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Shirin Ebadi

1947 - Today

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Shirin Ebadi (Persian: شيرين عبادى, romanized: Širin Ebādi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian Nobel laureate, lawyer, writer, teacher and a former judge and founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. In 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her pioneering efforts for democracy and women's, children's, and refugee rights. She was the first Muslim woman and the first Iranian to receive the award. She has lived in exile in London since 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shirin Ebadi is the 30th most popular social activist (up from 39th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Iran (up from 54th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Social Activist.

Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist. She was the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Shirin Ebadi ranks 30 out of 840. Before her are Élie Ducommun, Sophia of Prussia, Emily Greene Balch, Guy Fawkes, Robert Owen, and Margaret Sanger. After her are Charlotte Corday, Thích Quảng Đức, Emiliano Zapata, Bacha Khan, Toussaint Louverture, and Jan Palach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Shirin Ebadi ranks 19. Before her are Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Brian May, Mary Simon, O. J. Simpson, James Hunt, and Mario Draghi. After her are Anwar Ibrahim, Paul Auster, Mohammad Najibullah, Carlos Santana, Iggy Pop, and Herman Van Rompuy.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Shirin Ebadi ranks 38 out of 631. Before her are Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Jami (1414), Darius II (-475), and Salman the Persian (568). After her are Antiochus III the Great (-241), Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), Ardashir I (180), Shapur I (150), Farah Pahlavi (1938), and Shams Tabrizi (1185).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iran

Among social activists born in Iran, Shirin Ebadi ranks 1. After her are Babak Khorramdin (798), Musa al-Sadr (1928), Narges Mohammadi (1972), Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), Mahmoud Taleghani (1911), Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963), Massoud Rajavi (1948), Mina Ahadi (1956), Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967), Maryam Namazie (1966), and Zahra Eshraghi (1964).

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