Activist

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NameNationalityDate of BirthDate of Death
A. J. Muste American January 8, 1885 February 11, 1967
A. Philip Randolph American January 15, 1889 May 16, 1979
Abbie Hoffman American November 30, 1936 April 12, 1989
Abu Bakar Bashir Indonesian August 17, 1938
Ahmed Yassin Palestinian 1937 2004
Alan Woods Welsh 1944
Albert Meltzer British January 7, 1920 May 7, 1996
Alice Paul American January 11, 1885 July 9, 1977
Alija Izetbegovic Bosniak August 8, 1925 October 19, 2003
Ammon Hennacy American July 24, 1893 January 14, 1970
Amos Adams Lawrence American 1814 1886
Andrew Goodman American November 23, 1943 June 21, 1964
Andy Stern American November 22, 1950
Angela Davis American January 26, 1944
Angelina Grimke American 1805 1879
Anna Howard Shaw American February 14, 1847 July 2, 1919
Aung San Suu Kyi Burmese June 19, 1945
Barbara Smith American December 16, 1946
Benjamin Tucker American April 17, 1854 June 22, 1939
Betty Friedan American February 4, 1921 February 4, 2006
Betty Shabazz American May 28, 1936 June 23, 1997
Bob Black American January 4, 1951
Bobby Sands Irish March 9, 1954 May 5, 1981
Bobby Seale American October 22, 1936
Bruce Kent British June 22, 1929
Carl von Ossietzky German October 3, 1889 May 4, 1938
Carrie Chapman Catt American January 9, 1859 1947
Carry Nation American November 25, 1846 June 9, 1911
Catharine MacKinnon American October 7, 1946
Catherine Booth American January 17, 1829 October 4, 1890
Cesar Chavez American March 31, 1927 April 23, 1993
Charles Adams American May 29, 1770 November 30, 1800
Charles Bradlaugh English September 26, 1833 January 30, 1891
Charles Evers American September 11, 1922
Charlotte Bunch American October 13, 1944
Cherrie Moraga American September 25, 1952
Cindy Sheehan American July 10, 1957
Colman McCarthy American
Constance Baker Motley American September 14, 1921 September 28, 2005
Coretta Scott King American April 27, 1927 January 31, 2006
Daisy Bates American November 11, 1914 November 4, 1999
Daniel De Leon December 14, 1852 May 11, 1914
David Korten American
David Mixner American August 16, 1946
David Wilmot American January 20, 1814 March 16, 1868
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi June 19, 1945
Dolores Huerta American April 10, 1930
Dorothy Day American November 8, 1897 November 29, 1980
Dorothy Height American March 24, 1912 April 20, 2010
Earl Browder American May 20, 1891 June 27, 1973
Edward Carpenter English August 29, 1844 June 28, 1929
Elaine MacDonald Canadian
Eldridge Cleaver American August 31, 1935 May 1, 1998
Eliza Farnham American
Elizabeth Cady Stanton American November 12, 1815 October 26, 1902
Ella Baker American December 13, 1903 December 13, 1986
Ellen Malcolm American February 2, 1947
Emily Murphy Canadian March 14, 1868 October 17, 1933
Emma Goldman Lithuanian June 27, 1869 May 14, 1940
Emma Willard American February 23, 1787 April 15, 1870
Emmeline Pankhurst English July 14, 1858 June 14, 1928
Ernestine Rose January 13, 1810 August 4, 1892
Ernst Zundel German April 24, 1939
Errico Malatesta Italian December 14, 1853 July 22, 1932
Ethel Percy Andrus American September 21, 1884 July 13, 1967
Fannie Lou Hamer American October 6, 1917 March 14, 1977
Fanny Kaplan Russian February 10, 1890 September 3, 1918
Flora Tristan French April 7, 1803 November 14, 1844
Florence Kelley American September 12, 1859 February 17, 1932
Florence Nightingale English May 12, 1820 August 13, 1910
Frances E. Willard American September 28, 1839 February 17, 1898
Francis John McConnell American August 18, 1871 August 18, 1953
Francis Wright Scottish September 6, 1795 December 13, 1852
Fred Hampton American August 30, 1948 December 4, 1969
George Jackson American September 23, 1941 August 21, 1971
George Lincoln Rockwell American March 9, 1918 August 25, 1967
George Meany American August 16, 1894 January 10, 1980
George Ripley American 1802 1880
Germaine Greer Australian January 29, 1939
Giuseppe Mazzini Italian June 22, 1805 March 10, 1872
Gloria Steinem American March 25, 1934
Grace Abbott American November 17, 1878 June 19, 1939
H. Rap Brown American October 4, 1943
Harriet Tubman American 1820 1913
Harry Bridges American July 28, 1902 March 30, 1990
Heather Mills British January 12, 1968
Henrietta Szold American December 21, 1860 February 13, 1945
Henry Bergh American August 29, 1811 March 12, 1888
Henry Hampton American August 19, 1940 November 22, 1998
Huey Newton American February 17, 1942 August 22, 1989
Ida B. Wells American July 16, 1862 March 25, 1931
Ingrid Newkirk British June 11, 1949
Ira Glasser American 1938
Jack Cade English
Jack Herer American 1939
Jack Kevorkian American May 28, 1928
James Brady American August 29, 1940
James Garner American April 7, 1928
James L. Farmer, Jr. American January 12, 1920 July 9, 1999
James Larkin Irish January 21, 1875 January 30, 1947
James P. Cannon American February 11, 1890 August 21, 1974
Jane Addams American September 6, 1860 May 21, 1935
Jane Elliott American 1933
Jean Moulin French June 20, 1899 July 8, 1943
Jean O'Leary American March 4, 1948 June 4, 2005
Jerry Rubin American July 14, 1938 November 28, 1994
Jesse Jackson American October 8, 1941
Jim Hightower American January 11, 1943
Jimmy Hoffa American February 14, 1913 July 30, 1975
Joe Hill American October 7, 1879 1915
John Burns English October 20, 1858 January 24, 1943
John Gates American 1913 1992
John Gilmore August 1, 1955
Jon Wynne-Tyson British 1924
Jose Marti Cuban January 28, 1853 May 19, 1895
Joseph Sobran American February 23, 1946
Josephine K. Henry American February 22, 1846 1928
Judith Ellen Foster American 1840 1910
Julia Ward Howe American May 27, 1819 October 17, 1910
Julian Assange Australian 1971
Julian Bond American January 14, 1940
Kate Millett American September 14, 1934
Kathy Acker American April 18, 1947 November 30, 1997
Lane Kirkland American March 12, 1922
Lech Walesa Polish September 29, 1943
Leonard Peltier Ojibwa September 12, 1944
Leonard Woodcock American February 15, 1911 January 16, 2001
Louis Farrakhan American May 11, 1933
Lucretia Mott American January 3, 1793 November 11, 1880
Lucy Stone American August 13, 1818 October 18, 1893
Lydia M. Child American 1802 1880
Maggie Kuhn American August 3, 1905 April 22, 1995
Malcolm X American May 19, 1925 February 21, 1965
Margaret Sanger American September 14, 1879 September 6, 1966
Marian Wright Edelman American June 6, 1939
Martha Shelley American December 27, 1943
Mary Antin Russian February 24, 1909 May 15, 1949
Mary Church Terrell American September 23, 1863 July 24, 1954
Mary Harris Jones American August 1, 1837 November 30, 1930
Mary Whitehouse British June 13, 1910 November 23, 2001
May Wright Sewall American 1844 1920
Medgar Evers American July 2, 1925 June 12, 1963
Michael Moore American April 23, 1954
Millicent Fawcett British June 11, 1847 August 5, 1929
Mother Jones American August 1, 1837 November 30, 1930
Nat Turner American October 2, 1800 November 11, 1831
Nhat Hanh Vietnamese October 11, 1926
Noam Chomsky American December 7, 1928
Norman Thomas American November 20, 1884 December 19, 1968
Olympia Brown American January 5, 1853 October 23, 1926
Pancho Villa Mexican June 5, 1877 July 20, 1923
Patricia Ireland American October 19, 1945
Peace Pilgrim American July 18, 1908 July 7, 1981
Phyllis Schlafly American August 15, 1924
Rachel Corrie American April 10, 1979 March 16, 2003
Ralph Abernathy American March 11, 1926 April 17, 1990
Ralph Chaplin American 1887 1961
Robert Emmet Irish March 4, 1780 September 20, 1803
Robert Purvis American August 4, 1810 April 15, 1898
Robin Morgan American January 3, 1941
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