SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Aleta Baun

1966 - Today

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Aleta Baun is an Indonesian environmental activist. She has been described as the Indonesian Avatar. She won the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize for organizing hundreds of local villagers to peacefully occupy marble mining sites in “weaving protests,” to stop destruction of sacred forest land on Mutis Mountain on the island of Timor. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Aleta Baun is the 768th most popular social activist (up from 778th in 2024), the 126th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 136th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Indonesian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Aleta Baun ranks 768 out of 840. Before her are Denis Kapustin, Parvin Ardalan, Elisa Loncón, Barbara Gittings, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, and Reyhaneh Jabbari. After her are Alexandra Shevchenko, Enric Duran, Ruhollah Zam, Zainab Salbi, Khalid El-Masri, and Medea Benjamin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Aleta Baun ranks 833. Before her are Cornelia Sirch, Patrice Lhotellier, David Jones, Ingeborg, Enrique Míguez, and Kerrin Lee-Gartner. After her are Laurent Boudouani, Artur Żmijewski, Dean Woods, Chris Eubank, Renata Nielsen, and Troy Aikman.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Aleta Baun ranks 126 out of 158. Before her are Julia Perez (1980), Nike Ardilla (1975), Bambang Pamungkas (1980), Nafa Urbach (1980), Lilies Handayani (1965), and Dorce Gamalama (1963). After her are Utut Adianto (1965), Rio Haryanto (1993), Lukman Niode (1963), Hendra Setiawan (1984), Raema Lisa Rumbewas (1980), and Chris John (1979).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Indonesia

Among social activists born in Indonesia, Aleta Baun ranks 8. Before her are Cut Nyak Dhien (1850), Pattimura (1783), Dewi Sartika (1884), Teuku Umar (1854), Siti Musdah Mulia (1958), and Munir Said Thalib (1965).

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