SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Leah Namugerwa

2004 - Today

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Leah Namugerwa (born 2004) is a youth climate activist in Uganda. She is known for leading tree planting campaigns and for starting a petition to enforce the plastic bag ban in Uganda. Following inspiration from Greta Thunberg, she began supporting school strikes in February 2019 with fellow Fridays for the Future Uganda organizer Sadrach Nirere. Namugerwa spoke at the World Urban Forum in 2020 and was a youth delegate at COP25. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Leah Namugerwa is the 963rd most popular social activist (down from 849th in 2024), the 71st most popular biography from Uganda (down from 57th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Ugandan Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Leah Namugerwa ranks 963 out of 840. Before her are Charlie Kirk, Haven Coleman, Abdulrahman Akkad, Jérémy Florès, Ubah Ali, and Stacey Milbern. After her are Lucy Gray, Rebecca Jamieson, Erika Kirk, Abby Gustaitis, and Ulviyya Ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2004, Leah Namugerwa ranks 189. Before her are Alessandro Mazzara, Elena Gerasimova, Faith Cherotich, Shafali Verma, Claire Curzan, and Nihal Sarin. After her are Wei Xiaoyuan, Kaylyn Brown, Evy Leibfarth, Lisa Vaelen, Hazuki Watanabe, and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Leah Namugerwa ranks 71 out of 55. Before her are Benjamin Kiplagat (1989), Murushid Juuko (1994), Whitney Peak (2003), Juliet Chekwel (1990), Yaroslav Khartsyz (1997), and Winnie Nanyondo (1993). After her are Maria Huntington (1997), David Ssemujju (1992), Ronald Musagala (1992), Stephen Kissa (1995), Zohran Mamdani (1991), and Kirabo Namutebi (2005).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Uganda

Among social activists born in Uganda, Leah Namugerwa ranks 9. Before her are Vanessa Nakate (1996), Sylvia Tamale (null), Pepe Julian Onziema (1980), Kasha Nabagesera (1980), Frank Mugisha (1979), and Cleopatra Kambugu Kentaro (null).

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