SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Aung San Suu Kyi

1945 - Today

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Aung San Suu Kyi (born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and political activist. She was awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. She served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the general secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since the party's founding in 1988 and was registered as its chairperson while it was a legal party from 2011 to 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aung San Suu Kyi is the 12th most popular social activist (up from 15th in 2019), the most popular biography from Myanmar (Burma) and the most popular Burmese Social Activist.

Aung San Suu Kyi is most famous for her fight for democracy in Myanmar. She was imprisoned in 1989, but was released in 2010. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Aung San Suu Kyi ranks 12 out of 840. Before her are Malcolm X, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Luxemburg, Jan Hus, Henry Dunant, and Helen Keller. After her are Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Claus von Stauffenberg, Bertha von Suttner, Rosa Parks, Nicholas Winton, and Jean-Paul Marat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Aung San Suu Kyi ranks 7. Before her are Bob Marley, Rodrigo Duterte, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. After her are Vince McMahon, Lemmy, Radovan Karadžić, Priscilla Presley, Debbie Harry, and Tom Selleck.

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In Myanmar (Burma)

Among people born in Myanmar (Burma), Aung San Suu Kyi ranks 1 out of 40. After her are U Thant (1909), Nick Drake (1948), Aung San (1915), U Nu (1907), Win Myint (1951), Thein Sein (1944), Myint Swe (1951), Min Aung Hlaing (1956), Than Shwe (1933), Bayinnaung (1516), and Ne Win (1910).

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  • Photo of Aung San Suu Kyi

    Aung San Suu Kyi

    SOCIAL ACTIVIST

    1945 - Present

    HPI: 80.96

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of U Thant

    U Thant

    POLITICIAN

    1909 - 1974

    HPI: 75.35

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Nick Drake

    Nick Drake

    MUSICIAN

    1948 - 1974

    HPI: 74.28

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Aung San

    Aung San

    POLITICIAN

    1915 - 1947

    HPI: 72.77

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of U Nu

    U Nu

    POLITICIAN

    1907 - 1995

    HPI: 71.22

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Win Myint

    Win Myint

    POLITICIAN

    1951 - Present

    HPI: 70.96

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Thein Sein

    Thein Sein

    POLITICIAN

    1944 - Present

    HPI: 69.87

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Myint Swe

    Myint Swe

    POLITICIAN

    1951 - Present

    HPI: 69.39

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Min Aung Hlaing

    Min Aung Hlaing

    POLITICIAN

    1956 - Present

    HPI: 69.09

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Than Shwe

    Than Shwe

    POLITICIAN

    1933 - Present

    HPI: 68.75

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Bayinnaung

    Bayinnaung

    POLITICIAN

    1516 - 1581

    HPI: 68.68

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of Ne Win

    Ne Win

    POLITICIAN

    1910 - 2002

    HPI: 68.25

    Rank: 12

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Myanmar (Burma)

Among social activists born in Myanmar (Burma), Aung San Suu Kyi ranks 1. After her are Ashin Wirathu (1968).

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