Women civil rights activists

The list Women civil rights activists includes Tyra Banks, Gillian Anderson, Linda Evangelista, Aisling Bea and Lena Dunham. The list consists of 610 members.

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Tyra Banks

American, TV Personality

Overview: Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973), also known as BanX, is an American television personality, model, producer, writer, and actress. Born in Inglewood, California, she began her career as a model ...

Date of birth: 4 December 1973

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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American women television producers 822T

20th-century African-American women 4,055T

21st-century African-American women 3,686T
2.

Gillian Anderson

American, Actress

Overview: Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE ( JIL-ee-ən; born August 9, 1968) is an American actress based in the United Kingdom. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files ...

Date of birth: 9 August 1968

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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American bisexual actors 118T

American women television directors 270T

American women television writers 777T
3.

Betty White

American, Actress

Overview: Betty Marion White Ludden (January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021 ) was an American actress and comedian. A pioneer of early television, with a career spanning over nine decades, White was noted for her ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1922

Date of death: 31 December 2021

Age: 99 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Neurological disease deaths in California 439T

2021 deaths 9,812T

American women memoirists 675T
4.

k.d. lang

Canadian, Singer

Overview: Kathryn Dawn Lang OC AOE (born November 2, 1961), known by her stylized stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress.

Date of birth: 2 November 1961

Age: 61

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Canadian lesbian musicians 26T

21st-century LGBT people 3,417T

20th-century LGBT people 3,251T
5.

Linda Evangelista

Canadian, Model

Overview: Linda Evangelista (born May 10, 1965) is a Canadian fashion model and one of the top supermodels from the 1990s. She is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential models of all time, and ...

Date of birth: 10 May 1965

Age: 57

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Female models from Ontario 71T

Association footballers' wives and girlfriends 232T

Canadian women activists 123T
6.

Josephine Skriver

Danish, Model

Overview: Josephine Skriver-Karlsen (born 14 April 1993) is a Danish model known for her work with Victoria's Secret.

Date of birth: 14 April 1993

Age: 29

Nationality: Danish

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Alex DeLeon (Married)

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Elite Model Management models 63T

The Society Management models 52T

Danish women activists 10T
7.

Aisling Bea

Irish, Actress

Overview: Aisling Clíodhnadh O'Sullivan (born 16 March 1984), known professionally as Aisling Bea ( ASH-ling BEE), is an Irish comedian, actor and writer. She created, wrote and starred in the comedy series This ...

Date of birth: 16 March 1984

Age: 39

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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People from Kildare (town) 5T

Actresses from County Kildare 3T

Irish women activists 80T
8.

Lena Dunham

Actress, writer, film director, producer

Overview: Lena Dunham (born May 13, 1986) is an American actress, writer, director, and producer. She is known as the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017), for which she received ...

Date of birth: 13 May 1986

Age: 36

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Luis Felber (Married)

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American women podcasters 153T

American women television writers 652T

American women television producers 668T
9.

Margot Kidder

Actress

Overview: Margaret Ruth Kidder (October 17, 1948 – May 13, 2018), known professionally as Margot Kidder, was a Canadian-American actress, director, and activist whose career spanned five decades. Her accolades ...

Date of birth: 17 October 1948

Date of death: 13 May 2018

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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2018 suicides 69T

Naturalized citizens of the United States 511T

2018 deaths 9,212T
10.

Eartha Kitt

American, Actress

Overview: Eartha Kitt (born Eartha Mae Keith; January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer, actress, dancer, voice actress, comedienne, activist, author, and songwriter known for her highly dist ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1927

Date of death: 25 December 2008

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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21st-century African-American women singers 573T

20th-century African-American women singers 840T

20th-century African-American women 4,106T
11.

Lizzo

American, Singer

Overview: Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter and flutist. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she later moved to Houston, Texas, where ...

Date of birth: 27 April 1988

Age: 34

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Myke Wright (Dating)

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21st-century African-American musicians 1,351T

Shorty Award winners 216T

American female hip hop musicians 71T
12.

Laverne Cox

American, Actress

Overview: Laverne Cox (born May 29, 1972) is an American actress and LGBT advocate. She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, becoming the first transgender ...

Date of birth: 29 May 1972

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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LGBT actors from the United States 268T

20th-century African-American women 3,954T

21st-century African-American women 3,578T
13.

Jessicka

American, Singer

Overview: Jessicka Addams (born Jessica Fodera October 23, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, and artist. Best known by her stage name Jessicka, she was the front woman of Florida-based band Jack Off Jill ...

Date of birth: 23 October 1975

Age: 47

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Christian Hejnal Addams (Married)

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Fontana North artists 11T

LGBT singers from the United States 352T

Scarling. members 6T
14.

Mahalia Jackson

American, Singer

Overview: Mahalia Jackson ( mə-HAY-lee-ə; born Mahala Jackson; October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century. With ...

Date of birth: 26 October 1911

Date of death: 27 January 1972

Age: 60 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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20th-century American women singers 2,001T

20th-century women singers 3,624T

Baptists from Louisiana 276T
15.

Mindy Cohn

American, Actress

Overview: Mindy Cohn (born May 20, 1966) is an American actress and voice actress. She is known for her role as Natalie Green in the sitcom The Facts of Life, and for being the voice of Velma Dinkley in the Sco ...

Date of birth: 20 May 1966

Age: 56

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

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Jewish American female comedians 72T

Harvard-Westlake School alumni 97T

21st-century American comedians 1,986T
16.

Caroline Kennedy

American attorney, author, and U.S. ambassador to Japan

Overview: Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is an American author, attorney, and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017. She is a member of the Kennedy family ...

Date of birth: 27 November 1957

Age: 65

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Edwin Schlossberg (Married)

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Members of the Council on Foreign Relations 377T

Writers from Manhattan 402T

American women ambassadors 351T
17.

Jazz Jennings

American, Internet Celebrity

Overview: Jazz Jennings (born October 6, 2000) is an American YouTube personality, spokesmodel, television personality, and LGBT rights activist. Jennings is one of the youngest publicly documented people to be ...

Date of birth: 6 October 2000

Age: 22

Nationality: American

Occupation: Internet Celebrity

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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American female YouTubers 1T

21st-century pseudonymous writers 455T

21st-century LGBT people 3,420T
18.

Rama Yade

French politician

Overview: Rama Yade (born Mame Ramatoulaye Yade; 13 December 1976) is a Senegalese-born French politician and the author of several books. She served as the French Secretary of Human Rights from 2007 to 2009, and ...

Date of birth: 13 December 1976

Age: 46

Nationality: French

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Male

Partner: Joseph Zimet (Married)

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21st-century French women politicians 554T

Black French politicians 79T

Union of Democrats and Independents politicians 113T
19.

Ruby Dee

American, Actress

Overview: Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014), born Ruby Ann Wallace, was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She is perhaps best known for originating ...

Date of birth: 27 October 1922

Date of death: 11 June 2014

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Actresses from New Rochelle, New York 30T

20th-century African-American people 185T

Activists from New York (state) 775T
20.

Libby Holman

Actress, singer

Overview: Elizabeth Lloyd Holzman, best known as Libby Holman (May 23, 1904 – June 18, 1971), was an American actress, singer, and civil rights activist who also achieved notoriety for her complex and unc ...

Date of birth: 23 May 1904

Date of death: 18 June 1971

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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1971 suicides 29T

LGBT singers from the United States 352T

20th-century American women singers 2,001T