SOCIAL ACTIVIST

John Peters Humphrey

1905 - 1995

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John Peters Humphrey (April 30, 1905 – March 14, 1995) was a Canadian legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate. He is most famous as the principal author of the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Peters Humphrey is the 545th most popular social activist (down from 539th in 2019), the 477th most popular biography from Canada (down from 441st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, John Peters Humphrey ranks 545 out of 840. Before him are Aminatou Haidar, Dorothea Dix, Prudencia Ayala, Muthulakshmi Reddy, Lucy Parsons, and Ekaterina Karavelova. After him are Raisa Aronova, Hebe de Bonafini, Fazu Aliyeva, Bagha Jatin, Oswaldo Payá, and Wolfe Tone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, John Peters Humphrey ranks 314. Before him are Erico Verissimo, John Van Ryn, Pedro Solé, Xian Xinghai, Zakaria Goneim, and Frank Hussey. After him are Ray Barbuti, Antal Kocsis, György Kulin, José Nehin, Andy Devine, and Inger Hagerup. Among people deceased in 1995, John Peters Humphrey ranks 267. Before him are Prawitz Öberg, David Wayne, Reinhard Furrer, María Luisa Bemberg, Benjamin Mazar, and Sony Lab'ou Tansi. After him are Edmondo Fabbri, Eeva-Liisa Manner, George W. Romney, Robertson Davies, José Luis González Dávila, and Phil Harris.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, John Peters Humphrey ranks 477 out of 1,622. Before him are Hank Snow (1914), Helen Shaver (1951), Victor Jory (1902), Frank Sullivan (1898), Mark Strand (1934), and Noel Fisher (1984). After him are Shyla Stylez (1982), William Cockburn (1902), Shawn Ashmore (1979), Barbara Wagner (1938), Pauline Marois (1949), and Howie Mandel (1955).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Canada

Among social activists born in Canada, John Peters Humphrey ranks 3. Before him are Paul Watson (1950), and Viola Desmond (1914). After him are David Reimer (1965), Emily Murphy (1868), Henrietta Edwards (1849), Sheila Watt-Cloutier (1953), and Autumn Peltier (2004).

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