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Georg Friedrich Nicolai (1874–1964) – German professor, famous for the book The Biology of War; Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) – German anti-Nazi Lutheran pastor, imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and Dachau, vocal pacifist and campaigner for disarmament; Anna T. Nilsson (1869–1947) – Swedish educator and peace activist
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of lists of activists. List of abolitionists; ... List of civil rights leaders; List of ...
Civil rights activist, leader, and the first martyr of the Civil Rights Movement: Willa Brown: 1906 1992 United States: civil rights activist, first African-American lieutenant in the US Civil Air Patrol, first African-American woman to run for Congress: Walter P. Reuther: 1907 1970 United States: labor leader and civil rights activist T.R.M ...
Emma Goldman (1869–1940) – Russian/American activist imprisoned in the U.S. for opposition to World War I Amy Goodman (born 1957) – American journalist, host of Democracy Now! Alice Hamilton (1869–1970) – American physician, toxicologist, humanitarian and peace activist
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early ...
The first person on Hart's list is the Islamic prophet Muhammad. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Hart asserted that Muhammad was "supremely successful" in both the religious and secular realms, being responsible for both the foundations of Islam as well as the Early Muslim conquests uniting the Arabian Peninsula and eventually a wider caliphate after his death.
Helen Keller, American political activist [98] Martin Luther King Jr., African-American civil rights leader [99] [100] [101] Naomi Klein, Canadian author and social activist [102] Leszek KoĊakowski, Polish philosopher and communist dissident [103] [104] [105] Rosa Luxemburg, Polish philosopher and economist [106]
One of the leaders of the 1910s Women's Voting Rights Movement for the 19th Amendment; founder of National Woman's Party, initiator of the Silent Sentinels and the 1913 Women's Suffrage Parade, author of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment: 1875–1939: Eva Perón: Argentina: 1919: 1952 [17] 1875–1939: Frédérique Petrides: United States ...