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Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
diplomat, autobiographer, politician, women's rights activist, journalist, peace activist, human rights activist, columnist
- New School, Allenswood Boarding Academy
Anna Politkovskaya (1958-2006)
journalist, human rights activist, peace activist, poet, activist
- MSU Faculty of Journalism
Aung San Suu Kyi (born 1945)
politician, human rights activist
- Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Oxford
Václav Havel (1936-2011)
playwright, politician, director, poet, film director, human rights activist, dissident, essayist, philosopher, opinion journalist
- Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Theatre, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Henry Rollins (born 1961)
musician, actor, blogger, human rights activist, singer, television actor, poet, journalist, film actor, peace activist, voice actor, radio personality, recording artist, spoken word artist, lyricist
- Bullis School, American University
John Paul II (1920-2005)
Latin Catholic priest, poet, politician, human rights activist, professor, philosopher, transitional deacon, latin catholic deacon, archbishop, Catholic bishop
- Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Theology faculty of the Jagiellonian University
Gloria Steinem (born 1934)
journalist, reporter, activist, essayist, editor, lecturer, women's rights activist, actor, human rights activist, political activist
- Smith College
Judith Wright (1915-2000)
poet, human rights activist, historian, literary critic, environmentalist
- University of Sydney