SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Lillian Ngoyi

1911 - 1980

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Lilian Masediba Matabane Ngoyi, "Ma Ngoyi", OMSG (25 September 1911 – 13 March 1980) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. She was the first woman elected to the executive committee of the African National Congress, and helped launch the Federation of South African Women. Prior to becoming a machinist at a textile mill, where she was employed from 1945 to 1956, Ngoyi enrolled to become a nurse. In 1962, she was given her first banning order and would not be permitted to leave her house in Orlando, Soweto for the rest of her life, except for a three year period from 1972-1975. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Lillian Ngoyi is the 779th most popular social activist (down from 686th in 2024), the 307th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular South African Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Lillian Ngoyi ranks 779 out of 840. Before her are Enric Duran, Ruhollah Zam, Zainab Salbi, Khalid El-Masri, Medea Benjamin, and Samar Badawi. After her are Máxima Acuña, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Inez Milholland, Hector Pieterson, Lina Ben Mhenni, and Rouzan al-Najjar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Lillian Ngoyi ranks 408. Before her are Ben Alexander, Joe Fortenberry, Gail Patrick, Claire Dodd, Marion Byron, and Donald Sangster. After her are Chet Huntley, and Jack Hargreaves. Among people deceased in 1980, Lillian Ngoyi ranks 313. Before her are Gail Patrick, Gale Robbins, Euphemia Haynes, Lillian Roth, Hattie Jacques, and Jane Froman. After her are Peggy Knudsen, Shoba, and José Victor Toledo.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Lillian Ngoyi ranks 307 out of 454. Before her are Jeff Coetzee (1977), Chanelle Scheepers (1984), Eudy Simelane (1977), Nick Price (1957), Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (1980), and Jonathan Liebesman (1976). After her are Danie Visser (1961), Hector Pieterson (1963), Kumi Naidoo (1965), Ayanda Denge (1982), Sibusiso Zuma (1975), and Rosalyn Fairbank (1960).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In South Africa

Among social activists born in South Africa, Lillian Ngoyi ranks 12. Before her are Bram Fischer (1908), Devdas Gandhi (1900), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), Denis Goldberg (1933), Albertina Sisulu (1918), and Beyers Naudé (1915). After her are Hector Pieterson (1963), Kumi Naidoo (1965), Ayanda Denge (1982), Ayakha Melithafa (2002), Zackie Achmat (1962), and Nkosi Johnson (1989).

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