Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

male, deceased (1968)
I Have a Dream, assassinated, American Civil Rights Movement, nonviolence, Christian, peacemaker
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, a Baptist minister, and is...
Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

male, deceased (1948)
Indian, civil disobedience, non-violence, Indian independence movement, activist, death by firearm…nonviolence
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. In India, he is recognized as the "Father of the Nation" and October 2nd, his birthday, is commemorated each year as...
Dorothy Day

Dorothy Day

female, deceased (1980)
Roman Catholic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni, Christian, sexual revolution, industrial worker of the world, Anti-war activist…nonviolence
Dorothy Day was an American journalist turned social activist and devout member of the Catholic Church. She became known for her social justice...
Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

female, 96 years old (Montgomery, Alabama)
African Americans' rights activist, vegetarian, montgomery bus boycott, civil disobedience, American Civil Rights Movement, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient…nonviolence
Rosa Parks ( February 4 1913 a October 24 2005 ) was an African American civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress later called "Mother of the...
Kathy Kelly

Kathy Kelly

female, 55 years old
American anti-war activist, American anti Iraq War activist, community organizing, American, Anti-war activist, activist…nonviolence
Kathy Kelly (b. 1954) of Chicago, Illinois is an American peace activist, pacifist, three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee and one of the founding...
Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King

female, deceased (2006)
Bates University alumni, Congressional Gold Medal, Princeton University alumni, Baptist from the United States, Non-South African anti-apartheid activist, Duke University alumni…nonviolence
Coretta Scott King was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and a noted community leader. Coretta King is a...

John Dear

male
Christian, Pacifist, nonviolence, Jesuit, civil disobedience, peace
Fr. John Dear, S.J. is a Jesuit priest, peace activist, lecturer, and writer of approximately twenty books on nonviolence, including "Living...
Nhat Hanh

Nhat Hanh

male, 83 years old
Nhất Hạnh, Religious leader, thich nhat hanh, Activism, Vietnamese, saigon…nonviolence
Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese: "Nhất Hạnh"; IPA: is an expatriate Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk. A teacher, author, and peace activist, Nhat Hanh was born...
Gene Sharp

Gene Sharp

male, 81 years old
nonviolence, social justice, Peace Studies, non-violent resistance, Albert Einstein Institution, nonviolent action
Gene Sharp (born 21 January 1928) is a political scientist, author and founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organisation which...
Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi

female, 64 years old
The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, Buddhist, Nobel Peace Prize, National League for Democracy, democracy activist, politician…nonviolence
Aung San Suu Kyi ; born 19 June 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in...