Category: Activists and Reformers

A

• Abolitionist Movements

C

• Civil Rights Movements
• Criminal Justice

F

• Feminism

H

• Human Rights

I

• Indonesian Activists

L

• Labor Activists

P

• Peace Activists
• Political Activist Movements

S

• Social Purity Movement

T

• Temperance Movements

W

• Whistleblowers

A

• John Aglionby abt 1520 Carlisle Cumberland England - aft 1610
• Louisa (Albury) Lawson 17 Feb 1848 Guntawang Station near Gulgong, New South Wales - 12 Aug 1920
• Amos Bronson Alcott 29 Nov 1799 Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut, United States - 4 Mar 1888
• George William Alexander 1802 London United Kingdom - 1890
• Nina E Allender 25 Dec 1873 Auburn, Shawnee, Kansas, United States - 2 Apr 1957
• Richard Allen 14 Feb 1760 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 26 Mar 1831
• Marian Anderson 27 Feb 1897 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - 8 Aug 1993
• Lancelot Andrewes 1555 All Hallows, Barking - 25 Sep 1626
• Roger Andrews 12 Dec 1574 All Hallows Barking, Middlesex, England originally/All Hallows Barking, Greater London, England - 1635
• Susan Brownell Anthony 15 Feb 1820 Adams, Massachusetts, United States - 13 Mar 1906
• Edith Jessie Archibald 5 Apr 1854 St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada - 11 May 1936
• Annie Arniel May 1873 Delaware - 9 Feb 1924
• Hadrian a'Saravia 1532 Spain - 15 Jan 1612
• James Mitchell Ashley 14 Nov 1824 Allegheny, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States - 16 Sep 1896
• Activists and Reformers

B

• Frederick Augustus Washington (Bailey) Douglass abt Feb 1818 Talbot, Maryland, United States - 20 Feb 1895
• Ella Josephine Baker 13 Dec 1903 Norfolk, Virginia, United States - 13 Dec 1986
• David Charles Howard Bale 2 Sep 1941 South Africa - 30 Dec 2003
• Richard Bancroft 1544 - 1610
• Frances Dana (Barker) Gage 1808 Washington County, Ohio, United States - 1884
• Robert Barker abt 1575 - 1645
• William Barlow abt 1550 - 1613
• Augusta Merrill (Barstow) Hunt 1842 - 1932
• Kim A. Basinger 1950s - unknown
• Sarah (Bass) Allen 1764 Isle of Wight Co, Virginia - 16 Jul 1849
• Annette Ellen (Bear) Bear-Crawford 1853 East Melbourne, Victoria Australia - 7 Jun 1899
• Lydia Ernestine Becker 24 Feb 1827 Manchester, Lancashire, England - 18 Jul 1890
• William Bedwell 1561 - 5 May 1632
• Harriet Elizabeth (Beecher) Stowe 14 Jun 1811 Litchfield, Connecticut, USA - 1 Jul 1896
• Thomas Bilson 1547 Winchester, England - 18 Jun 1616
• Andrew Bing 1574 - 1652
• Alice Stone Blackwell 14 Sep 1857 Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey - 15 Mar 1950
• John Bois 1560 - 1643
• Laura (Bond) Borden 26 Nov 1861 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 7 Sep 1940
• William Branthwaite before 1550 - 1620
• Richard Brett 1567 - 1637
• Antoinette Louisa (Brown) Blackwell 20 May 1825 Henrietta, Monroe, New York, USA - 5 Nov 1921
• Edith Dircksey (Brown) Cowan OBE 2 Aug 1861 Geraldton, Western Australia - before 9 Jun 1932
• Francis Burleigh aft 1550 - aft 1610
• Lucy Burns 28 Jul 1879 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States - 22 Dec 1966

C

• Elizabeth (Cady) Stanton 12 Nov 1815 Johnstown, Fulton, New York, United States - 26 Oct 1902
• John Charles (Carter) Heston 4 Oct 1923 Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States - 5 Apr 2008
• Elizabeth Buffum Chace 9 Dec 1806 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States - 12 Dec 1899
• Lawrence Chaderton 1536 - 1640
• Elizabeth Margaret Chandler 24 Dec 1807 Centre, Delaware, United States - 2 Nov 1834
• Lydia Maria Child 11 Feb 1802 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 20 Oct 1880
• Richard Clarke before 1600 - 1634
• Muhammad M. (Clay) Ali 1940s - 2010s
• Laura Clay 9 Feb 1849 - 29 Jun 1941
• Frances Power Cobbe 4 Dec 1822 Newbridge House, Donabate, Co. Dublin - before 5 Apr 1904
• Elizabeth Jane (Cochran) Seaman 5 May 1864 Burrell Township, Pennsylvania, United States - 27 Jan 1922
• Levi Coffin Jr. 28 Oct 1798 Guilford County, North Carolina, United States of America - 16 Sep 1877
• Lucretia (Coffin) Mott 3 Jan 1793 Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA - 11 Nov 1880
• Martha (Coffin) Wright 25 Dec 1806 Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts - 4 Jan 1875
• Vestal Coffin 10 Oct 1792 Nantucket, Nantucket, Ma - 10 Oct 1824
• Emma Coger 1854 Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
• Irwin Eli (Cohen) Corey 29 Jul 1914 New York, United States - 6 Feb 2017
• Cornelia (Cole) Fairbanks abt 14 Jan 1852 Marysville, Ohio, USA - 25 Oct 1913
• Elihu Coleman 12 Apr 1699 Nantucket, Massachusetts - 24 Jan 1789
• Louise (Crummy) McKinney 22 Sep 1868 Frankville, Kitley, Leeds, Ontario, Canada - 10 Jul 1931

D

• William Dakins before 1550 - 1607
• Winifred (Dallas-Yorke) Cavendish-Bentinck DPE, JP 7 Sep 1863 Murthly Castle, Perthshire, England - 30 Jul 1954
• Edward Daly D.D. 5 Dec 1933 Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland - 8 Aug 2016
• Emily Wilding Davison 11 Oct 1872 Greenwich, London, England - 8 Jun 1913
• Sophia Louisa (Davis) Taylor 2 Jul 1847 Kaitaia, New Zealand - 24 Jan 1930
• Dorothy May Day 8 Nov 1897 New York City, New York, United States - 29 Nov 1980

D cont.

• Louise (DeKoven) Bowen 26 Feb 1859 Chicago, Illinois - 9 Nov 1953
• Ann (Devlin) Campbell abt 1780 Rathdrum, County Wicklow, Ireland - 18 Sep 1851
• Francis Dillingham aft 1550 - 1625
• Violet Anne (Dodge) Van der Elst 4 Jan 1882 Feltham, Middlesex, England - 30 Apr 1966
• Helen (Dortch) Longstreet 20 Apr 1863 Carnesville, Georgia, United States - 3 May 1962
• Shirley J. (Douglas) Sutherland 1930s - unknown
• Andrew Downes 1549 - 1628
• John Duport 1550 - 1617

E

• Richard Eedes 1555 Bedfordshire, England - 19 Nov 1604
• Alva Erskine (Erskine-Smith) Belmont 17 Jan 1853 Mobile, Alabama - 26 Jan 1933

F

• Daniel Fairclough 1582 - 1645
• Mike J. Farrell Jr. 1930s - unknown
• Roger Fenton 1565 - 1615
• Emily Jamima Gowan (Ferguson) Murphy 14 Mar 1868 Cookstown, Ontario,Canada - 17 Oct 1933
• Anna Maria (Fisher) Haslam 1829 oughal, county Cork,Ireland - 1922
• Jane S. Fonda 1930s - unknown
• Abby Kelly Foster 15 Jan 1811 Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States - 14 Jan 1887
• Benjamin Franklin 17 Jan 1706 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 17 Apr 1790

G

• Minnie Gardner 3 Apr 1909 Alabama - 3 Jun 2000
• Millicent (Garrett) Fawcett GBE 11 Jun 1847 Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England - 5 Aug 1929
• Thomas Garrett Jr. 21 Aug 1789 Drexel Hill Delaware County Pennsylvania - 25 Jan 1871
• William Lloyd Garrison 12 Dec 1805 Newburyport, Massachusetts - 24 May 1879
• Arthur George Gaston abt 4 Jul 1892 Demopolis Alabama - 20 Jan 1996
• Daisy Lee (Gatson Bates) Bates 11 Nov 1914 Huttig, Union, Arkansas, United States - 4 Nov 1999
• Mary Esther (Gaulden) Jagger 30 Apr 1921 Rock Hill, SC - 1 Sep 2007
• Flora Mckinnon (Gibson) Drummond 4 Aug 1878 Manchester, England - 7 Jan 1949
• Vida Jane Mary Goldstein 13 Apr 1869 Portland, Victoria,Australia - 15 Aug 1949
• Edith Maud (Gonne) MacBride 21 Dec 1866 Tongham, Surrey, England - 27 Apr 1953
• Constance Georgine (Gore-Booth) Markievicz 4 Feb 1868 Buckingham Gate, London, England - 15 Jul 1927
• Eva Selina Laura Gore-Booth 22 May 1870 Lissadell House,County Sligo, Ireland. - 30 Jun 1926
• Emmeline (Goulden) Pankhurst 14 Jul 1858 Chorlton, Lancashire, England - 14 Jun 1928
• Horace Greeley 3 Feb 1811 Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA - 29 Nov 1872
• Leonard A Grimes 9 Nov 1815 Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, United States - abt 1873
• Angelina Emily Grimke 20 Feb 1805 Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States - 26 Oct 1879
• Sarah Moore Grimke 26 Nov 1792 Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States - 23 Dec 1873

H

• Prince Hall 1735 - 1807
• Margaret (Hamilton) Puntenney abt 1765 Ireland - aft 1840
• John Harding before 1550 - 1610
• John Harmar 1555 - 1613
• Thomas Harrison 1555 - 1631
• Mary Teresa Hayden 9 May 1862 Dublin Ireland - 12 Jul 1942
• Tom E. Hayden 1930s - 2010s
• Mark A. (Healley) Vicente 1960s - unknown
• Tippi K. Hedren 1930s - unknown
• Dorothy Irene Height 24 Mar 1912 Richmond, Virginia, United States - 20 Apr 2010
• Josiah Henson 15 Jun 1789 Charles County, Maryland - 5 May 1883
• Seth Hinshaw 11 Feb 1787 Stokes, North Carolina, United States - 15 Nov 1865
• Emily Hobhouse 9 Apr 1860 St. Ive Rectory, Liskeard, Cornwall, England - 8 Jun 1926
• Thomas Holland abt 1539 Ludlow, Shropshire, England - 16 Mar 1612
• Emma (Holmes) Miller 26 Jun 1839 Chesterfield, England - 22 Jan 1917
• Lena Mary Calhoun Horne 30 Jun 1917 Brooklyn, NY, USA - 9 May 2010
• Katharine Martha (Houghton) Hepburn 2 Feb 1878 Buffalo,Erie,Ny - 17 Mar 1951
• Clarina Irene (Howard) Nichols 25 Jan 1810 Townshend, Windham, Vermont, USA - 1885
• Samuel Gridley Howe 10 Nov 1801 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA - 9 Jan 1876
• Ralph Hutchinson abt 1553 - 1606
• Leonard Hutten 1557 - 1632

J

• Harriet Ann Jacobs 11 Feb 1815 Edenton, Chowan, North Carolina, United States - 7 Mar 1897
• John Jay 12 Dec 1745 Bedford, New York - 17 May 1829
• William Edward Jondreau 29 Jul 1911 Assinins, Baraga, Michigan, United States - 23 Jan 1979
• Hannah Jumper 21 Oct 1781 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA - 7 Oct 1865

K

• Ann Kenney 13 Sep 1879 Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England - 9 Jul 1953
• Richard Kilby 1560 - 1620
• Geoffrey King aft 1550 - aft 1610
• Michael Luther King Jr. 15 Jan 1929 501 Auburn Ave., NE Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States - 4 Apr 1968

L

• Carrie Clinton (Lane) Chapman Catt 9 Jan 1859 Ripon, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States - 9 Mar 1947
• John Layfield abt 1550 - 1617
• Grace Chin (Lee) Boggs 27 Jun 1915 Providence, Rhode Island, United States - 5 Oct 2015

L cont.

• Edward Lively abt 1545 England - 7 May 1605
• Anna Paterson (Logan) Stout 29 Sep 1858 Dunedin, New Zealand - 10 May 1931
• Jarm Wesley (Logue) Loguen 5 Feb 1809 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee - 30 Sep 1872
• Audrey Geraldine Lorde 18 Feb 1934 New York City, New York, USA - 17 Nov 1992
• Benjamin Lundy 4 Jan 1789 Sussex Co., NJ, USA - 22 Aug 1839
• Kathleen Florence Lynn 28 Jan 1874 Mulafarry, Killala, Co Mayo , Ireland - 14 Sep 1955

M

• Alexander Mack Sr 3 Aug 1679 Schriesheim, Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany - 31 Jan 1735
• Catherine Wilson (Malcolm) Lovell-Smith 10 Mar 1847 Liverpool, England - 13 Jul 1934
• Chelsea Elizabeth Manning 1980s - unknown
• Kathleen Rochard (Manning) Simon abt 1864 Kyle, County Wexford, Ireland - 27 Mar 1955
• Mary Irene (Marryat) Parlby 9 Jan 1868 London, England - 12 Jul 1965
• Muriel Lilah (Matters) Porter 12 Nov 1877 Bowden ,Adelaide, South Australia - 17 Nov 1969
• Rosa Louise (McCauley) Parks 4 Feb 1913 Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, United States - 24 Oct 2005
• Freda Josephine (McDonald) Baker 3 Jun 1906 St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States of America - 12 Apr 1975
• Madeline (McDowell) Breckinridge 20 May 1872 Woodlake, Kentucky,United States - 25 Nov 1920
• Dora (Meeson) Coates 7 Aug 1869 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia - 24 Mar 1955
• Daniel Fry Miller 4 Oct 1814 Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United States - 9 Dec 1895
• Helena Moloney 15 Jan 1883 Dublin Ireland - 28 Jan 1967
• Helen Letitia (Mooney) McClung 20 Oct 1873 Chatsworth, Ontario, Canada - 1 Sep 1951
• Mary Tyler Moore 29 Dec 1936 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States - 25 Jan 2017
• Hannah More 2 Feb 1745 Fishponds, United Kingdom - 7 Sep 1833
• James Mott 20 Jun 1788 Long Island, New York - 26 Jan 1868
• Henrietta Louise (Muir) Edwards 18 Dec 1849 Montreal, Quebec,Canada - 10 Nov 1931
• Anna Pauline Murray 20 Nov 1910 Baltimore, Maryland, USA - 1 Jul 1985

N

• Mary Yuriko (Nakahara) Kochiyama 19 May 1921 San Pedro, California, USA - 1 Jun 2014
• Diane J. Nash 1930s - unknown
• Mittie Maud Lena (Nelson) Gordon abt Aug 1884 Louisiana, United States - abt 1961

O

• Jane (O'Toole) Wyse Power 1 May 1858 Baltinglass, County Wicklow - 5 Jan 1941
• John Overall 1599 - 1619

P

• Christabel Harriette Pankhurst DBE 22 Sep 1880 Old Trafford, Manchester, England - 13 Feb 1958
• Samuel Duncan Parnell 19 Feb 1810 London, England - 17 Dec 1890
• Hannah Jane Patterson 5 Nov 1879 Smithton, Pennsylvania, United States - 21 Aug 1937
• Mary Tyler (Peabody) Mann 16 Nov 1806 Cambridgeport, Massachusetts - 11 Feb 1887
• J. (Pearson) Salsbery 1950s - unknown
• William Penn 14 Oct 1644 Barking, London, England - 30 Jul 1718
• John Peryn 1558 - 1615
• Bruce Duncan Phillips 15 May 1935 Cleveland, Ohio, USA - 23 May 2008
• Ada (Pike) Wells 29 Apr 1863 Henley, Oxfordshire, England - 22 Mar 1933
• Allan Pinkerton 21 Aug 1819 Glasgow, Scotland - 7 Jan 1884
• Mary Ellen Pleasant abt 1814 - 4 Jan 1904
• James Ward Porter 1822 Charleston, South Carolina, United States - 26 Sep 1895
• George Hollingsworth Puntenney Sr 30 Mar 1759 Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America - 30 Jan 1853
• George Hollingsworth Puntenney Jr. 15 Jun 1798 Rome, Adams, Ohio, United States - abt 1845

R

• Michael Rabett 1552 - 5 Feb 1630
• Jeremiah Radcliffe before 1550 - 1612
• John Rainolds 1549 - 1607
• Jeannette Rankin 11 Jun 1880 Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, USA - 18 May 1973
• Ralph Ravens 1553 - 1615
• Thomas Ravis 1569 - 1609
• Robert Redford 1930s - unknown
• Mary Ashton (Rice) Livermore 19 Dec 1820 Boston, Massachusetts - 23 May 1905
• John Richardson 1564 - 1625
• Eliza Ritchie 20 May 1856 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 5 Sep 1933
• Marie Elizabeth (Rittenhouse) Ottosen-Willard 21 Aug 1920 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 8 Feb 2015
• Ruth Rue (Rittenhouse) Morris 12 Dec 1933 Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States - 17 Sep 2001
• Placido Rizzotto 2 Jan 1914 Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy - 10 Mar 1948
• Ernestine Louise Rose 13 Jan 1810 Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland - 4 Aug 1892
• Robert (Rosenberg) Meeropol 1940s - unknown
• Araminta (Ross) Tubman abt 1822 Dorchester County, Maryland, United States - 10 Mar 1913
• Bayard Rustin 17 Mar 1912 West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States - 24 Aug 1987

S

• Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 26 Aug 1819 Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, Deutscher Bund - 14 Dec 1861
• Thomas Sanderson abt 1550 - abt 1620
• Henry Savile MP 30 Nov 1549 Bradley, Yorkshire, England - 19 Feb 1621
• Rose Scott 8 Oct 1847 Glendon, Singleton, New South Wales ,Australia - 20 Apr 1925
• Abraham Doras Shadd 1801 Wilmington, Delaware - 1882
• Mary Ann (Shadd) Cary 9 Oct 1823 Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States - 5 Jun 1893
• Anna Shaw 14 Feb 1847 Newcastle-on-Tyne, England - 2 Jul 1919