Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries
Filterable archive covering centuries of intellectual, artistic, and moral contributions to the human story.
Kenji Goto
(ๅพ่ค ๅฅไบ (Goto Kenji))
Kenji Goto was a renowned Japanese freelance video journalist, documentary filmmaker, and author who dedicated his career to documenting the suffering of innocent civilians, refugees, and children in the world's most perilous conflict zones, from Sierra Leone and Rwanda to Iraq and Syria. In October 2014, he bravely entered ISIS-controlled Syria in an attempt to rescue a captured friend, where he was captured and executed in January 2015.
Jacqueline Guerroudj
(ุฌุงูููู ูุฑูุฌ)
French-born Algerian freedom fighter who served as an arms courier during the Battle of Algiers, sentenced to death alongside Fernand Iveton before international campaigns spared her life.
Isabel Rosado
Isabel Rosado, also known as Doรฑa Isabelita, was an educator, social worker, activist and member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.
Mike Marqusee
Mike Marqusee was an American writer, journalist, and political activist in London.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.
Francis Simard
Francis Simard was a Quebec nationalist and convicted murderer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.
Al Bendich
Albert Morris Bendich was a professor of rhetoric at UC Berkeley, active during the Free Speech Movement (1964-1965), as well as a civil rights attorney, noted for his roles in defending the free speech rights of poet Allen Ginsberg and comedian Lenny Bruce against obscenity charges. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.
Ferdinand T. Day
Ferdinand T. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.
Zoubir Bouadjadj
(ุฒุจูุฑ ุจูุนุฌุงุฌ)
Founding member of the Historic 22 who commanded the armed urban action groups in the Casbah of Algiers on November 1, 1954.
Jacques Lazarus
Jacques Lazarus was a French military officer who was a leader of the Jewish resistance in France during World War II.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.
Joy Chatel
Joy Chatel, also known as Mama Joy, was a cosmetologist, community organizer and activist based in Brooklyn, New York. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.
Harald Nugiseks
Harald Nugiseks was an Estonian serviceman in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.
Ruth Schnapp
Ruth Schnapp was California's first female structural engineer and an equal rights activist.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.
Bobbi Jean Baker
Bobbi Jean Baker was an American transgender activist and minister.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
(Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela)
Global beacon of justice, reconciliation, and human dignity. Mandela spent 27 years imprisoned for opposing apartheid before leading South Africa to multiracial democracy as its first Black president.
Mohamed Brahmi
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ุฏ ุจุฑุงูู
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Founder of the People's Movement and member of Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly, assassinated on Republic Day 2013 for his outspoken defense of national sovereignty and secular democracy.
Chokri Belaid
(ุดูุฑู ุจูุนูุฏ)
Fierce human rights lawyer and leftist opposition leader whose assassination in February 2013 sparked massive national strikes that forced Tunisia's constitutional compromise and dialogue.
Aaron Swartz
Aaron Hillel Swartz, also known as AaronSw, was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.
Jeanne Manford
Jeanne Sobelson Manford was an American schoolteacher and activist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.