Filipino revolutionary and labor leader
Xitlali Hernandez
Mexican politician and activist
Misbah Quadri
Indian activist and advocate for housing rights
Ansar Burney
Human rights activist and former federal minister
Heela Najibullah
Afghan humanitarian and peace activist
Safiatou Lopez
Burkinabé human rights activist and businesswoman
Mililani Trask
Hawaiian sovereignty activist and attorney
Primitivo Rodriguez
Mexican activist and political advisor
Zaida Catalán
Swedish politician and human rights activist
Winnie Mandela
South African anti-apartheid activist and politician
Amram Blau
Haredi Jewish communal leader and activist
Magalie Marcelin
Haitian lawyer and women's rights activist
Sabeen Mahmud
Pakistani human rights activist and social worker
Ranferi Hernández
Mexican political activist and leader
Hanan Ashrawi
Palestinian legislator and activist
Diann Rust-Tierney
Prominent human rights lawyer and activist
Adenike Oladosu
Nigerian climate activist and eco-feminist
Shirly Pinto
Israeli politician and disability rights activist
Zannah Mustapha
Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist
Afifa Lutfi
Prominent Egyptian educator and activist
Prashant Bhushan
Prominent Indian public interest lawyer and activist
Sajjad Shar
Pakistani political activist
Hasina Safi
Afghan women's rights activist and politician
Karuna Nundy
Prominent Indian lawyer and human rights activist
Salima Ghezali
Algerian journalist and women's rights activist
Terina Hine
British political activist and spokesperson
Jazzie Collins
San Francisco community activist and politician
Gauri Lankesh
Indian journalist and activist
Ana Karen Parra
Mexican human rights activist and official
Fiza Farhan
Social entrepreneur and activist for women's empowerment
Hanifa Safi
Afghan women's rights activist and provincial official
Wajiha Al-Huwaider
Saudi women's rights activist and writer
Naw Zipporah Sein
Karen political activist and former General Secretary of the Karen National Union
Hebe de Bonafini
Argentine human rights activist and founder of Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Pakou Hang
Hmong-American community organizer and activist
Tokyo Sexwale
South African businessman and anti-apartheid activist
Serine Ebadi
Iranian human rights activist and lawyer (often transliterated as Shirin)
Mandisa Mashego
South African activist and political leader
Guled Jama
Somali politician and human rights activist
Hawa Abdi
Somali human rights activist and physician
Abdirizak Bihi
Somali-American social activist and community leader
Khup Lian
Zomi political leader and independence activist
Luis Carlos Prestes
Brazilian revolutionary and political leader
Dionis Coffin Pirie
American politician and suffragist
Theotis Robinson Jr.
Civil rights pioneer and first African American student at UT Knoxville
Vanita Gupta
American civil rights attorney and former Associate Attorney General
Gerrit Smith
American social reformer and abolitionist
Linah Jebii Kilimo
Kenyan politician and activist
Mariela Castro
Cuban politician and activist
Foday Sankoh
Founder of the Sierra Leone rebel group Revolutionary United Front
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
DeRay Mckesson
Civil rights activist and podcaster
Abshir Hassan
Somali-Canadian teacher and community activist
Taiba N'Diaye
Senegalese politician and activist
Masih Alinejad
Iranian-American journalist and women's rights activist
Ayna Sultanova
Early Soviet-era Azerbaijani politician and activist
Lojain Al-Hathloul
Saudi women's rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Nasrin Sotoudeh
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and activist
Tamana Zaryab Paryani
Afghan women's rights activist
Albertina Sisulu
Anti-apartheid activist known as the Mother of the Nation
Anayansi Turner
Panamanian lawyer and human rights advocate
Yasaman Aryani
Prominent Iranian civil rights activist
Taisiya Osipova
Russian political activist
Amritpal Singh
Indian activist and political figure
Zaida Catalán
Swedish politician and human rights activist
Payam Akhavan
International human rights lawyer and UN advisor
Lecia Brooks
Civil rights activist and leader at the Southern Poverty Law Center
Raji Sourani
Human rights lawyer and activist
Adila Bayhum
Lebanese feminist and independence activist
Thida Thavornseth
Thai political activist and former chair of the UDD
Oluwatoyin Salau
American civil rights activist
Rudolpho 'Corky' Gonzales
Chicano activist and boxer
Safiya Hussaini
Nigerian woman who became a global symbol for human rights
Thaddeus Stevens
Powerful U.S. Congressman and abolitionist leader
Ilwad Elman
Somali-Canadian social activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Citlalli Hernández
Mexican politician and activist
Rachid Nekkaz
French-Algerian businessman and political activist
Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi
19th-century Ottoman-Tunisian statesman and reformer
Lujain Al-Hathloul
Prominent Saudi women's rights activist
Nayab Ali
Pakistani human rights activist and politician
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Somali-born Dutch-American activist and writer
Aung San
Burmese revolutionary and founder of the modern Myanmar armed forces
Gerrit Smith
American social reformer and abolitionist
Vinita Gupta
American civil rights attorney and former Associate Attorney General of the United States
Naledi Chirwa
South African activist and Member of Parliament
Sundiata Acoli
American political activist and former member of the Black Panther Party
Topacio Reynoso
Guatemalan environmental activist and youth leader
Adelfo Regino Montes
Mexican lawyer and indigenous rights activist
Edil Baisalov
Kyrgyz politician and activist
Ludivina Garcia
Spanish-Mexican politician and activist
Afeni Shakur
Political activist and mother of rapper Tupac Shakur
Quanell X
Prominent community activist and leader
Rubab Sayeed
Indian politician and activist
Aleksy Ćwiakowski
Polish lawyer and political activist
Achyut Patwardhan
Indian independence activist and social reformer
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Social reformer and leader during the Indian Independence Movement
Isata Mahoi
Sierra Leonean gender activist and government minister
Zaida Catalán
Swedish politician and human rights activist
Christof Heyns
United Nations human rights expert and law professor
Narges Mohammadi
Nobel Peace Prize-winning Iranian human rights activist
Rawda Bishara-Atallah
Palestinian cultural activist and politician
Filimon Huanca
Bolivian politician and labor leader
Heshy Tischler
New York City activist and media personality
Bayard Rustin
Civil rights leader and strategist for the March on Washington
Dovey Johnson Roundtree
Civil rights attorney and activist
Fathi Terbil
Libyan lawyer and human rights activist
Antelmo de la Cruz
Mexican politician and labor leader
Vladimir Lenin
Russian revolutionary and first head of Soviet Russia
Mahadev Desai
Indian independence activist and personal secretary to Mahatma Gandhi
Mehnaz Aziz
Pakistani social activist and politician
Yolette Lévy
Haitian-Canadian politician and community activist