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Jody Williams

1950 - Today

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Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950) is an American political activist known for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights (especially those of women), and her efforts to promote new understandings of security in today's world. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work toward the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jody Williams is the 68th most popular social activist (up from 107th in 2019), the 704th most popular biography from United States (up from 936th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jody Williams ranks 68 out of 840Before her are Gerald Durrell, Carl von Ossietzky, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Túpac Amaru II, Angela Davis, and Alexey Stakhanov. After her are Mustafa Barzani, José Rizal, Emilia Plater, Yun Chi-ho, Horst Wessel, and Babak Khorramdin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Jody Williams ranks 21Before her are Goran Bregović, Steve Wozniak, Gilles Villeneuve, Ed Harris, Robbie Coltrane, and Néstor Kirchner. After her are Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, William Sadler, Richard Branson, Peter Gabriel, Richard Dean Anderson, and Bill Murray.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jody Williams ranks 704 out of 20,380Before her are David Copperfield (1956), Julie Harris (1925), Robert Downey Sr. (1936), Leonard Nimoy (1931), Robert Burns Woodward (1917), and Paul Flory (1910). After her are Alice Cooper (1948), D. B. Cooper (1931), Ronald Evans (1933), Bryan Cranston (1956), Chester W. Nimitz (1885), and Anne Bancroft (1931).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Jody Williams ranks 11Before her are Rosa Parks (1913), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868), Emily Greene Balch (1867), Margaret Sanger (1879), Harriet Tubman (1820), and Angela Davis (1944). After her are Jimmy Hoffa (1913), Jane Addams (1860), Lee Radziwill (1933), John Brown (1800), Betty Ford (1918), and Catharine MacKinnon (1946).