SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Leymah Gbowee

1972 - Today

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Leymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 February 1972) is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women's non-violent peace movement, Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. Her efforts to end the war, along with her collaborator Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, helped usher in a period of peace and enabled a free election in 2005 that Sirleaf won. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leymah Gbowee is the 251st most popular social activist (up from 279th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Liberia (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Liberian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Leymah Gbowee ranks 251 out of 840. Before her are David Riazanov, Narges Mohammadi, Jean Ziegler, Abba Kovner, Kate Sheppard, and Peter Nguyen Van Hung. After her are Edward Snowden, Djamila Bouhired, Haim Arlosoroff, Zinaida Portnova, Attica, and Emmett Till.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Leymah Gbowee ranks 50. Before her are Rhea Seehorn, Josh Duhamel, John Abraham, Narges Mohammadi, Karl Nehammer, and Tom Hooper. After her are Karl Urban, Giovane Élber, Mauricio Pochettino, Pat Rafter, Jos Verstappen, and Sundar Pichai.

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In Liberia

Among people born in Liberia, Leymah Gbowee ranks 7 out of 20. Before her are Charles Taylor (1948), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938), George Weah (1966), William Tolbert (1913), Joseph Boakai (1944), and Samuel Doe (1951). After her are William Tubman (1895), Charles D. B. King (1875), Moses Blah (1947), Gyude Bryant (1949), Edwin Barclay (1882), and Ziad Fazah (1954).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Liberia

Among social activists born in Liberia, Leymah Gbowee ranks 1. 

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