SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Rachel Corrie

1979 - 2003

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Rachel Aliene Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003) was an American nonviolence activist and diarist. She was a member of the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and was active throughout the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. In 2003, she was in Rafah, a city in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli military was demolishing Palestinian houses at the height of the Second Intifada. While protesting the demolitions as they were being carried out, she was killed by an Israeli armored bulldozer that crushed her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rachel Corrie is the 680th most popular social activist (down from 615th in 2019), the 13,249th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,631st in 2019) and the 111th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Rachel Corrie ranks 680 out of 840. Before her are Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Juliette Gordon Low, Luis Taruc, Emily Murphy, Arthur Scargill, and Maryam Namazie. After her are Amelia Boynton Robinson, Henrietta Edwards, Guo Jianmei, Bobby Henderson, Randa Siniora, and Anna Howard Shaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Rachel Corrie ranks 347. Before her are Lincoln, Craig Bellamy, Mato Neretljak, Ruth Beitia, Flávio Amado, and Koichi Kawai. After her are Lars Berger, Jayma Mays, Mehmet Okur, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Bakary Gassama, and Robyn. Among people deceased in 2003, Rachel Corrie ranks 359. Before her are Trevor Ford, Erland Herkenrath, Gerald Emmett Carter, Dulce Chacón, Al Hirschfeld, and Royce D. Applegate. After her are Road Warrior Hawk, Hank Ballard, Ellen Drew, Lynne Thigpen, David Kelly, and Malcolm Williamson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rachel Corrie ranks 13,253 out of 20,380. Before her are Arthur Hohl (1889), Andrea Jaeger (1965), Patsy Kelly (1910), D'Arcy Carden (1980), J. Richard Gott (1947), and Marie Windsor (1919). After her are Dennis O'Keefe (1908), John Davis (1921), George Nelson (1950), Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), Tex Beneke (1914), and Ryan Garcia (1998).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Rachel Corrie ranks 111. Before her are Ryan White (1971), Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842), Fannie Lou Hamer (1917), Phoebe Hearst (1842), Mario Savio (1942), and Juliette Gordon Low (1860). After her are Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), Bobby Henderson (1980), Betty Ong (1956), Pauli Murray (1910), Judith Heumann (1947), and Grace Abbott (1878).

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