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Leydy Pech

1965 - Today

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Leydy Araceli Pech Marín, known as Leydy Pech, (born 1965) is a Mexican beekeeper and environmental activist of Mayan origin. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2020 for her work against the planting of transgenic soybeans in the Yucatán Peninsula. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Leydy Pech is the 750th most popular social activist (up from 762nd in 2024), the 544th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 615th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Mexican Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Leydy Pech ranks 750 out of 840. Before her are Edith Windsor, Valdete Idrizi, Burhan Sönmez, Ros Sopheap, Biljana Srbljanović, and Wael Ghonim. After her are Karla Avelar, Killing of Neda Agha-Soltan, David Vetter, Rahile Dawut, Uma Devi Badi, and FannyAnn Eddy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Leydy Pech ranks 841. Before her are Andreas Stähle, Igor Malkov, Wang Hong, Massimo Crippa, Hippolyt Kempf, and Lynda Boyd. After her are Patricia Guerra, Martin Kree, María Isabel Urrutia, Václav Korunka, Fahrettin Koca, and Abdourahman Waberi.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Leydy Pech ranks 544 out of 729. Before her are Rafael Amaya (1977), Jorge Rodríguez (1968), Stephanie Sigman (1987), Dharius (1984), Aarón Díaz (1982), and Ana Patricia Rojo (1974). After her are Antonio Sánchez (1971), Héctor Herrera (1990), Nery Castillo (1984), Efraín Juárez (1988), José Ron (1981), and Natalia Lafourcade (1984).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Mexico

Among social activists born in Mexico, Leydy Pech ranks 9. Before her are Subcomandante Marcos (1957), Ricardo Flores Magón (1874), Miriam Rodríguez Martínez (1967), Leona Vicario (1789), Elvia Carrillo Puerto (1878), and Lydia Cacho (1963). After her are Susana Chávez (1974), Xiye Bastida (2002), María Fernanda Castro Maya (null), and Guadalupe Campanur Tapia (1986).

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