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Sam Childers

1963 - Today

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Sam Childers (born 1963), also known as the Machine Gun Preacher, is an American motorcyclist, author, and Christian. A member of the Highwaymen Motorcycle Club, Childers became well known after Dateline NBC broadcast a profile of him by Keith Morrison and Tim Sandler that documented his interactions with Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army in 2005. Childers subsequently dedicated his life and resources to rescuing children in the war zone of South Sudan. Childers and his wife Lynn founded and operate Angels of East Africa, the Children's Village Orphanage in Nimule, South Sudan, where they currently have around 185 children in their care. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Childers is the 491st most popular social activist (up from 570th in 2024), the 7,166th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,102nd in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Sam Childers ranks 491 out of 840. Before him are Osvaldo Hurtado, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Gabriela Silang, Kamala Nehru, Pingali Venkayya, and Mary Toft. After him are Selena Rocky Malone, Josué de Castro, Gertrud Adelborg, Jack Sheppard, Giuseppe Impastato, and Shireen Abu Akleh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Sam Childers ranks 258. Before him are W. Earl Brown, Martín Torrijos, Marija Pejčinović Burić, Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro, Juan Ramón López Caro, and Dražen Ladić. After him are Rupert Graves, Johann Wadephul, Ute Lemper, Randy Johnson, Vegard Ulvang, and Peter Scully.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Childers ranks 7,167 out of 20,380. Before him are Alexander Mackendrick (1912), Moe Howard (1897), John Berry (1917), Charles Wallace Richmond (1868), and Isabela Moner (2001). After him are Ken Starr (1946), Evan Peters (1987), Carolyn Porco (1953), Ralph Towner (1940), Pete Hegseth (1980), Mike Larrabee (1933), and William Bradford (1755).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Sam Childers ranks 68. Before him are Mary McLeod Bethune (1875), Eugene V. Debs (1855), Mary Edwards Walker (1832), William Lloyd Garrison (1805), Pretty Boy Floyd (1904), and Tarana Burke (1973). After him are Assata Shakur (1947), Medgar Evers (1925), Lucy Stone (1818), Ruby Bridges (1954), Katie Eder (1950), and Mumia Abu-Jamal (1954).

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