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Samantha Smith

1972 - 1985

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Samantha Reed Smith (June 29, 1972 – August 25, 1985) was an American peace activist and child actress from Manchester, Maine, who became famous for her anti-war outreaches during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. In 1982, Smith wrote a letter to the newly appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, and received a personal reply with an invitation to visit the Soviet Union, which she accepted. Smith attracted extensive media attention in both countries as a "Goodwill Ambassador", becoming known as America's Youngest Ambassador and subsequently participating in peacemaking activities in Japan. With the assistance of her father, Arthur (an academic), she wrote a book titled Journey to the Soviet Union, which chronicled her visit to the country. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samantha Smith is the 366th most popular social activist (up from 419th in 2019), the 4,913th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,158th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Samantha Smith ranks 366 out of 840. Before her are Muhammad Zaidan, Frank País, Charles Boycott, Mentor of Rhodes, Anita Augspurg, and Abbie Hoffman. After her are Vasily Ignatenko, Mari Beyleryan, Alexander Antonov, Toktogul Satylganov, Toyohiko Kagawa, and Viola Desmond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Samantha Smith ranks 97. Before her are Takashi Umezawa, Manfred Weber, Brandon Teena, Hermann Maier, Chiara Mastroianni, and Nina Badrić. After her are Severina, Audrey Azoulay, Alejandro Amenábar, Takuya Kimura, Garou, and Evan Williams. Among people deceased in 1985, Samantha Smith ranks 125. Before her are Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Gale Sondergaard, Gaston Rébuffat, Sergei Gerasimov, Helene Engelmann, and Enrique Fernández Viola. After her are Salvador Espriu, Pavel Batov, Victor Capesius, René Barjavel, Attilio Bettega, and Francesca Bertini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samantha Smith ranks 4,913 out of 20,380. Before her are Max Roach (1924), Walter Short (1880), James L. Elliot (1943), Leontyne Price (1927), Edward Marsh (1874), and Bryce Dallas Howard (1981). After her are James Ingram (1952), Betsy Palmer (1926), Danneel Ackles (1979), Budge Patty (1924), Pete Ricketts (1964), and Scott Travis (1961).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Samantha Smith ranks 44. Before her are Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899), Jesse Jackson (1941), Lucretia Mott (1793), Clara Barton (1821), Russell Means (1939), and Abbie Hoffman (1936). After her are Leonard Peltier (1944), Dorothy Day (1897), Mathew Brady (1822), Sumner Paine (1868), Black Elk (1863), and Marsha P. Johnson (1945).

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