SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Aung San Suu Kyi

1945 - Today

Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi (born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and political activist. She was awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. She served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the general secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since the party's founding in 1988 and was registered as its chairperson while it was a legal party from 2011 to 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 130 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 123 in 2019). Aung San Suu Kyi is the 15th most popular social activist (down from 14th in 2019), the most popular biography from Myanmar (Burma) and the most popular Burmese Social Activist.

Aung San Suu Kyi is most famous for her fight for democracy in Myanmar. She was imprisoned in 1989, but was released in 2010. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Aung San Suu Kyi ranks 15 out of 840. Before her are Mother Teresa, Helen Keller, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Martin Luther King Jr., Jean-Paul Marat, and Claus von Stauffenberg. After her are Jane Addams, Nicholas Winton, Rosa Parks, Gustav I of Sweden, Peter Kropotkin, and Robert Owen.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

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Mother Teresa
1910 - 1997
HPI: 83.28
Rank: 9
Helen Keller
1880 - 1968
HPI: 81.01
Rank: 10
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
1746 - 1827
HPI: 80.51
Rank: 11
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929 - 1968
HPI: 80.20
Rank: 12
Jean-Paul Marat
1743 - 1793
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 13
Claus von Stauffenberg
1907 - 1944
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 14
Aung San Suu Kyi
1945 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 15
Jane Addams
1860 - 1935
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 16
Nicholas Winton
1909 - 2015
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 17
Rosa Parks
1913 - 2005
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 18
Gustav I of Sweden
1496 - 1560
HPI: 77.90
Rank: 19
Peter Kropotkin
1842 - 1921
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 20
Robert Owen
1771 - 1858
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 21

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Aung San Suu Kyi ranks 9. Before her are Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Gerd Müller, Rodrigo Duterte, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vince McMahon, and Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein. After her are Wim Wenders, Radovan Karadžić, Tom Selleck, Eric Clapton, Helen Mirren, and Daniel Ortega.

Others Born in 1945

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Anni-Frid Lyngstad
SINGER
1945 - Present
HPI: 81.39
Rank: 3
Gerd Müller
SOCCER PLAYER
1945 - 2021
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 4
Rodrigo Duterte
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 5
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 6
Vince McMahon
BUSINESSPERSON
1945 - Present
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 7
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 79.09
Rank: 8
Aung San Suu Kyi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1945 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 9
Wim Wenders
FILM DIRECTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 10
Radovan Karadžić
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 77.82
Rank: 11
Tom Selleck
ACTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 12
Eric Clapton
MUSICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 13
Helen Mirren
ACTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 14
Daniel Ortega
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 15