Political Activist

This page lists 1,473 biographies of political activists, covering lives from 141 to 2006. Featuring Stéphane Hessel, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Arash Derambarsh. Each profile gives life dates, nationality, education, positions held and a sourced, attributed account of the person's life.

People in this occupation

John Ondawame

1953 – 2014

Suyén Barahona

b. 1977

Isi Leibler

1934 – 2021

Federico Arcos

1920 – 2015

Daniel Miller

b. 1973

Safiatou Lopez

1976 – 2025

Addold Mossin

1919 – 2024

Prospero Gallinari

1951 – 2013

Nguyen Thai Hoc

1902 – 1930

Noam Federman

b. 1969

Esmonde Macdonald Higgins

1897 – 1960

Yang Zhihua

1901 – 1973

David Nicoll

1859 – 1919

Gary McHale

b. 2000

Margaret Sara Meggitt

1866 – 1920

Anis al-Naqqash

1951 – 2021

Hege Skjeie

1955 – 2018

Khader Adnan

1978 – 2023

Jan-Carl Raspe

1944 – 1977

Alexander Zaïd

1886 – 1938

Deen Muhammad Baloch

Luo Shiwen

1904 – 1946

Sicelo Mhlauli

1949 – 1985

Mary Lily Walker

1863 – 1913

Fabrice Robert

b. 1971

Sasha Johnson

b. 1990

Fort Calata

1956 – 1985

Simon Ekpa

b. 1985

Stephanie Mingo

Yoon Bong-Gil

1908 – 1932

Robert Rector

Massin Kevin Labidi

b. 1966

Darya Trepova

b. 1997

Faiz Shakir

b. 1980

Siegmund Sredzki

1892 – 1944

Alcott ‘Skei’ Gwentshe

Liu Hulan

1932 – 1947

György Ekrem-Kemál

1945 – 2009

Shefali Razdan Duggal

b. 1971

Vicki Garvin

1915 – 2007

Fadhila Mubarak

Iqbal Assegaf

1957 – 1999

Netiporn Sanesangkhom

1995 – 2024

Vital Shyshou

1995 – 2021

Alina Lebedeva

b. 1984

Tim Wohlforth

1933 – 2019

Raymond McCreesh

1957 – 1981

Reuven Abergel

b. 1943

Roy Frankhouser

1939 – 2009

Basil Al-Kubaisi

1934 – 1973

Faith Spotted Eagle

b. 1948

Georg von Rauch

1947 – 1971

Wickliffe Draper

1891 – 1972

Odette Ekra

Barbara Balzerani

1949 – 2024

James Normington Rawling

1898 – 1966

Hadrien Ghomi

b. 1989

Angelo Sbardellotto

1907 – 1932

Onisifor Ghibu

1883 – 1972

Monica Whately

1889 – 1960

Dmitry Ivanov

b. 1999

Nasser Zefzafi

b. 1979

Bobby Seale

b. 1936

Mahmoud Khalil

b. 1995

Roya Heshmati

b. 1990

Klara Schabbel

1894 – 1943

Mari Power

b. 1915

Gretta Duisenberg

b. 1942

Makandal Daaga

1935 – 2016

Raffaele Schiavina

1894 – 1987

Asim Vokshi

1909 – 1937

Kevin McKenna

1945 – 2019

Christine Ross Barker

1866 – 1940

Makoto Sakurai

b. 1972

Grace Bardsley

1920 – 1972

Lucien Herr

1864 – 1926

Hamdi Quran

b. 1974

Ada Norris

1901 – 1989

Charmian Gooch

b. 1965

Nimco Ahmed

Magalli Meda

b. 1968

Sheena Duncan

1932 – 2010

Ina Siepmann

1944 – 1982

Patty Wetterling

b. 1949

Leslie Feinberg

1949 – 2014

Thérèse Waounwa

Arash Derambarsh

b. 1979

Mohsen Mahdawi

b. 1990

Pat Devanny

1913 – 1980

Ruth Klüger – Aliav

1914 – 1979

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

b. 1951

Sepideh Qolian

b. 1994

Ernst-Volker Staub

b. 1954

Shadia Abu Ghazaleh

1949 – 1968

Knut Folkerts

b. 1952

Hilma Olivia Edla Johanna Parkes

1859 – 1909

Isaiah Nixon

Maggie Resha

1923 – 2003

Zakia Madi

1944 – 1969

Benkos Biohó

1600 – 1621