Activists with disabilities

Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg is a Swedish activist known for pressuring governments to address climate change and social issues. She gained global attention in 2018, at age 15, after starting a solo school strike outside the Swedish parliament, which inspired the worldwide Fridays for Future movement.

Austrian singer and drag queen

Pakistani artist, motivational speaker and human rights activist

feminist and women's rights activist in Afghanistan

Spanish actor

Armenian politician, journalist and disability rights activist

Polish politician (1970-2023)

Russian television personality

women's and disability rights activist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

son of Deng Xiaoping

Syrian refugee and disability rights activist

Italian poet, painter and activist (1945–2006)

North Korean human rights activist

Ugandan politician

Iranian artist

Finnish politician

South Korean doctor

Costa Rican diplomat

Vietnamese co-founder of the Will to Live Center

German human rights activist

Nigerian disability-activist, human rights advocate, a musician and beauty pageant

Ghanaian athlete and activist

Russian journalist

Swiss activist and politician

yemeni activist (1977–2012)

Ugandan activist and Anglican priest

Zimbabwean activist and politician (1959–2021)

Omani artist

Romanian activist

kosovan activist

Zimbabwean activist

Uruguayan orator, psychologist and activist

Malawian activist

Greek first lady

Japanese politician

German actor

Taiwanese activist

Guatemalan politician

Japanese activist

Peruvian politician (1948–2013)

Sudanese disability rights activist

Ecuadorian lawyer and politician

media icon in 1980s Spain