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Medea Benjamin

1952 - Today

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Medea Benjamin (born Susan Benjamin on September 10, 1952) is an American political activist who, along with Jodie Evans and others, co-founded Code Pink. She also co-founded, along with her then husband Kevin Danaher, the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Benjamin was the Green Party nominee in the 2000 United States Senate election in California, running under the name Medea Susan Benjamin. She finished in third place with 326,828 votes (3.1%). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Medea Benjamin is the 774th most popular social activist (down from 758th in 2024), the 16,188th most popular biography from United States (up from 16,584th in 2019) and the 137th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Medea Benjamin ranks 774 out of 840. Before her are Aleta Baun, Alexandra Shevchenko, Enric Duran, Ruhollah Zam, Zainab Salbi, and Khalid El-Masri. After her are Samar Badawi, Lillian Ngoyi, Máxima Acuña, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Inez Milholland, and Hector Pieterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Medea Benjamin ranks 776. Before her are William F. Readdy, Charlie Spedding, Raman Singh, Segun Odegbami, Deepti Naval, and Dalip Tahil. After her are Lai-Sang Young, Armelia McQueen, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Peter Tatchell, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, and Prakash Jha.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Medea Benjamin ranks 16,195 out of 20,380. Before her are Bison Dele (1969), T. J. Warren (1993), Elizabeth Rodriguez (1973), Lori McNeil (1963), Sean Kingston (1990), and Garrison Keillor (1942). After her are Kellie Martin (1975), Colin Egglesfield (1973), Hal Sparks (1969), Alondra de la Parra (1982), Kirstjen Nielsen (1972), and Bryan Clay (1980).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Medea Benjamin ranks 137. Before her are Bill Ayers (1944), Ruthie Tompson (1910), Dick Gregory (1932), Edith Windsor (1929), David Vetter (1971), and Nils Muižnieks (1964). After her are Inez Milholland (1886), Ronan Farrow (1987), Alicia Garza (1981), Cindy Sheehan (1957), Gigi Ibrahim (1988), and Amanda Knox (1987).

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