SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Marsha P. Johnson

1945 - 1992

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Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 3, 1992) was an American LGBTQ activist, sex worker, and performer. Sometimes known as the "Saint of Christopher Street", she is considered an important figure in the LGBTQ and transgender rights movements due to her involvement in the Stonewall riots, her work with Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), and her advocacy for people with AIDS. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Johnson wore women's clothing for the first time when she was five years old. After graduating from high school, she moved to Manhattan, where she regularly spent time on 42nd Street in Times Square, working at the local Childs Restaurants and supplementing her income through begging and sex work. Often going out in partial drag, she became well known for her vibrant accessories. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2024). Marsha P. Johnson is the 410th most popular social activist (down from 379th in 2024), the 5,554th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,571st in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Social Activist.

Marsha P. Johnson was a transgender woman and LGBTQ activist who is most famous for being one of the first people to throw a brick at a police car during the Stonewall Riots in 1969.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 410 out of 840. Before her are Ram Manohar Lohia, İbrahim Kaypakkaya, Ivan Bolotnikov, Ninomiya Sontoku, Pattimura, and James Guillaume. After her are Virginia Bolten, Azucena Villaflor, Kōtoku Shūsui, Alice Paul, Peter Arshinov, and Lester R. Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 328. Before her are Ana Martín, Doug Clifford, Sammy Gravano, David Sanborn, Mišo Cebalo, and Tony Roche. After her are Abdelaziz Belkhadem, Vladimiro Montesinos, John McVie, Abdolkarim Soroush, Lydia Shum, and Michael Blake. Among people deceased in 1992, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 155. Before her are Sándor Veress, Hal Roach, Jack Arnold, Anthony Dawson, Irakli Abashidze, and Claude Aveline. After her are Wilfried Dietrich, David Miller, Machiko Hasegawa, Richard Hartshorne, Piotr Jaroszewicz, and Jean Aerts.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 5,554 out of 20,380. Before her are Sara Teasdale (1884), John Carroll Lynch (1963), Lauryn Hill (1975), Yogi Berra (1925), W. Averell Harriman (1891), and Peter Jacobson (1965). After her are Tom Brady (1977), Russell M. Nelson (1924), T.J. Miller (1981), Meriwether Lewis (1774), Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (1951), and Robert Ryman (1930).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Marsha P. Johnson ranks 50. Before her are Samantha Smith (1972), Leonard Peltier (1944), Dorothy Day (1897), Mathew Brady (1822), Sumner Paine (1868), and Black Elk (1863). After her are Alice Paul (1885), Lester R. Brown (1934), Grace Sherwood (1660), Huey P. Newton (1942), Claudette Colvin (1939), and Nat Turner (1800).

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