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Andy Ngo
Andy Ngo, also known as Andy Cuong Ngô, is an American conservative journalist, photographer, and author known for covering antifa and for his 2021 bestseller Unmasked.
Ann Rockefeller Roberts
Ann Rockefeller Roberts (1934–2024), eldest daughter of Nelson Rockefeller, was a Native American rights activist, founder of the Fund of the Four Directions, first funder of Women's World Banking, and author of Mr. Rockefeller's Roads.
Arlyn Phoenix
Arlyn Phoenix (born Arlyn Sharon Dunetz), known as Heart Phoenix, is an American peacebuilding and animal-rights activist and mother of actors River, Rain, Joaquin, Liberty, and Summer Phoenix.
August Spies
August Vincent Theodore Spies (1855–1887), German-born Chicago anarchist, editor of the Arbeiter-Zeitung, Haymarket affair defendant hanged November 11, 1887 after the 1886 bombing trial.
Cheryl Thomas
Cheryl Thomas is a Minneapolis human rights lawyer, founder of Global Rights for Women (2014) and former director of the Women's Human Rights Program at The Advocates for Human Rights; distinct from UCL jury scholar Cheryl Thomas.
Ed Roberts (activist)
Ed Roberts (1939–1995), American disability rights activist and father of the Independent Living movement; first severely disabled UC Berkeley student, founder of the Center for Independent Living, and California Rehabilitation director.
Elizabeth Peratrovich
Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich (1911–1958), Tlingit name Kaaxgal.aat, was a Tlingit civil rights leader whose 1945 testimony helped pass Alaska's Anti-Discrimination Act, the first broad anti-discrimination law in the United States.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921-2009), sister of President John F. Kennedy and wife of Sargent Shriver, founded the Special Olympics in 1968 after starting Camp Shriver in 1962, and received the 1984 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930), Norwegian polar explorer, scientist, diplomat, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1922). First League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; creator of the Nansen passport; first to cross Greenland's inland ice; Fram expedition record at 86° 14′ N.
Gary Webb
Gary Webb (1955–2004) was an American investigative journalist whose 1996 San Jose Mercury News series "Dark Alliance" linked Contra cocaine trafficking to the Los Angeles crack epidemic, triggering a media backlash and government investigations.
Gerard Menuhin
Gerard Menuhin (born 1948), British-American writer and film producer, son of violinist Yehudi Menuhin; Holocaust denier, removed from the Menuhin foundations in 2005 and 2007, author of Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil (2015).
Hardik Patel (હાર્દિક પટેલ)
Hardik Patel (હાર્દિક પટેલ) is an Indian politician from Gujarat who rose to prominence leading the 2015 Patidar quota agitation and now serves as a BJP MLA from Viramgam.
Haunani-Kay Trask
Haunani-Kay Trask (1949-2021), Native Hawaiian scholar, poet, and sovereignty activist; founding director of the UH Manoa Center for Hawaiian Studies, founder of Ka Lahui Hawaii, author of From a Native Daughter.
Heather Mills
Heather Mills (born 1968) is an English campaigner, former model, and vegan business owner (VBites), distinct from Heather McCartney, Paul McCartney's adopted daughter. Known for her 1993 leg amputation, landmine charity work, 2002-2008 marriage to McCartney, and 166.84 km/h speed skiing record.
James O'Keefe
James O'Keefe, American conservative activist, founder of Project Veritas (2010) and O'Keefe Media Group; known for ACORN and NPR hidden-camera stings, a 2010 misdemeanor conviction, civil judgments, and his 2023 removal from Veritas.
Jeffrey Wigand
Jeffrey Wigand, American biochemist and former vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson Tobacco, whistleblower on nicotine manipulation exposed in 60 Minutes and The Insider.
Jerry Rubin
Jerry Rubin (1938-1994), American counterculture activist, co-founded the Yippies with Abbie Hoffman, organized the 1967 Pentagon march, was a Chicago Seven defendant, then became a Wall Street venture banker.
Jessica Mitford
Jessica Mitford (Decca, 1917-1996), English-born American muckraking author and Mitford sister, wrote The American Way of Death (1963), exposing the US funeral industry, plus Kind and Usual Punishment and The American Way of Birth.
John Trudell
Santee Dakota activist, poet, and actor (1946–2015); spokesman for the 1969–1971 Alcatraz occupation, national chairman of the American Indian Movement 1973–1979, and spoken-word artist with more than a dozen albums.
Joseph Zen
Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, cardinal and retired Bishop of Hong Kong (2002–2009), Salesian priest, critic of the 2018 Vatican–China bishops agreement, democracy advocate, convicted 2022 over the 612 fund registration.
Kailash Satyarthi (कैलाश सत्यार्थी)
Kailash Satyarthi (कैलाश सत्यार्थी), born 1954 in Vidisha, India, is a children's rights activist who shared the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Malala Yousafzai for the fight against child labor, founding Bachpan Bachao Andolan in 1980.
Karen Spencer, Countess Spencer
Karen Spencer, Countess Spencer (Karen Gordon), Canadian philanthropist, founder of Whole Child International (2004), third wife of the 9th Earl Spencer from 2011, chatelaine of Althorp, Ashoka Fellow, and party to the Jarman MS privacy settlement.
Kayla Mueller
Kayla Jean Mueller (1988–2015) was an American humanitarian aid worker from Prescott, Arizona, kidnapped by ISIS in Aleppo on August 4, 2013, held about 18 months, and confirmed dead in February 2015 after ISIS claimed a Jordanian airstrike killed her.
Léo Taxil
Léo Taxil, pen name of Gabriel-Antoine Jogand-Pagès (1854-1907), was a French journalist whose 1885-1897 Palladium hoax fabricated a Luciferian inner circle of Freemasonry and the convert Diana Vaughan, confessed in 1897.
List of philanthropists
List of philanthropists: ranked rosters such as the Chronicle's Philanthropy 50 and the Giving Pledge, covering top givers like Bloomberg, MacKenzie Scott, and Buffett, compilation methods, and criticisms.
Lizzie Velásquez
Lizzie Velásquez (born 1989, Austin, Texas) is an American motivational speaker, author, and anti-bullying activist with a rare fat-accumulation disorder, known for her viral TEDxAustinWomen talk and the documentary A Brave Heart.
Medha Patkar
Medha Patkar (born 1954) is an Indian social activist, founder-leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan against the Sardar Sarovar Dam, National Convenor of NAPM, and Right Livelihood Award (1991) and Goldman Prize (1992) recipient.
Megan Phelps-Roper
Megan Phelps-Roper (born 1986), granddaughter of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps, tweeted for the Topeka church before leaving it in November 2012 with sister Grace; author of Unfollow, TED speaker, producer of The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling podcast.
Mitzi Perdue
Mitzi Perdue (née Henderson, born 1941), American author, rice farmer, and anti-human-trafficking advocate; founder of Win This Fight, past president of American Agri-Women, Scripps Howard environmental columnist, and Ukraine war correspondent honored with Ukraine's Order of Princess Olga.
Najeeb Muhammad (നജീബ് മുഹമ്മദ്)
Najeeb Muhammad (നജീബ് മുഹമ്മദ്), Kerala labourer from Arattupuzha, real-life subject of Benyamin's novel Aadujeevitham (Goat Days) and the 2024 film; kidnapped in Saudi Arabia 1992, held as an unpaid goatherd, escaped 1995 and deported.