SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Denis Goldberg

1933 - 2020

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Denis Theodore Goldberg (11 April 1933 – 29 April 2020) was a South African social campaigner who was active in the struggle against apartheid. He was accused No. 3 of 11 defendants in the Rivonia Trial of 1964, alongside the better-known Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu. He was the youngest of the defendants. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Denis Goldberg is the 596th most popular social activist (down from 505th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 115th in 2019) and the 9th most popular South African Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Denis Goldberg ranks 596 out of 840. Before him are Madan Lal Dhingra, Felix Nartey, Ralph Abernathy, Veerappan, Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, and Berta Cáceres. After him are Akira Amano, Mamie Till, Luisa Cuesta, Hu Jia, Salih Mahmoud Osman, and Sylvia Rivera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Denis Goldberg ranks 474. Before him are Tom Price, Conway Twitty, Ann Richards, Gilberto Penayo, Basil Heatley, and Jesse Mashburn. After him are Bob Bondurant, Scotty Bowman, Stefano Rodotà, Levente Lengyel, James Goldsmith, and Konstantin Loktev. Among people deceased in 2020, Denis Goldberg ranks 658. Before him are Rajko Đurić, Harold Budd, Gilberto Penayo, Lynn Harrell, Hennadiy Kernes, and Jimmy Heath. After him are Imre Farkas, Pavol Biroš, Carlos Contreras, Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, John Prine, and Jan Halvarsson.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Denis Goldberg ranks 179 out of 454. Before him are Griselda Pollock (1949), Constand Viljoen (1933), Solomon Linda (1909), Bessie Head (1937), Gavin Hood (1963), and Florence Fuller (1867). After him are Ted Moore (1914), Gordon Hodgson (1904), Clarence Walker (1898), Richard Borcherds (1959), Clarence Oldfield (1899), and Eddie Kramer (1942).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In South Africa

Among social activists born in South Africa, Denis Goldberg ranks 9. Before him are Frances Ames (1920), Evelyn Mase (1922), Ted Grant (1913), Bram Fischer (1908), Devdas Gandhi (1900), and Ramdas Gandhi (1897). After him are Albertina Sisulu (1918), Beyers Naudé (1915), Lillian Ngoyi (1911), Hector Pieterson (1963), Kumi Naidoo (1965), and Ayanda Denge (1982).

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