The Most Famous
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS from Guatemala
This page contains a list of the greatest Guatemalan Social Activists. The pantheon dataset contains 840 Social Activists, 2 of which were born in Guatemala. This makes Guatemala the birth place of the 67th most number of Social Activists behind Latvia, and Romania.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Guatemalan Social Activists of all time. This list of famous Guatemalan Social Activists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Rigoberta Menchú (b. 1959)
With an HPI of 59.82, Rigoberta Menchú is the most famous Guatemalan Social Activist. Her biography has been translated into 74 different languages on wikipedia.
Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Spanish: [riɣoˈβeɾta menˈtʃu]; born January 9, 1959) is a K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's Indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996), and to promoting Indigenous rights internationally. In 1992 she received the Nobel Peace Prize, became an UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, and received the Prince of Asturias Award in 1998. Menchú is also the subject of the testimonial biography I, Rigoberta Menchú (1983) author of the autobiographical work, Crossing Borders (1998), and is subject interest among other works. Menchú founded the country's first indigenous political party, Winaq; and ran ran for president of Guatemala in 2007 and 2011, having founded the country's first Indigenous political party,
2. Norma Cruz (b. 1962)
With an HPI of 38.80, Norma Cruz is the 2nd most famous Guatemalan Social Activist. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Norma Angélica Cruz Córdova is a Guatemalan human rights activist known for her work documenting violence against women.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Guatemalan social activists born between 1959 and 1962. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Guatemalan social activists include Rigoberta Menchú, and Norma Cruz.
