1. A Philip Randolph (1889)

Civil Rights Leader

A Philip Randolph is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on April 15, 1889 in United States. African-American civil rights crusader who led the first primarily black labor...

2. Julia Ward Howe (1819)

Civil Rights Leader

Julia Ward Howe is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on May 27, 1819 in United States. Social activist who is best known for being an abolitionist, author,...

3. Albion W. Tourgee (1838)

Civil Rights Leader

Albion W. Tourgee is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on May 2, 1838 in United States. American lawyer, writer, and civil rights activist who represented the plaintiff...

4. Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (1842)

Civil Rights Leader

Anna Elizabeth Dickinson is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on October 28, 1842 in United States. Remembered for her impassioned pro-women’s suffrage and anti-slavery speeches, this late...

5. Bipin Chandra Pal (1858)

Civil Rights Leader

Bipin Chandra Pal is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on November 7, 1858 in India. A part of the “Lal Bal Pal” triumvirate which initiated the uprising...

6. Julia Lathrop (1858)

Civil Rights Leader

She served as the director of the United States Children's Bureau from 1912 to 1921, and devoted herself to children's welfare and lowering infant morality rates.

7. Eugene V. Debs (1855)

Civil Rights Leader

Eugene V. Debs is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on November 5, 1855 in United States. Socialist union leader who helped found the Industrial Workers of the...

8. Carrie Chapman Catt (1859)

Civil Rights Leader

Carrie Chapman Catt is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on January 9, 1859 in United States. Suffragette who developed the so-called ‘Winning Plan’ to pass the 19th...

9. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860)

Civil Rights Leader

Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on July 3, 1860 in United States. Prominent leader of the women’s rights movement who provided it with...

10. Ellen Gates Starr (1859)

Civil Rights Leader

Ellen Gates Starr is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on March 19, 1859 in United States. Co-founder, with Jane Addams, of the Hull House in Chicago, a...

11. Ida B. Wells (1862)

Civil Rights Leader

Ida B. Wells is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on July 16, 1862 in United States. Civil rights leader and women’s rights activist who gained national attention...

12. Lala Lajpat Rai (1865)

Civil Rights Leader

Lala Lajpat Rai is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on January 28, 1865 in India. Remembered for his activism on behalf of the Indian Independence Movement, he...

13. Katharine McCormick (1875)

Civil Rights Leader

Prominent supporter of women's rights movement who financed the campaign to legalize oral contraceptives.

14. Manabendra Nath Roy (1887)

Civil Rights Leader

Manabendra Nath Roy is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on March 21, 1887 in India. Indian national revolutionary who founded communist parties in Mexico and India, and...

15. Annie Elizabeth Delany (1891)

Civil Rights Leader

Annie Elizabeth Delany is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on September 3, 1891 in United States. One of the first African-American dentists in the state of New...

16. Teresa Hsu Chih (1898)

Civil Rights Leader

Teresa Hsu Chih is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on July 7, 1898 in Singapore. Singaporean social worker best known for founding the Heart to Heart Service...

17. Harriette Moore (1902)

Civil Rights Leader

Harriette Moore is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on June 19, 1902 in United States. Teacher and civil rights worker who helped her husband found the first...

18. Louise Thompson Patterson (1901)

Civil Rights Leader

Louise Thompson Patterson is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on September 9, 1901 in United States. Social activist who fought for equal rights during the Civil Rights...

19. Ava Helen Pauling (1903)

Civil Rights Leader

Ava Helen Pauling is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on December 24, 1903 in United States. Linus Pauling‘s wife who, throughout her life, was involved in various...

20. Mae Street Kidd (1904)

Civil Rights Leader

Mae Street Kidd is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on February 8, 1904 in United States. Pioneering business leader, Kentuckian politician, and civil rights activist who broke...

21. Harry Tyson Moore (1905)

Civil Rights Leader

Harry Tyson Moore is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on November 18, 1905 in United States. Civil rights activist who founded the first branch of the National...

22. Myles Horton (1905)

Civil Rights Leader

American educator and socialist who influenced most of the Civil Rights Movement leaders including  Martin Luther King Jr..

23. Ellis Marsalis Sr. (1908)

Civil Rights Leader

Ellis Marsalis Sr. is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on April 16, 1908 in United States. A farmer and civil rights activist who also raised a legendary...

24. Aruna Asaf Ali (1909)

Civil Rights Leader

Aruna Asaf Ali is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on July 16, 1909 in India. Indian activist who is best remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress...

25. Batukeshwar Dutt (1910)

Civil Rights Leader

An Indian revolutionary who was sentenced to life in prison after exploding bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly in New Delhi.

26. Elisabeth Furse (1910)

Civil Rights Leader

Heroine of World War II who helped people escape from Nazi-occupied France.

27. Pritilata Waddedar (1911)

Civil Rights Leader

Pritilata Waddedar is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on May 5, 1911 in Bangladesh. Bengali revolutionary nationalist who became famous for leading a 1932 attack on the...

28. Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911)

Civil Rights Leader

Amelia Boynton Robinson is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on August 18, 1911 in United States. Remembered for her leadership in the Alabama civil rights march that...

29. Dorothy Height (1912)

Civil Rights Leader

Activist for Civil Rights and Women's Rights causes who served a 40-year term as president of the National Council of Negro Women.

30. Jo Anna Robinson (1912)

Civil Rights Leader

Jo Anna Robinson is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on April 17, 1912 in Georgia. Civil rights activist who helped organize the boycotting of the Montgomery bus...

31. Viola Desmond (1914)

Civil Rights Leader

Remembered for fighting for the rights of fellow African Canadians by refusing to retreat to a segregated portion of Nova Scotia's Roseland Theatre, she is also remembered for establishing a...

32. Héctor Pérez García (1914)

Civil Rights Leader

Héctor Pérez García is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on January 17, 1914 in Mexico. Mexican American physician who founded the American G.I. Forum in 1947. He...

33. Gustavo C. Garcia (1915)

Civil Rights Leader

Gustavo C. Garcia is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on July 27, 1915 in United States. He played a key role in the U.S. Supreme Court case...

34. Fannie Lou Hamer (1917)

Civil Rights Leader

Fannie Lou Hamer is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on October 6, 1917 in United States. Civil rights leader who played an instrumental role in organizing Mississippi...

35. Marie Foster (1917)

Civil Rights Leader

Civil Rights Movement leader who helped register African American voters in Selma, Alabama, and was a local organizers of the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965.

36. Humberto Noe Corona (1918)

Civil Rights Leader

Humberto Noe Corona is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on May 29, 1918 in United States. Civil rights and labor leader who organized workers for the Congress...

37. Aurelia Browder (1919)

Civil Rights Leader

American civil rights activist who was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in April 1955.

38. Louis Allen (1919)

Civil Rights Leader

This Mississippi businessman was murdered after attempting to register to vote and subsequently discussing with local officials the fact that he had witnessed the homicide of a fellow African American...

39. Constance Baker Motley (1921)

Civil Rights Leader

Constance Baker Motley is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on September 14, 1921 in United States. Remembered for her civil rights activism and particularly for her legal...

40. Viola Liuzzo (1925)

Civil Rights Leader

White Unitarian Universalist civil rights activist who became a martyr for her cause when she was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan after the Selma to Montgomery marches.

41. Fatima Meer (1928)

Civil Rights Leader

Visible during the 1950s, '60s, and '70s as an opponent of the apartheid regime, this South African activist also had a prominent career as a scholar and writer. Her publications...

42. James Forman (1928)

Civil Rights Leader

Notable for his membership in several key civil rights organizations, including the Black Workers Congress and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, this Chicago-born member of the Black Panther Party established...

43. James Lawson (1928)

Civil Rights Leader

Civil rights leader known for his nonviolent tactics as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's.

44. Juan Figueroa (1953)

Civil Rights Leader

Juan Figueroa is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on November 13, 1953 in United States. President of Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut. According to Astrologers, Juan...

45. Wyatt Tee Walker (1929)

Civil Rights Leader

Wyatt Tee Walker is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on August 16, 1929 in United States. National civil rights leader and United States black pastor who served...

46. Xernona Clayton (1930)

Civil Rights Leader

African-American civil rights leader who worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. as a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in the 60's. In 1967, she began hosting The Xernona Clayton...

47. Mario Guerra Obledo (1932)

Civil Rights Leader

Mario Guerra Obledo is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on April 9, 1932 in United States. Civil right leader who is often called the ‘Godfather of the...

48. James Howard Meredith (1933)

Civil Rights Leader

Civil Rights Movement leader who became a household name when he became the first African American student admitted to the University of Mississippi.

49. Fazle Abed (1936)

Civil Rights Leader

Social worker who was the founder of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) in 1972.

50. Teesta Setalvad (1962)

Civil Rights Leader

Indian civil rights activist and journalist who worked as the General Secretary of People's Union for Human Rights.