The Most Famous
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS from North Macedonia
This page contains a list of the greatest Macedonian Social Activists. The pantheon dataset contains 840 Social Activists, 1 of which were born in North Macedonia. This makes North Macedonia the birth place of the 65th most number of Social Activists behind Ghana, and El Salvador.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Macedonian Social Activists of all time. This list of famous Macedonian Social Activists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
With an HPI of 80.11, Mother Teresa is the most famous Macedonian Social Activist. Her biography has been translated into 138 different languages on wikipedia.
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu MC (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒi.u]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and is a Catholic saint. Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, she was raised in a devoutly Catholic family. At the age of 18, she moved to Ireland to join the Sisters of Loreto and later to India, where she lived most of her life and carried out her missionary work. On 4 September 2016, she was canonised by the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. The anniversary of her death, 5 September, is now observed as her feast day. Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a religious congregation that was initially dedicated to serving "the poorest of the poor" in the slums of Calcutta. Over the decades, the congregation grew to operate in over 133 countries, as of 2012, with more than 4,500 nuns managing homes for those dying from HIV/AIDS, leprosy, and tuberculosis, as well as running soup kitchens, dispensaries, mobile clinics, orphanages, and schools. Members of the order take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and also profess a fourth vow: to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor." Mother Teresa received several honours, including the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize and the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. Her life and work have inspired books, documentaries, and films. Her authorized biography, written by Navin Chawla, was published in 1992, and on 6 September 2017, she was named a co-patron of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta alongside St Francis Xavier. However, she was also a controversial figure, drawing criticism for her staunch opposition to abortion, divorce and contraception, as well as the poor conditions and lack of medical care or pain relief in her houses for the dying.
2. Parashqevi Qiriazi (1880 - 1970)
With an HPI of 48.32, Parashqevi Qiriazi is the 2nd most famous Macedonian Social Activist. Her biography has been translated into 21 different languages.
Parashqevi Qiriazi (Greek: Παρασκευή Κυριαζή, 2 June 1880 – 17 December 1970) was an Albanian teacher of the Qiriazi family who dedicated her life to the Albanian alphabet and to the instruction of written Albanian language. She was a woman participant at the Congress of Manastir, which decided the form of the Albanian alphabet, and the founder of the Yll' i Mengjesit, a women's association. Parashqevi was also a participant in the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 as a member of the Albanian-American community. She was the sister of Sevasti Qiriazi, who was the director of the first Albanian School for girls in Korça, opened in 1891.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Macedonian social activists born between 1880 and 1910. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Macedonian social activists include Mother Teresa, and Parashqevi Qiriazi. As of April 2024, 1 new Macedonian social activists have been added to Pantheon including Parashqevi Qiriazi.
