The Most Famous
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS from Albania
This page contains a list of the greatest Albanian Social Activists. The pantheon dataset contains 538 Social Activists, 2 of which were born in Albania. This makes Albania the birth place of the 59th most number of Social Activists behind Thailand and Guatemala.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Albanian Social Activists of all time. This list of famous Albanian Social Activists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Pjetër Arbnori (1935 - 2006)
With an HPI of 48.13, Pjetër Arbnori is the most famous Albanian Social Activist. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Pjetër Filip Arbnori (18 January 1936 – 8 July 2006) was an Albanian gulag survivor. He was dubbed "the Mandela of the Balkans" by Albanian statesmen because of the length of his 28-year internment. He was born in Durrës, on the Adriatic coast. President Topi bestowed the Nation's Honor Order upon Pjetër Arbnori (post mortem).
2. Urani Rumbo (1885 - 1936)
With an HPI of 44.72, Urani Rumbo is the 2nd most famous Albanian Social Activist. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Urani Rumbo (20 January 1895 – 26 March 1936) was an Albanian feminist, teacher, and playwright. She founded various associations promoting Albanian women's rights, the most important of which was the Lidhja e Gruas (English: Woman's Union), one of the first prominent feminist organizations of Albania.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as social activists born between 1885 and 1935. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased social activists include Pjetër Arbnori and Urani Rumbo. As of April 2022, 1 new social activists have been added to Pantheon including Urani Rumbo.
