Activists from Philadelphia

American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1979)

American actor (born 1948)

American actor (born 1949)

American actor and comedian

American disability rights activist (1947–2023)

American LGBT rights activist and a technology manager at IBM

American activist (1859–1932)

American librarian, LGBT rights activist (1932–2007)

Sudanese poet and activist

American abolitionist and suffragist (1842-1932)

American magician, illusionist, actor and former slave

American investigative journalist, writer, and author

American activist and author

American murderer (1940–2020)

American paleontologist (1816–1865)

American writer and activist (1837-1914)

American archaeologist and egyptologist

American writer (1832–1911)

American activist and writer

American librarian and archivist (1929–2012)

American activist, abolitionist, historian, and businessman (1821–1902)

American activist (1806–1875)

minister

American activist and minister (1879–1964)

American activist (1905-1995)

American Quaker (1812-1889)

African-American abolitionist, pioneer of civil rights

American politician and activist (1927–2005)

American activist

American abolitionist (1810–1875)

atheist activist

American dog breeder and philanthropist; founder of The Seeing Eye (1886-1946)

writer, researcher, teacher

American philosopher

American Religious Sister and LGBT advocate

American suffragist, reformer (1845-1937)

American lawyer (1856–1928)

American philanthropist (1796–1854)

American novelist, short story writer and publisher (1809–1885)

American artist (1820 – 1900)

American suffragist and abolitionist

white American female advocates of abolition of slavery and women's rights

American abolitionist, reformer, activist and Civil War nurse (1801-1893)

American civil rights activist (1931–1985)

American activist

African-American nurse, civil rights activist, radio and television pioneer and writer (1906-1986)

American civil rights activist (1971-2014)

American peace activist

American abolitionist, activist, and teacher

American musician and poet

American human rights activist (1925-2020)

American activist (1853–1923)

American animal rights advocate

Member of the New Jersey General Assembly

American clergyman, theologian, reformer and abolitionist

American journalist