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Danuta Wałęsa

1949 - Today

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Mirosława Danuta Wałęsa (Polish: [mirɔˈswava daˈnuta vaˈwɛ̃sa]; née Gołoś [ˈɡɔwɔɕ]; born 25 February 1949) is the wife of former President of Poland Lech Wałęsa. In 1983 she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on behalf of her husband, who feared, at a time of great political upheaval in the country, that the Polish government might not allow him to return if he travelled to Oslo himself. Lech and Danuta have been married since 8 November 1969 and have eight children. Danuta grew up the second of nine children in Krypy village near Węgrów (Krypy, Gmina Liw). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Danuta Wałęsa is the 497th most popular social activist (down from 480th in 2019), the 992nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 984th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Polish Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Danuta Wałęsa ranks 497 out of 840. Before her are Selena Rocky Malone, Josué de Castro, Gertrud Adelborg, Jack Sheppard, Giuseppe Impastato, and Shireen Abu Akleh. After her are Malalai of Maiwand, Joseph Wresinski, Kim Ok, Xiomara Acevedo, Eugen Drewermann, and Medgar Evers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Danuta Wałęsa ranks 444. Before her are Zlatko Mateša, Jonathan Carroll, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Burghart Klaußner, Manny Villar, and Paco Ignacio Taibo II. After her are Tommy Seebach, Loretta Devine, Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, Jerzy Gorgoń, Peter Ackroyd, and Kiran Bedi.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Danuta Wałęsa ranks 992 out of 1,694. Before her are Ryszard Szurkowski (1946), Zbigniew Rybczyński (1949), Horst Bienek (1930), Adam Kozłowiecki (1911), Maria Wittek (1899), and Szolem Mandelbrojt (1899). After her are Aharon Katzir (1914), Willy Kaiser (1912), Ellen Schwiers (1930), Franz Theodor Kugler (1808), Jerzy Gorgoń (1949), and Ludwig Traube (1818).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Poland

Among social activists born in Poland, Danuta Wałęsa ranks 12. Before her are Leopold Trepper (1904), Czesława Kwoka (1943), Franciszek Gajowniczek (1901), Jan Gotlib Bloch (1836), Ryszard Siwiec (1909), and Franceska Mann (1917). After her are Ernestine Rose (1810).

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