Social Activist Famous Names Starting with Letter M

A well-known activist and performer from Gujarat in India. The daughter of classical danseuse Mrinal

A well-known activist and performer from Gujarat in India. The daughter of classical danseuse Mrinalini Sarabhai and renowned space scientist Vikram Sarabhai, Mallika is an accomplished Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dancer. She is also known for her contributions in the fields of theatre, television, film, writing and publishing.[1]. She is now contesting the 2009 Lok Sabha elections from the Gandhinagar constituency, as an independent candidate.

Was a Parsi-Zoroastrian scholar and civil rights activist.In 1854 Hataria was appointed emissary by

Was a Parsi-Zoroastrian scholar and civil rights activist.In 1854 Hataria was appointed emissary by the "Persian Zoroastrian Amelioration Fund", an organization founded in Bombay by Dinshaw Maneckji Petit with the aim of improving the conditions for the less fortunate co-religionists in Iran, who were being persecuted by the Qajar rulers.

An Indian politician, animal rights activist, environmentalist, former journalist and the widow of i

An Indian politician, animal rights activist, environmentalist, former journalist and the widow of influential Indian politician, Sanjay Gandhi. She has been a minister in four governments, and has authored a number of books in the areas of etymology, law and animal welfare. Maneka Gandhi is an estranged member of the Nehru-Gandhi Family.

M. R. Pai was born in Manjeshwar, a small village currently on the Karnataka-Kerala Border. He studi

M. R. Pai was born in Manjeshwar, a small village currently on the Karnataka-Kerala Border. He studied at Canara High School, Mangalore and later at Presidency College, Madras where he obtained an MA in Political Science at the top of his class and received the Candeth Gold Medal from Madras University.

Was an Indian social activist and pioneer of rural development.Under the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi

Was an Indian social activist and pioneer of rural development.Under the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi he settled in 1947 in the backward village of Uruli Kanchan near Pune, Maharashtra to begin a programme of rural development. He later founded the Bharatiya Agro-Industries Foundation (BAIF) in 1967.

Was a French stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette.In 1888, she gave up her career in

Was a French stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette.In 1888, she gave up her career in the theatre to marry an up-and-coming young lawyer, Georges Laguerre. A friend and follower of the politically ambitious army general Georges Boulanger, h

Was a French author and major pioneering force for women's rights.Born in Paris, Maria Deraismes gre

Was a French author and major pioneering force for women's rights.Born in Paris, Maria Deraismes grew up in Pontoise in the city's northwest outskirts. From a prosperous middle class family, she was well educated and raised in a literary environment that

Is a Dutch politician, animal activist and publicist. She is the chairwoman and political leader of

Is a Dutch politician, animal activist and publicist. She is the chairwoman and political leader of the Party for Animals and a writer on animal rights.In October 2002 she and other animal protectionists founded the Party for Animals (Partij voor de Dieren). During the Dutch general election of 2003 the party gained 50.000 votes (0.5%), but not a seat in the House of Representatives.

French poet, writer, feminist and animal rights activist. She was also a close friend of the Swedish

French poet, writer, feminist and animal rights activist. She was also a close friend of the Swedish impressionist painter and Sufi mystic Ivan Agueli. Marie Huot was the wife of Anatole-Théodore-Marie Huot, editor for the leftist Parisian magazine L'Encyclopédie Contemporaine Illustrée.

Is an eminent and world renown South Africa historian and a life long activist.He then worked at uni

Is an eminent and world renown South Africa historian and a life long activist.He then worked at universities in the United Kingdom and Tanzania, where he became active in the ANC and the South African Congress of Trade Union (SACTU) in exile. Together with Giovanni Arrighi, John Saul and and others he developed an influential politico-economic analysis focusing on the contradictions engendered by the proletarianization and dispossession of the Southern African peasantry.[1] According to Arrighi "Martin Legassick and Harold Wolpe...maintained that South African Apartheid was primarily due to the fact that the regime had to become more repressive of the African labour force because it was fully proletarianized, and could no longer subsidize capital accumulation as it had done in the past."[2]

Served as a Marine reservist with the rank of corporal and has worked as a journalist on assignment

Served as a Marine reservist with the rank of corporal and has worked as a journalist on assignment as an embed on tour in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sanchez was awarded the first Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award in March 2007 at the Conservative Political Action Conference for displaying "academic courage" while attending Columbia University.[1] Shortly afterward, as a result of media coverage at the conference, it was revealed that Sanchez had performed in gay pornographic films in the early 1990s.[2][3][3] Later in 2007, Sanchez also became a source for reports on the Scott Thomas Beauchamp controversy, providing key information to author/blogger Michelle Malkin.[4]

Is a U.S. politician, lawyer, and activist prominent in San Francisco politics. Gonzalez was a membe

Is a U.S. politician, lawyer, and activist prominent in San Francisco politics. Gonzalez was a member and president of San Francisco County's Board of Supervisors.[1] He was also one of the first Green Party candidates elected to public office in the Bay Area. In 2003, Gonzalez ran for mayor of San Francisco but lost in a close race to Democrat Gavin Newsom. In the 2008 presidential election, Gonzalez ran for vice president as the running mate of candidate Ralph Nader.

Was an Afghan feminist and activist on behalf of women's rights. She founded the Revolutionary Assoc

Was an Afghan feminist and activist on behalf of women's rights. She founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) in 1977, a group organized to promote equality and education for women.In 1979, she campaigned against what she perceived as a Russian puppet state controlling Afghanistan, and organized meetings in schools to mobilize support against it, and in 1981, she launched a bilingual feminist magazine, Payam-e-Zan (Women's Message) [1]. She also founded Watan Schools to aid refugee children and their mothers, offering both hospitalization and the teaching of practical skills.

Is a South African Anglican priest and social activist. He was born in New Zealand and in the early

Is a South African Anglican priest and social activist. He was born in New Zealand and in the early 1970s trained as an Anglican priest in Australia before coming to South Africa in 1973. Lapsley's visa was not renewed in 1976 due to his affiliations with the banned African National Congress and he went to Lesotho on the 30 September of that same year. He later moved to Harare in Zimbabwe. On 28 April 1990, Lapsley was the victim of a letter bomb sent to him by an operative of the Civil Cooperation Bureau which resulted in the loss of both hands and an eye. He had just returned from a speaking tour of Canada and a visit to Cuba. He started the association Friends of Cuba shortly after the bombing.

Is an American attorney and emergency medicine physician. He is best known for his efforts to have r

Is an American attorney and emergency medicine physician. He is best known for his efforts to have recitations of the current version of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools in the United States declared unconstitutional because of its inclusion of the phrase "under God". He also filed and lost a lawsuit to stop the invocation prayer at President Bush's second inauguration[1][2][3] and, most recently, he filed a lawsuit to prevent references to God and religion from being part of President Obama's inauguration.

Is a Minnesota political activist and registered nurse from Apple Valley, Minnesota. Cavlan was the

Is a Minnesota political activist and registered nurse from Apple Valley, Minnesota. Cavlan was the 2006 Green Party candidate for the United States Senate seat from Minnesota.Cavlan was born in San Jose, California, but spent most of his childhood and adolescence in Northern Ireland with his Roman Catholic family. Cavlan lived near Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1969 till 1984, becoming involved in the Irish Trade Union Movement as a member of ITGWU (the Irish Transport and General Workers Union) and IVG&ATA (the Irish Vintners, Grocers & Allied Trades Association). He is divorced with two sons,[1] and is a nephew of Ballymoney Sinn Féin councillor, Anita Cavlan.

Is a French-Brazilian Marxist sociologist and philosopher. He is presently the emerited research dir

Is a French-Brazilian Marxist sociologist and philosopher. He is presently the emerited research director in social sciences at the CNRS (French National Center of Scientific Research) and lectures at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS; Paris, France). Author of books on Karl Marx, Che Guevara, Liberation Theology, György Lukács, Walter Benjamin and Franz Kafka, he received the Silver Medal of the CNRS in 1994.

Was an American ex-Black Panther and anti-police brutality activist of African American and Apache d

Was an American ex-Black Panther and anti-police brutality activist of African American and Apache descent.In 1970 he joined the Black Panther Party. Although he left the party within two years, calling it "politically stifling", he would often publicly refer to his former involvement in the party and considered it to have had a lasting positive influence on his political development.In the mid 1970s he joined Los Angeles-area anti-police brutality activists B. Kwaku Duren and Anthony Thigpenn to form the Coalition Against Police Abuse (CAPA). The organization investigates allegations of abuse, provides support for victims and families, and agitates for justice in street demonstrations and courtrooms. CAPA acknowledges a direct descent from the Black Panther Party, with many former BPP members, but is a distinct organization many of whose members critique what they see as the intensely hierarchical and patriarchal tendencies of the now defunct BPP.

Is a Guatelamalan human rights activist and newspaper columnist. He is currently the spokesperson fo

Is a Guatelamalan human rights activist and newspaper columnist. He is currently the spokesperson for the Center for Human Rights Legal Action (CALDH) in Guatemala City. He has been the target of frequent death threats.

Was probably the greatest of Russian reformers in the period between Peter the Great and Alexander I

Was probably the greatest of Russian reformers in the period between Peter the Great and Alexander II. A close advisor to Tsar Alexander I of Russia, he is sometimes called the father of Russian liberalism.

An Indian-American film director and producer based in New York. Her production company is Mirabai F

An Indian-American film director and producer based in New York. Her production company is Mirabai Films.She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! (1988), won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and also earned the nomination for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She used the proceeds of the film, to establish an organization for street children, called the Salaam Baalak Trust in India.[1] She often works with longtime creative collaborator, screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala, whom she met at Harvard.

Sarsanghachalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.Mr. Bhagwat born in 1950 in a small town called Chand

Sarsanghachalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.Mr. Bhagwat born in 1950 in a small town called Chandrapur in Maharashtra. Mohanji comes from a family of RSS activists. His father Madhukar Bhagwat, was the president of its Chandrapur zone and worked as Prant Pracharak of Gujarat, Madhukarji also introduced Lalkrishna Advani into the RSS fold,. One of the new RSS chief's brothers is the chief of RSS's Chandrapur city unit. Mohanji is Eldest of three brothers and a sister.

Was a South African anti-apartheid activist, political activist, civil rights campaigner and politic

Was a South African anti-apartheid activist, political activist, civil rights campaigner and politician, widely respected by both blacks and whites.She joined the Black Sash, an activist group founded in 1955 by six women (Jean Sinclair, Elizabeth McLaren, Ruth Foley, Tertia Pybus, Jean Bosazza and Helen Newton-Thompson), but eventually left due to what she perceived as the Sash's "inactivity".In 1981 she started her political career by winning the Provincial Council seat of Walmer, Port Elizabeth, for the Progressive Federal Party (PFP). Di Bishop, who would become a life-long friend and fellow activist also won a council seat that year. Di Bishop had joined the Black Sash in 1978 and Molly returned to the order in 1982 with a lot of ideas of her own [2]

Was a Scientologist in the 1980s and active in Scientology's headquarters in Europe, in Copenhagen.

Was a Scientologist in the 1980s and active in Scientology's headquarters in Europe, in Copenhagen. She went on a hunger strike in August 1989 at Scientology's offices in Paris when she wanted to quit the program, in order to get her money back. She did receive almost €60,000 back from Scientology.

Is a community activist in South Africa. Moses Ka Moyo has spent the past 15 years based in Johannes

Is a community activist in South Africa. Moses Ka Moyo has spent the past 15 years based in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he has studied, worked and done a lot of community work. He has been described by many as a selfless and dedicated leader who wants to see the lives of average people change.He is the founder and chairperson of Friends of the Inner-city Forum, a community based organisation in the inner-city of Johannesburg. He is also a founding Director of Ekuphumuleni hospice. He has played a immense role in the creation of Tirisano Inner-city Housing Co-operative (an initiative that will see many being able to afford to buy flats in the inner-city of Johannesburg on a rent to buy basis).