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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Mordechai Vanunu

1954 - Today

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Mordechai Vanunu (Hebrew: מרדכי ואנונו; born 14 October 1954), also known as John Crossman, is an Israeli former nuclear technician and peace activist who, citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. He was subsequently lured to Italy by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, where he was drugged and abducted. He was secretly transported to Israel and ultimately convicted in a trial that was held behind closed doors.Vanunu spent 18 years in prison, including more than 11 in solitary confinement, though no such restriction is mentioned in Israel's penal code, nor imposed by his verdict. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mordechai Vanunu has received more than 1,200,448 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 36 in 2019). Mordechai Vanunu is the 177th most popular social activist (up from 216th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Morocco (up from 40th in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Social Activist.

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  • 35

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  • 6.92

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  • 2.85

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Mordechai Vanunu ranks 177 out of 538Before him are Yiannis Ritsos, Gaius Julius Civilis, Al-Mu'tazz, Soh Jaipil, Fred Phelps, and Kang Pan-sok. After him are Rudi Dutschke, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Otoya Yamaguchi, Guru Ram Das, Salvador Puig Antich, and Emily Davison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Mordechai Vanunu ranks 62Before him are Johnny Logan, Ross Brawn, Michael Dudikoff, Eric Gerets, Bernard Hinault, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. After him are Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, Ilan Ramon, Lee Child, Chris Evert, Kailash Satyarthi, and Uli Stielike.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Mordechai Vanunu ranks 29 out of 198Before him are Jean-Luc Mélenchon (1951), Frida Boccara (1940), Hassan I of Morocco (1836), Al-Rashid of Morocco (1631), Daniel Pennac (1944), and Ahmad al-Badawi (1199). After him are Abdelaziz of Morocco (1878), Mehdi Ben Barka (1920), Abd al-Hafid of Morocco (1875), Larbi Benbarek (1914), Anne-Marie David (1952), and Mohamed Abdelaziz (1946).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Morocco

Among social activists born in Morocco, Mordechai Vanunu ranks 1After him are Abdallah ibn Yasin (null), Aminatou Haidar (1966), and Latifa Ibn Ziaten (1960).