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Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
politician, comedian, dancer, film producer, television producer, playwright, film director, professor, essayist, autobiographer, singer, television actor, stage actor, journalist, human rights activist
Jimmy Carter (born 1924)
naval officer, diplomat, politician, farmer, autobiographer, submariner, statesperson, environmentalist, businessperson, engineer, peace activist, human rights activist, humanitarian
Malala Yousafzai (born 1997)
blogger, human rights activist, memoirist, women's rights activist
Jessica Mitford (1917-1996)
journalist, human rights activist
Natan Sharansky (born 1948)
politician, mathematician, human rights activist, chess player
Patti Smith (born 1946)
poet, visual artist, human rights activist, guitarist, singer, composer, musician, drawer, photographer, performance artist, recording artist, rock singer, rock musician, film director
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Eduard Limonov (1943-2020)
dissident, politician, poet, human rights activist, journalist, opinion journalist
Maajid Nawaz (born 1977)
politician, essayist, human rights activist, political activist