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Doina Cornea

1929 - 2018

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Doina Cornea (Romanian: [ˈdojna ˈkorne̯a]; 30 May 1929 – 3 May 2018) was a Romanian human rights activist and French language professor. She was a dissident during the communist rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu. She was co-founder of the Democratic Anti-totalitarian Forum of Romania (Forumul Democrat Antitotalitar din România), as the first attempt to unify the democratic opposition to the post-communist government. This organization later transformed into the Romanian Democratic Convention (Convenția Democrată Română, CDR), which brought Emil Constantinescu to power. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Doina Cornea is the 508th most popular social activist (up from 527th in 2019), the 377th most popular biography from Romania (up from 410th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Doina Cornea ranks 508 out of 840. Before her are Eugen Drewermann, Medgar Evers, Ōsugi Sakae, Daniel De Leon, Christine Delphy, and Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay. After her are Stephen Mallory, Urani Rumbo, Lucy Stone, Ruby Bridges, Ernestine Rose, and Micaela Bastidas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Doina Cornea ranks 381. Before her are Júlia Sigmond, Dilara Aliyeva, Barry Harris, Sergio Mantovani, Rafael Chimishkyan, and Raymond Bellot. After her are Naima Akef, Villy Sørensen, Omar Borrás, Abderrahmane Mahjoub, Giacomo Capuzzi, and Ottó Boros. Among people deceased in 2018, Doina Cornea ranks 348. Before her are Yoshiaki Arata, Mrinal Sen, John Miles, Fernando Serena, José Antonio Zaldúa, and Mario Segale. After her are Carla Marangoni, Toshiko Fujita, Nikolai Volkoff, Oleg Anofriyev, Jacques Higelin, and Kader Khan.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Doina Cornea ranks 377 out of 844. Before her are Júlia Sigmond (1929), Pavel Badea (1967), Mircea Rednic (1962), Valeriu Bularca (1931), Vintilă Brătianu (1867), and Alexandru Borbely (1910). After her are Spiru Haret (1851), Corneliu Mănescu (1916), Marin Sorescu (1936), Adalbert Steiner (1907), Take Ionescu (1858), and László Lukács (1850).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Romania

Among social activists born in Romania, Doina Cornea ranks 2. Before her are Serge Klarsfeld (1935).

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