The Most Famous
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS from Cambodia
This page contains a list of the greatest Cambodian Social Activists. The pantheon dataset contains 840 Social Activists, 1 of which were born in Cambodia. This makes Cambodia the birth place of the 105th most number of Social Activists behind Palestine, and Slovenia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Cambodian Social Activists of all time. This list of famous Cambodian Social Activists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Ros Sopheap (b. 1962)
With an HPI of 46.39, Ros Sopheap is the most famous Cambodian Social Activist. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Ros Sopheap (Khmer: រស់ សុភាព; born 1962) is a Cambodian women's rights activist. She is the founder and former executive director of Gender and Development Cambodia (GADC), a non-governmental organisation involved in preventing domestic violence against women and promoting women in leadership roles. During her 20-year career with GADC, she advocated on behalf of women in Cambodia and was central to the Cambodian women's rights movement. Sopheap also served as the president of the Committee to Promote Women in Politics.
2. Leng Ouch (b. 0)
With an HPI of 33.20, Leng Ouch is the 2nd most famous Cambodian Social Activist. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Leng Ouch is a Cambodian climate activist. He spent his early childhood in the forests in Cambodia and became an activist against illegal logging in Cambodia's forests. He is best known for going undercover to record illegal logging activities in his home country.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Cambodian social activists born between 1962 and 1962. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Cambodian social activists include Ros Sopheap, and Leng Ouch. As of April 2024, 1 new Cambodian social activists have been added to Pantheon including Leng Ouch.
