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. 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 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Kayla Mueller is the 842nd most popular social activist (down from 786th in 2024), the 18,527th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,752nd in 2019) and the 146th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Kayla Mueller ranks 842 out of 840. Before her are Sara García Gross, Lubna al-Hussein, Behrouz Boochani, Nathan Law, Xiye Bastida, and Chen Qiushi. After her are Diana Sacayán, Rodjaraeg Wattanapanit, Hande Kader, Hayat Mirshad, Alexandria Villaseñor, and Wanjira Mathai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Kayla Mueller ranks 903. Before 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, Daniela Luján, Jain Kim, and Kayra Sayit. Among people deceased in 2015, Kayla Mueller ranks 593. Before her are Yao Beina, Hussein Fatal, Nate Huffman, Sean Price, Adriana Campos, and Alfredo Pacheco. After her are Hema Upadhyay, Diana Sacayán, Yakub Memon, Maria Kryuchkova, Arnold Peralta, and O'Neil Bell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kayla Mueller ranks 18,535 out of 20,380. Before her are CariDee English (1984), Ellen Muth (1981), Mika Boorem (1987), Ardo Hansson (1958), Kenny Wormald (1984), and Suzanne Cryer (1967). After her are Stacey Augmon (1968), Lauren Schmidt Hissrich (1978), Luke Walton (1980), Gordon H. Smith (1952), Marisa Coughlan (1974), and John Moyer (1974).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Kayla Mueller ranks 146. Before 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), Nick Fuentes (1998), Elizabeth Smart (1987), Ethan Zuckerman (1973), and Amanda Gorman (1998).

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