The Most Famous
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS from Sierra Leone
This page contains a list of the greatest Sierra Leonean Social Activists. The pantheon dataset contains 840 Social Activists, 1 of which were born in Sierra Leone. This makes Sierra Leone the birth place of the 103rd most number of Social Activists behind Palestine, and Tajikistan.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Sierra Leonean Social Activists of all time. This list of famous Sierra Leonean Social Activists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. FannyAnn Eddy (1974 - 2004)
With an HPI of 42.64, FannyAnn Eddy is the most famous Sierra Leonean Social Activist. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
FannyAnn Viola Eddy (14 June 1974 – 29 September 2004) was a Sierra Leonean LGBT activist who founded the Sierra Leone Lesbian and Gay Association (SSLGA) in 2002, the country's first LGBT organisation. Eddy advocated for LGBT rights in Sierra Leone as well as throughout Africa, and in April 2004 addressed the United Nations in Geneva to advocate for the passing of the Brazilian Resolution. She was murdered in her office in Freetown in September 2004, in a crime that remains unsolved.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Sierra Leonean social activists born between 1974 and 1974. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Sierra Leonean social activists include FannyAnn Eddy. As of April 2024, 1 new Sierra Leonean social activists have been added to Pantheon including FannyAnn Eddy.
