Free speech activists

François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Catholic Church) and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.

French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

Dutch politician (born 1963)

Dutch film director (1957–2004)

Dutch politician (1948–2002)

Dutch poet and writer (1587-1679)

German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur

Albanian politician (1936-2018)

British-Australian comedian, actor and musician (born 1975)

Swedish priest and politician (1729–1803)

Bilingual South African poet and political dissident (1933–1965)

New Zealand political scientist (1934–2020)

Spanish essayist and university professor

Belgian physicist and essayist

French politician, essayist and journalist

Russian anarchist (1897-1980)

Egyptian activist (1938–2023)

Soviet film director

Romanian writer and scholar

Belarusian activist

Dutch journalist

Singaporean YouTuber, activist, and content creator

Swedish politician (1911–2010)

Singaporean journalist

Belarusian activist, drag entertainer

Australian politician, policy analyst and human rights commissioner

Hong Kong democratic activist and YouTuber

researcher, blogger, journalist, social entrepreneur, open source activist

Palestinian journalist

Japanese man known for symbolically marrying Hatsune Miku

Angolan journalist, from Jornal de Angola, as well as chairman of the Portfolio and Ethics Committee of Angola

Turkish beauty pageant titleholder (born 1988)

Swedish translator

Iraqi comedian and presenter

Egyptian human rights activist

Brazilian politician

Norwegian journalist

Scottish YouTuber

Romanian journalist, essayist

Chinese journalist

Australian journalist, barrister, biographer, and political and social commentator (born 1947)

Turkish record producer (1964–2021)

Iranian technology student

Romanian journalist and actor

Romanian journalist (1908-1990)

author, publisher, human rights activist (1946-2002)

Norwegian writer (1958–2018)

Dutch critic of Scientology (born 1957)