SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Bram Fischer

1908 - 1975

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Abraham Louis Fischer (23 April 1908 – 8 May 1975) was a South African Communist lawyer of Afrikaner descent with partial Anglo-African ancestry from his paternal grandmother, notable for anti-apartheid activism and for the legal defence of anti-apartheid figures, including Nelson Mandela, at the Rivonia Trial. Following the trial, he was himself put on trial accused of furthering communism. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and diagnosed with cancer while in prison. The South African Prisons Act was extended to include his brother's house in Bloemfontein where he died two months later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bram Fischer is the 560th most popular social activist (up from 653rd in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 221st in 2019) and the 6th most popular South African Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Bram Fischer ranks 560 out of 840. Before him are Sakine Cansız, Marie Stritt, Aslı Erdoğan, Jerry Rubin, Mina Ahadi, and Emily Davies. After him are Maggie Gobran, David Reimer, Devdas Gandhi, Ramdas Gandhi, Josefa Francisco, and Bruno Manser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Bram Fischer ranks 357. Before him are Demetrio Neyra, Théodore Nouwens, Miguel Otero Silva, Sulo Nurmela, Jack Gilford, and Erik Almgren. After him are Franklin Farrell, Henri Lepage, Tauno Palo, Franz Pfnür, Eberardo Villalobos, and Corneliu Robe. Among people deceased in 1975, Bram Fischer ranks 232. Before him are Adrienne Bolland, Jacob Bjerknes, Viktor Anichkin, Oskar Perron, Per-Erik Hedlund, and Henry Louis Hudson. After him are Frank Shields, Syed Nazrul Islam, James Robertson Justice, Inga Tidblad, Belle Moore, and Franz Bistricky.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Bram Fischer ranks 154 out of 454. Before him are Belle Delphine (1999), Pik Botha (1932), Peter de Klerk (1935), Johnny Flynn (1983), Jackie Pretorius (1934), and Corrie Sanders (1966). After him are Devdas Gandhi (1900), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), Johan Kriek (1958), Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981), Cecil McMaster (1895), and Lucky Dube (1910).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In South Africa

Among social activists born in South Africa, Bram Fischer ranks 6. Before him are Nelson Mandela (1918), Steve Biko (1946), Frances Ames (1920), Evelyn Mase (1922), and Ted Grant (1913). After him are Devdas Gandhi (1900), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), Denis Goldberg (1933), Albertina Sisulu (1918), Beyers Naudé (1915), and Lillian Ngoyi (1911).

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