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Born July 25, 1973 (age 53) • Beijing • China
Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei in 2019, facing the camera and wearing a black zip-up jacket.
Ai Weiwei
Chinese activist and artist
Speaking truth to power
Jimmy Lai
Chinese-born British businessman
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Rebiya Kadeer
Uyghur entrepreneur
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Harry Hongda Wu
Chinese-American activist
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Suzan Shown Harjo
Native American activist
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Clyde Bellecourt
Ojibwe activist
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David Dellinger
American peace activist
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Barbara Johns
American civil rights activist
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Theodore Bikel
Austrian-born actor. singer, and political activist
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Jack Patten
Australian Aboriginal leader
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Mildred Loving
American civil rights activist
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian social activist, lawyer, and politician
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American civil rights activist and religious leader
Bobi Wine
Bobi Wine
Ugandan politician, performer, and activist
Photograph of three Mirabal sisters: Patria Mirabal (left), Dedé Mirabal (center), and Minerva Mirabal (right).
The Mirabal Sisters
Dominican revolutionaries and activists
Moon Jae-In
Moon Jae-In
president of South Korea
Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny
Russian lawyer and anti-corruption activist
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
American politician and environmental lawyer
Viola Desmond
Viola Desmond
Canadian businesswoman and civil libertarian
Sonam Wangchuk smailes as he poses for a photograph during the 40th Anniversary of Rolex Awards for Enterprise at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Sonam Wangchuk
Indian engineer and activist