Famous activists
person working with promoting or impeding, or causing social, political, economic, or environmental change
453 people
Elvis Presley
1935
– 1977
· Age 42
Deceased
Muhammad Ali
1942
– 2016
· Age 74
Deceased
Marlon Brando
1924
– 2004
· Age 80
Deceased
Tupac Shakur
1971
– 1996
· Age 25
Deceased
Alexei Navalny
1976
– 2024
· Age 47
Deceased
Jane Goodall
1934
– 2025
· Age 91
Deceased
Peter Kropotkin
1842
– 1921
· Age 78
Deceased
Aretha Franklin
1942
– 2018
· Age 76
Deceased
Paul Newman
1925
– 2008
· Age 83
Deceased
Sidney Poitier
1927
– 2022
· Age 94
Deceased
Gregory Peck
1916
– 2003
· Age 87
Deceased
Pier Paolo Pasolini
1922
– 1975
· Age 53
Deceased
Anna Politkovskaya
1958
– 2006
· Age 48
Deceased
Charlton Heston
1923
– 2008
· Age 84
Deceased
Hugh Hefner
1926
– 2017
· Age 91
Deceased
Tristan Tzara
1896
– 1963
· Age 67
Deceased
Y
Yun Hyon-seok
1984
– 2003
· Age 18
Deceased
Ion Iliescu
1930
– 2025
· Age 95
Deceased
Rob Reiner
1947
– 2025
· Age 78
Deceased
Rani Lakshmibai
1828
– 1858
· Age 29
Deceased
Irena Sendler
1910
– 2008
· Age 97
Deceased
Nawal El Saadawi
1931
– 2021
· Age 89
Deceased
Dolores Ibárruri
1895
– 1989
· Age 93
Deceased
Ahmad Yasin
1937
– 2004
· Age 66
Deceased
Agnès Varda
1928
– 2019
· Age 90
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q15253558