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Paul Watson

1950 - Today

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Paul Franklin Watson (born December 2, 1950) is a Canadian-American environmental, conservation and animal rights activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine conservation activism. The tactics used by Sea Shepherd have attracted opposition, with the group accused of eco-terrorism by both the Japanese government and Greenpeace. Watson is a citizen of Canada and the United States. Watson, a native of Toronto, has been an environmental activist since his teens. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Watson is the 177th most popular social activist (up from 276th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Canada (up from 146th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Paul Watson ranks 177 out of 840. Before him are Gaius Julius Civilis, Gerda Christian, Joe Hill, Max Mosley, Otoya Yamaguchi, and Maria Spiridonova. After him are Chico Mendes, Paul Schäfer, Gretl Braun, Vinoba Bhave, Jan Karski, and Manuela Sáenz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Paul Watson ranks 83. Before him are Jerry Zucker, Linda Thompson, Nora Roberts, Robert B. Laughlin, Ken Robinson, and Karen Carpenter. After him are David Graf, Assef Shawkat, Yumi Umeoka, Kurt Koch, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Marcheline Bertrand.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Paul Watson ranks 81 out of 1,622. Before him are Mark Robson (1913), John Candy (1950), John Charles Fields (1863), Ryan Reynolds (1976), Geneviève Bujold (1942), and Percy Williams (1908). After him are David Easton (1917), Mylène Farmer (1961), Mack Sennett (1880), A. E. van Vogt (1912), Charles Taylor (1931), and Lester B. Pearson (1897).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Canada

Among social activists born in Canada, Paul Watson ranks 1. After him are Viola Desmond (1914), John Peters Humphrey (1905), David Reimer (1965), Emily Murphy (1868), Henrietta Edwards (1849), Sheila Watt-Cloutier (1953), and Autumn Peltier (2004).

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