Human Rights Defender
14 celebrities known for human rights defender.
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981
Born:October 1, 1924
Died:December 29, 2024
Bryan Adams
Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
Born:November 5, 1959
Jesse Jackson
American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Born:October 8, 1941
Died:February 17, 2026
Alyssa Milano
American actress
Born:December 19, 1972
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist
Born:December 7, 1928
Richard Gere
American actor
Born:August 31, 1949
Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet
Born:December 30, 1946
Desmond Tutu
South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner
Born:October 7, 1931
Died:December 26, 2021
Gillian Anderson
American actress
Born:August 9, 1968
Eleanor Roosevelt
American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945
Born:October 11, 1884
Died:November 7, 1962
Mia Farrow
American actress
Born:February 9, 1945
Jane Addams
American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer
Born:September 6, 1860
Died:May 28, 1935
Laurie Holden
American-Canadian actress
Born:December 17, 1969
Papa Juan Pablo II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
Born:May 18, 1920
Died:April 2, 2005