The Most Famous
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS from Kenya
This page contains a list of the greatest Kenyan Social Activists. The pantheon dataset contains 840 Social Activists, NaN of which were born in Kenya. This makes Kenya the birth place of the 0th most number of Social Activists.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kenyan Social Activists of all time. This list of famous Kenyan Social Activists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Wanjira Mathai (b. 0)
With an HPI of 39.32, Wanjira Mathai is the most famous Kenyan Social Activist. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Wanjira Mathai (born December 1971) is a Kenyan environmentalist and activist. She is Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships at the World Resources Institute, based in Nairobi, Kenya. In this role, she takes on global issues including deforestation and energy access. She was selected as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans by New African magazine in 2018 for her role serving as the senior advisor at the World Resources Institute, as well as for her campaign to plant more than 30 million trees through her work at the Green Belt Movement.
2. Elizabeth Wathuti (b. 1995)
With an HPI of 30.18, Elizabeth Wathuti is the 2nd most famous Kenyan Social Activist. Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti (born August 1, 1995) is a Kenyan environment and climate activist and founder of the Green Generation Initiative, which nurtures young people to love nature and be environmentally conscious at a young age and has now planted 30,000 tree seedlings in Kenya. In 2019, she was awarded the Africa Green Person of the Year Award by the Eleven Eleven Twelve Foundation and named as one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans by the Africa Youth Awards.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Kenyan social activists born between 1995 and 1995. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Kenyan social activists include Wanjira Mathai, and Elizabeth Wathuti. As of April 2024, 2 new Kenyan social activists have been added to Pantheon including Wanjira Mathai, and Elizabeth Wathuti.
