SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Ruhollah Zam

1978 - 2020

Photo of Ruhollah Zam

Icon of person Ruhollah Zam

Ruhollah Zam (Persian: روح‌الله زم, also Romanized as "Rouhollah Zam"; 27 July 1978 – 12 December 2020) was an Iranian activist and journalist. Best known for operating Telegram channel Amadnews, which he founded in 2015, Zam played a high-profile role in the 2017–2018 Iranian protests, to which he devoted special coverage at the time. In June 2020, an Iran court found him guilty of "corruption on earth" for running a popular anti-government forum, which officials said had incited the 2017–2018 Iranian protests. He was sentenced to death by an Iranian court and was executed on 12 December 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Ruhollah Zam is the 770th most popular social activist (down from 720th in 2024), the 512th most popular biography from Iran (down from 493rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Iranian Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Ruhollah Zam by language

Loading...

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Ruhollah Zam ranks 770 out of 840. Before him are Barbara Gittings, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, Reyhaneh Jabbari, Aleta Baun, Alexandra Shevchenko, and Enric Duran. After him are Zainab Salbi, Khalid El-Masri, Medea Benjamin, Samar Badawi, Lillian Ngoyi, and Máxima Acuña.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Ruhollah Zam ranks 655. Before him are Bruno Julie, Andrew Rannells, Lars Bystøl, Kota Yoshihara, Sarah Adler, and John Capel Jr.. After him are Ricky Hatton, Ali Ezzine, Patrice Abanda, Diego Pozo, Saša Stanišić, and Richard Hamilton. Among people deceased in 2020, Ruhollah Zam ranks 858. Before him are Maurice Setters, Pete Stark, Wallace Roney, Anele Ngcongca, Julie Bennett, and Roman Monchenko. After him are Khagendra Thapa Magar, Lukman Niode, King Von, Trevor Cherry, Jole Santelli, and Slade Gorton.

Others Born in 1978

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2020

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ruhollah Zam ranks 513 out of 631. Before him are Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (1972), Reyhaneh Jabbari (1988), Mohammad Reza Golzar (1977), Shahin Najafi (1980), Reza Ghoochannejhad (1987), Rahman Rezaei (1975), and Hamid Estili (1967). After him are Shamsia Hassani (1988), Behrang Safari (1985), Mahtab Keramati (1970), Amir Tataloo (1987), and Bahman Golbarnezhad (1968).

Others born in Iran

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iran

Among social activists born in Iran, Ruhollah Zam ranks 16. Before him are Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967), Maryam Namazie (1966), Zahra Eshraghi (1964), Killing of Neda Agha-Soltan (null), Parvin Ardalan (1967), and Reyhaneh Jabbari (1988). After him are Behrouz Boochani (1983), Execution of Navid Afkari (1993), and Death of Sahar Khodayari (1990).

Iranian born Social Activists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous