Social Activist

Ruth First

South African journalist, scholar and anti-apartheid activist

1925 - 1982

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Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Ruth First is the 524th most popular social activist (up from 559th in 2024), the 125th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 138th in 2019) and the 5th most popular South African Social Activist.

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Ruth First's biography appears in 32 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 77% of all Social Activists.

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Ruth First shares a May 4 birthday with Audrey Hepburn, Hosni Mubarak, and Erik the Red.

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Among Social Activists

Among social activists, Ruth First ranks 524 out of 840. Before her are Micaela Bastidas, Estela de Carlotto, Teuku Umar, Hawa Abdi, Katie Eder, and Ibrahim Zakzaky. After her are Tarab Abdul Hadi, Meena Keshwar Kamal, Szeto Wah, Vladimir Burtsev, Joseph Weydemeyer, and Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Ruth First ranks 389. Before her are Alain Peyrefitte, Mal Waldron, Yafa Yarkoni, Geulah Cohen, John Baptist Wu, and Ron Tauranac. After her are Olga Aroseva, Bert Bolin, Károly Makk, Jean Cau, Rosemary Murphy, and Miiko Taka. Among people deceased in 1982, Ruth First ranks 222. Before her are Francisco Martínez Soria, John Gardner, Marvin Stalder, Frank Séchehaye, Ben Nicholson, and Raghunath Murmu. After her are Reta Shaw, Frederick Terman, László Sternberg, Wiesław Maniak, Václav Mottl, and Hermanni Pihlajamäki.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Ruth First ranks 125 out of 454. Before her are Stanley Mandelstam (1928), Sharlto Copley (1973), Phillip V. Tobias (1925), Cecil Kellaway (1890), Kevin Curren (1958), and Deon Meyer (1958). After her are Eric Sturgess (1920), Ian Scheckter (1947), Gcina Mhlophe (1958), David Carstens (1914), Mark Shuttleworth (1973), and Frew McMillan (1942).

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Among Social Activists In South Africa

Among social activists born in South Africa, Ruth First ranks 5. Before her are Nelson Mandela (1918), Steve Biko (1946), Frances Ames (1920), and Evelyn Mase (1922). After her are Ted Grant (1913), Bram Fischer (1908), Devdas Gandhi (1900), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), Denis Goldberg (1933), Albertina Sisulu (1918), and Beyers Naudé (1915).

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