The Most Famous
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS from Jordan
This page contains a list of the greatest Jordanian Social Activists. The pantheon dataset contains 840 Social Activists, 1 of which were born in Jordan. This makes Jordan the birth place of the 76th most number of Social Activists behind Croatia, and Romania.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Jordanian Social Activists of all time. This list of famous Jordanian Social Activists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Simon bar Giora (100 - 70)
With an HPI of 56.47, Simon bar Giora is the most famous Jordanian Social Activist. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Simon bar Giora (alternatively known as Simeon bar Giora or Simon ben Giora or Shimon bar Giora, Imperial Aramaic: שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר גִּיּוֹרָא or Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן בֵּן גִּיּוֹרָא; died 71 CE) was the leader of one of the major Judean rebel factions during the First Jewish–Roman War in 1st-century Roman Judea, who vied for control of the Jewish polity while attempting to expel the Roman army, but incited a bitter internecine war in the process.
2. Eva Abu Halaweh (b. 1975)
With an HPI of 33.26, Eva Abu Halaweh is the 2nd most famous Jordanian Social Activist. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Eva Abu Halaweh (Arabic: إيفا أبو حلاوة born in 1975) is Palestinian-Jordanian a lawyer and human rights activist in Jordan, and was awarded the International Women of Courage Award presented by the US Department of State in 2011. She has a bachelor's degree specializing in law, a master's degree in diplomacy and a master's degree in political science.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Jordanian social activists born between 100 and 1975. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Jordanian social activists include Eva Abu Halaweh. The most famous deceased Jordanian social activists include Simon bar Giora. As of April 2024, 1 new Jordanian social activists have been added to Pantheon including Eva Abu Halaweh.
