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Wangari Maathai

1940 - 2011

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Wangarĩ Maathai (; 1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on planting trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. As a beneficiary of the Kennedy Airlift, she studied in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison, Kansas and a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wangari Maathai is the 298th most popular politician (up from 909th in 2019), the most popular biography from Kenya and the most popular Kenyan Politician.

Wangari Maathai is an environmental and political activist from Kenya. She is most famous for her work in planting trees to combat deforestation.

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Among politicians, Wangari Maathai ranks 298 out of 19,576. Before her are David Ben-Gurion, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Louis the Pious, Margaret I of Denmark, Olaf II of Norway, and Ursula von der Leyen. After her are Balian of Ibelin, Rudolf Hess, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Güyük Khan, Constantine XI Palaiologos, and Ali Khamenei.

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Among people born in 1940, Wangari Maathai ranks 8. Before her are Pelé, Margrethe II of Denmark, Bruce Lee, John Lennon, Tom Jones, and Saparmurat Niyazov. After her are Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Anthony Fauci, Chuck Norris, Brian Josephson, Zodiac Killer, and Constantine II of Greece. Among people deceased in 2011, Wangari Maathai ranks 4. Before her are Steve Jobs, Kim Jong-il, and Muammar Gaddafi. After her are Václav Havel, Elizabeth Taylor, Osama bin Laden, Otto von Habsburg, Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., Cesária Évora, Peter Falk, and Burhanuddin Rabbani.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Wangari Maathai ranks 1 out of 150. After her are Richard Dawkins (1941), Barack Obama Sr. (1936), Jomo Kenyatta (1893), Louis Leakey (1903), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938), Daniel arap Moi (1924), Roger Whittaker (1936), Mwai Kibaki (1931), Richard Leakey (1944), John Njue (1944), and Kipchoge Keino (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Kenya

Among politicians born in Kenya, Wangari Maathai ranks 1. After her are Jomo Kenyatta (1893), Daniel arap Moi (1924), Mwai Kibaki (1931), Uhuru Kenyatta (1961), William Ruto (1966), Raila Odinga (1945), Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (1911), Tom Mboya (1930), Amina Mohamed (1961), and Peres Jepchirchir (1993).

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