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Lester R. Brown

1934 - Today

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Lester Russel Brown (born March 28, 1934) is an American environmental analyst, founder of the Worldwatch Institute, and founder and former president of the Earth Policy Institute, a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C. BBC Radio commentator Peter Day referred to him as "one of the great pioneer environmentalists." Brown is the author or co-author of over 50 books on global environmental issues and his works have been translated into more than forty languages. His most recent book is The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy (2015), in which he explains that the global economy is now undergoing a transition from fossil and nuclear energy to clean power from solar, wind, and other renewable sources. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lester R. Brown is the 415th most popular social activist (up from 435th in 2019), the 5,675th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,504th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Lester R. Brown ranks 415 out of 840. Before him are Marsha P. Johnson, Virginia Bolten, Azucena Villaflor, Kōtoku Shūsui, Alice Paul, and Peter Arshinov. After him are Grace Sherwood, Alfreda Markowska, Romas Kalanta, Frances Ames, Mahmoud Taleghani, and Marina Oswald Porter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Lester R. Brown ranks 281. Before him are Seraphim Rose, Sven Wollter, Enrique Mateos, Fayza Ahmed, Canário, and Marisa Allasio. After him are Tonina Torrielli, Harrison Birtwistle, Robin Milner, Ernesto Brambilla, Maurice Godelier, and Zlatko Papec.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lester R. Brown ranks 5,675 out of 20,380. Before him are Lyndon LaRouche (1922), Kevin Pollak (1957), George Segal (1924), Jennifer Welles (1937), Frank Carlucci (1930), and Julian Beck (1925). After him are John Phillip Law (1937), Rikky von Opel (1947), R. G. Armstrong (1917), Major Taylor (1878), Steven Adler (1965), and Ed Hamm (1906).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Lester R. Brown ranks 52. Before him are Dorothy Day (1897), Mathew Brady (1822), Sumner Paine (1868), Black Elk (1863), Marsha P. Johnson (1945), and Alice Paul (1885). After him are Grace Sherwood (1660), Huey P. Newton (1942), Claudette Colvin (1939), Nat Turner (1800), Afeni Shakur (1947), and Otto Warmbier (1994).

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