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Ingrid Newkirk

1949 - Today

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Ingrid Elizabeth Newkirk (née Ward; born June 11, 1949) is a British and American Animal rights activist, author and the co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal rights organization. Newkirk founded PETA in March 1980 with fellow animal rights activist Alex Pacheco. They came to public attention in 1981, during what became known as the Silver Spring monkeys case, when Pacheco photographed 17 macaque monkeys being experimented on inside the Institute of Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland. The case led to the first police raid in the United States on an animal research laboratory and to an amendment in 1985 to the Animal Welfare Act. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ingrid Newkirk is the 643rd most popular social activist (down from 603rd in 2024), the 5,558th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,999th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Ingrid Newkirk ranks 643 out of 840. Before her are Maria Verónica Reina, Alva Belmont, Lillian Wald, Wu'erkaixi, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, and Frank Kameny. After her are Elizaveta Glinka, Lucy Burns, Charlotte Despard, Jan Egeland, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, and Karen Silkwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Ingrid Newkirk ranks 686. Before her are Osamu Muramatsu, Evgeny Lovchev, Boy Hayje, Jim Starlin, Aleksandr Salnikov, and David Perdue. After her are Scott Asheton, Ann Reinking, Aleksandar Tomov, Christy Walton, Warren Treadgold, and Richard Price.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ingrid Newkirk ranks 5,560 out of 8,785. Before her are China Miéville (1972), Tommy Lawton (1919), Bella Ramsey (2003), Terry Paine (1939), Willie Collum (1979), and Lascelles Abercrombie (1881). After her are Darren Fletcher (1984), Alastair Reynolds (1966), John Aldridge (1958), Ted Burgin (1927), Malcolm Gladwell (1963), and Neville Southall (1958).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Ingrid Newkirk ranks 41. Before her are Emily Davies (1830), Thomas Clarkson (1760), Emily Hobhouse (1860), Grey Owl (1888), Octavia Hill (1838), and James Larkin (1876). After her are Charlotte Despard (1844), Harry Hay (1912), Samuel Gompers (1850), Flora Drummond (1878), Arthur Scargill (1938), and Anna Howard Shaw (1847).

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