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Denis Mukwege

1955 - today

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His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2024). Denis Mukwege is the 96th most popular social activist (up from 127th in 2024), the 5th most popular biography from Congo - Kinshasa and the most popular Congolese Social Activist.

Denis Mukwege is a Congolese gynecologist who has been working for the past two decades to help women who have been victims of rape and sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has performed over 30,000 surgeries and has been the target of many death threats.

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Among Social Activists

Among social activists, Denis Mukwege ranks 96 out of 840. Before him are Widukind, Jane Addams, Beatrice Cenci, An Jung-geun, Amílcar Cabral, and Stenka Razin. After him are Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Errico Malatesta, Mairead Maguire, Frank Costello, Gabrielle d'Estrées, and Léon Jouhaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Denis Mukwege ranks 38. Before him are Olga Korbut, Guillermo Lasso, Mariano Rajoy, Nina Hagen, Svante Pääbo, and Chow Yun-fat. After him are Matteo Zuppi, Lazarus Chakwera, Sergey Shoygu, Li Keqiang, Timothy Laurence, and Israel Katz.

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In Congo - Kinshasa

Among people born in Congo - Kinshasa, Denis Mukwege ranks 5 out of NaN. Before him are Patrice Lumumba (1925), Mobutu Sese Seko (1930), Moïse Tshombe (1919), and Laurent-Désiré Kabila (1939). After him are Claude Makélélé (1973), Dikembe Mutombo (1966), Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (1960), Félix Tshisekedi (1963), Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (1939), Antoine Gizenga (1925), and Joseph Kabila (1971).

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Among Social Activists In Congo - Kinshasa

Among social activists born in Congo - Kinshasa, Denis Mukwege ranks 1. After him are Rebecca Kabugho (1994), and Rebecca Masika Katsuva (1966).

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