Deaf activists

American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)

American actress (born 1965)

Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist. She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rare for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to support herself.

American political commentator (1951–2021)

deaf actor and film producer

Australian poet, environmentalist and Indigenous rights campaigner (1915–2000)

American author and social activist (1879–1958)

American actor

Romanian academic (1895-1987)

English rugby union player

Finnish lawyer and human rights activist

Israeli politician and citizens' rights activist

French deaf educator

Romanian philologist and librarian

Indonesian politician

American YouTuber, actor, model, artist, and LGBTQ activist

British poet and activist (1931–1993)

Sri Lankan graphic designer, journalist, news reporter and environmental activist

Deaf actor/comedian

Eritrean-American disability rights advocate

Russian deaf athlete

Norwegian activist (1873–1947)

deaf educator and wife of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Italian hotelier (1950–2022)

Salvadoran linguist and activist

founder of Deaflympics

American socialite and advocate for deaf education

American educator and author