SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Kayla Mueller

1988 - 2015

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Kayla Jean Mueller (August 14, 1988 – February 6, 2015) was an American human rights activist and humanitarian aid worker from Prescott, Arizona, United States. She was taken captive in August 2013 in Aleppo, Syria, after leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital. Media reported that a 26-year-old American aid worker was being held by ISIS without naming her, at her family's request. In 2015, she was killed in uncertain circumstances. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kayla Mueller is the 798th most popular social activist (down from 782nd in 2019), the 18,028th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,756th in 2019) and the 140th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Kayla Mueller ranks 798 out of 840Before her are Emma González, Cenk Uygur, Behrouz Boochani, Nathan Law, Xiye Bastida, and Chen Qiushi. After her are Hande Kader, Alexandria Villaseñor, Sam Berns, Malebogo Molefhe, Jalila Haider, and Emna Mizouni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Kayla Mueller ranks 858Before her are Tony Gallopin, Ángel Mena, Jürgen Zopp, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Ezechiel N'Douassel, and Emma Hewitt. After her are Stephen Henderson, Adriano Malori, Lisa Unruh, Jain Kim, Kayra Sayit, and Ermin Zec. Among people deceased in 2015, Kayla Mueller ranks 583Before her are Márton Fülöp, Richie Benaud, Greg Plitt, Tim Drummond, Sean Price, and Alfredo Pacheco. After her are Hema Upadhyay, Maria Kryuchkova, Arnold Peralta, Windell Middlebrooks, Murder of Özgecan Aslan, and Aadesh Shrivastava.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kayla Mueller ranks 18,036 out of 20,380Before her are Erik Shoji (1989), CariDee English (1984), Ellen Muth (1981), Mika Boorem (1987), Ardo Hansson (1958), and Kenny Wormald (1984). After her are Stacey Augmon (1968), Luke Walton (1980), Gordon H. Smith (1952), Marisa Coughlan (1974), John Moyer (1974), and Marco Andretti (1987).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Kayla Mueller ranks 140Before her are Alicia Garza (1981), Cindy Sheehan (1957), Gigi Ibrahim (1988), Amanda Knox (1987), Frances Haugen (1980), and Emma González (1999). After her are Alexandria Villaseñor (2005), Sam Berns (1996), Elizabeth Smart (1987), Amanda Gorman (1998), Patrisse Cullors (1983), and Van Jones (1968).