SettingsActivists who committed suicide
Abbie Hoffman
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party.
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party.
Andrew Koenig (actor)
Joshua Andrew Koenig also known as Josh Andrew Koenig or Andrew Koenig, was an American character actor, film director, editor, writer, and human rights activist.
Joshua Andrew Koenig also known as Josh Andrew Koenig or Andrew Koenig, was an American character actor, film director, editor, writer, and human rights activist.
André Rebouças
André Pinto Rebouças (1838–1898) was a Brazilian military engineer, abolitionist and inventor, son of Antônio Pereira Rebouças (1798–1880) and Carolina Pinto Rebouças.
André Pinto Rebouças (1838–1898) was a Brazilian military engineer, abolitionist and inventor, son of Antônio Pereira Rebouças (1798–1880) and Carolina Pinto Rebouças.
Ardian Klosi
Ardian Klosi was an Albanian publicist, writer, translator, social activist and an opinionist.
Ardian Klosi was an Albanian publicist, writer, translator, social activist and an opinionist.
Ben Klassen
Bernhardt (or Bernhard) "Ben" Klassen (Ukrainian: Бернар Классен; (O.S. February 7, 1918) – ) was an American religious leader who founded the Church of the Creator with the publication o...
Bernhardt (or Bernhard) "Ben" Klassen (Ukrainian: Бернар Классен; (O.S. February 7, 1918) – ) was an American religious leader who founded the Church of the Creator with the publication o...
Carl Einstein
Carl Einstein (26 April 1885 - 5 July 1940), born Karl Einstein, was an influential German Jewish writer, art historian, and critic.
Carl Einstein (26 April 1885 - 5 July 1940), born Karl Einstein, was an influential German Jewish writer, art historian, and critic.
Chris Lightfoot
Chris Lightfoot was a leading and prolific online civic campaigner, a polymath and a scientist, and the first developer with Tom Steinberg at e-democracy charity mySociety.
Chris Lightfoot was a leading and prolific online civic campaigner, a polymath and a scientist, and the first developer with Tom Steinberg at e-democracy charity mySociety.
Dan Burros
Daniel "Dan" Burros (March 5, 1937 — October 31, 1965), was a Jewish American who was a former member of the American Nazi Party.
Daniel "Dan" Burros (March 5, 1937 — October 31, 1965), was a Jewish American who was a former member of the American Nazi Party.
Eugen Schauman
Eugen Schauman (10 May 1875 in Kharkov, Russian Empire – 16 June 1904 in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire) was a Finnish nationalist and nobleman who assassinated the Governor-Ge...
Eugen Schauman (10 May 1875 in Kharkov, Russian Empire – 16 June 1904 in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire) was a Finnish nationalist and nobleman who assassinated the Governor-Ge...
Eugène Lanti
Eugène Lanti was a pseudonym of Eugène Adam (19 July 1879 in Normandy, France – 17 January 1947 in Mexico).
Eugène Lanti was a pseudonym of Eugène Adam (19 July 1879 in Normandy, France – 17 January 1947 in Mexico).
Evžen Plocek
Evžen Plocek (October 29, 1929, Jihlava – April 9, 1969, Jihlava) was a Czech man (reform communist) who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest.
Evžen Plocek (October 29, 1929, Jihlava – April 9, 1969, Jihlava) was a Czech man (reform communist) who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest.
Freda du Faur
Emmeline Freda Du Faur (16 September 1882 - 11 September 1935) was the first female mountaineer to climb New Zealand's tallest mountain, Aoraki / Mount Cook.
Emmeline Freda Du Faur (16 September 1882 - 11 September 1935) was the first female mountaineer to climb New Zealand's tallest mountain, Aoraki / Mount Cook.
Garrett Hardin
Garrett James Hardin (April 21, 1915 – September 14, 2003) was an American ecologist who warned of the dangers of overpopulation and whose concept of the tragedy of the commons brough...
Garrett James Hardin (April 21, 1915 – September 14, 2003) was an American ecologist who warned of the dangers of overpopulation and whose concept of the tragedy of the commons brough...
Guy Debord
Guy Ernest Debord was a French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International.
Guy Ernest Debord was a French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International.
Hartmut Gründler
Hartmut Gründler was a German teacher from Tübingen, engaged in environmental protection, who burned himself out of protest against the misinformation in the atomic policy of the German Federa...
Hartmut Gründler was a German teacher from Tübingen, engaged in environmental protection, who burned himself out of protest against the misinformation in the atomic policy of the German Federa...
Jan Palach
Jan Palach (11 August 1948 – 19 January 1969; ) was a Czech student who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest.
Jan Palach (11 August 1948 – 19 January 1969; ) was a Czech student who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest.
Jean Tatlock
Jean Frances Tatlock M.D., was an American psychiatrist, physician, and a member of the Communist Party.
Jean Frances Tatlock M.D., was an American psychiatrist, physician, and a member of the Communist Party.
Jim Jones
Reverend James Warren "Jim" Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 mass suicide...
Reverend James Warren "Jim" Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 mass suicide...
Kathy Change
Kathy Change (1950 - 22 October 1996) was an American performance artist and political activist who killed herself in an act of self-immolation on the University of Pennsylvania campus in 1996.
Kathy Change (1950 - 22 October 1996) was an American performance artist and political activist who killed herself in an act of self-immolation on the University of Pennsylvania campus in 1996.
Kosaburo Eto
Eto Kosaburo (江藤 小三郎 1943 – 1969) was a Japanese nationalist, thinker, social activist, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force official, and a member of a leading Japanese political family.
Eto Kosaburo (江藤 小三郎 1943 – 1969) was a Japanese nationalist, thinker, social activist, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force official, and a member of a leading Japanese political family.
Kostas Georgakis
Kostas Georgakis, was a Greek student of geology, who, in the early hours of 19 September 1970, set himself ablaze in Matteotti square in Genoa as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Geo...
Kostas Georgakis, was a Greek student of geology, who, in the early hours of 19 September 1970, set himself ablaze in Matteotti square in Genoa as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Geo...
Kristin Brooks Rossell
Kristin Brooks Rossell (16 November 1969 – 7 April 1998) became the face of the National Hopeline Network after she committed suicide after suffering from postpartum depression.
Kristin Brooks Rossell (16 November 1969 – 7 April 1998) became the face of the National Hopeline Network after she committed suicide after suffering from postpartum depression.
Lee Kyung Hae
Lee Kyung Hae (1947 – September 10, 2003) was a South Korean farmer and activist who opposed globalization and protested for the local farmers and fishermen of his home country whose jobs were t...
Lee Kyung Hae (1947 – September 10, 2003) was a South Korean farmer and activist who opposed globalization and protested for the local farmers and fishermen of his home country whose jobs were t...
Liviu Cornel Babeş
Liviu Cornel Babeş (January 19, 1942 – March 2, 1989) was a Romanian electrician and painter who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest.
Liviu Cornel Babeş (January 19, 1942 – March 2, 1989) was a Romanian electrician and painter who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest.
Louis Fles
Levie Jacob "Louis" Fles (1872-1940) was a Dutch businessman, activist and author.
Levie Jacob "Louis" Fles (1872-1940) was a Dutch businessman, activist and author.
Marshall Bloom
Marshall Bloom (16 July 1944-1 November 1969) is best known as the co-founder of the Liberation News Service (LNS) with Ray Mungo in 1967.
Marshall Bloom (16 July 1944-1 November 1969) is best known as the co-founder of the Liberation News Service (LNS) with Ray Mungo in 1967.
Marshall Ledbetter
Marshall Ledbetter, Jr. (10 June 1969 — 14 July 2003) was an American photographer, psychedelics enthusiast, iconoclast and unconventional protester.
Marshall Ledbetter, Jr. (10 June 1969 — 14 July 2003) was an American photographer, psychedelics enthusiast, iconoclast and unconventional protester.
Masakatsu Morita
Masakatsu Morita was the Tatenokai member who committed seppuku with Yukio Mishima at the Ichigaya Camp.
Masakatsu Morita was the Tatenokai member who committed seppuku with Yukio Mishima at the Ichigaya Camp.
Maxim Bazylev
Maxim Bazylev (Romanov; also known as Adolf; 17 October 1980 - 27 March 2009) - Russian nationalist, founder magazine "Russian will" (Русская воля), last leader of NSO (Национал-соци...
Maxim Bazylev (Romanov; also known as Adolf; 17 October 1980 - 27 March 2009) - Russian nationalist, founder magazine "Russian will" (Русская воля), last leader of NSO (Национал-соци...
May Ayim
May Ayim was an Afro-German poet, educator, and activist.
May Ayim was an Afro-German poet, educator, and activist.
Mazlum Doğan
Mazlum Doğan was a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
Mazlum Doğan was a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
Meir Feinstein
Meir Feinstein (מאיר פיינשטיין; October 5, 1927 - April 21, 1947) was born in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Meir Feinstein (מאיר פיינשטיין; October 5, 1927 - April 21, 1947) was born in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Mitch Snyder
Mitch Snyder was an American advocate for the homeless.
Mitch Snyder was an American advocate for the homeless.
Mohamed Bouazizi
Mohamed Bouazizi was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, in protest of the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation that he reported was inf...
Mohamed Bouazizi was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, in protest of the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation that he reported was inf...
Moshe Barazani
Moshe Barazani, also Barzani, was an Iraqi Kurdish Jew and a member of Lehi and later Israeli citizen.
Moshe Barazani, also Barzani, was an Iraqi Kurdish Jew and a member of Lehi and later Israeli citizen.
Nuamthong Phaiwan
Nuamthong Phaiwan (นวมทอง ไพรวัลย์) was a Bangkok, Thailand taxi-driver who drove his taxi into a tank in protest after the military coup of 2006.
Nuamthong Phaiwan (นวมทอง ไพรวัลย์) was a Bangkok, Thailand taxi-driver who drove his taxi into a tank in protest after the military coup of 2006.
Oleksa Hirnyk
Oleksa Mykolajovyč Hirnyk (Олекса Миколайович Гiрник) (March 27, 1912 - January 21, 1978) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident, an engineer by profession, who burned himself to death as an act of pr...
Oleksa Mykolajovyč Hirnyk (Олекса Миколайович Гiрник) (March 27, 1912 - January 21, 1978) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident, an engineer by profession, who burned himself to death as an act of pr...
Rajiv Goswami
Rajiv Goswami was a former commerce student at the Deshbandhu College, Delhi University student who had attempted self-immolation to protest against V.P. Singh's implementation of the Mandal Com...
Rajiv Goswami was a former commerce student at the Deshbandhu College, Delhi University student who had attempted self-immolation to protest against V.P. Singh's implementation of the Mandal Com...
Ramón Sampedro
Ramón Sampedro was a ship fisherman from Galicia, Spain, who became a quadriplegic in a diving accident at the age of 25 and fought for his right to an assisted suicide for the next 29 years.
Ramón Sampedro was a ship fisherman from Galicia, Spain, who became a quadriplegic in a diving accident at the age of 25 and fought for his right to an assisted suicide for the next 29 years.
Reinhold Elstner
Reinhold Elstner was a German Wehrmacht veteran and Diplom Chemist who poured gasoline over himself and committed suicide at about 8 pm on April 25, 1995, on the steps of Munich's historical Fel...
Reinhold Elstner was a German Wehrmacht veteran and Diplom Chemist who poured gasoline over himself and committed suicide at about 8 pm on April 25, 1995, on the steps of Munich's historical Fel...
Ruthe Lewin Winegarten
Ruthe Lewin Winegarten (August 26, 1929-June 14, 2004) was an American author, activist, and historian.
Ruthe Lewin Winegarten (August 26, 1929-June 14, 2004) was an American author, activist, and historian.
Sarah Goddard Power
Sarah Goddard Power (June 19, 1935 – March 24, 1987) was a United States Democratic Party activist and University of Michigan Regent who committed suicide by falling out a window at the Burton T...
Sarah Goddard Power (June 19, 1935 – March 24, 1987) was a United States Democratic Party activist and University of Michigan Regent who committed suicide by falling out a window at the Burton T...
Shawn Lonsdale
Shawn Lonsdale (1969 - February 16, 2008) was a videographer and prominent critic of the Church of Scientology.
Shawn Lonsdale (1969 - February 16, 2008) was a videographer and prominent critic of the Church of Scientology.
Stefan Lux
Stefan Lux was a Czech Jewish journalist, who committed suicide in the general assembly of the League of Nations during its session on July 3, 1936.
Stefan Lux was a Czech Jewish journalist, who committed suicide in the general assembly of the League of Nations during its session on July 3, 1936.
Sue Rodriguez
Sue Rodriguez (August 2, 1950 – February 12, 1994) was an advocate of assisted suicide.
Sue Rodriguez (August 2, 1950 – February 12, 1994) was an advocate of assisted suicide.
Sunil Verma
Sunil Verma (1972 - August 16, 2006), himself a victim, was a campaigner for the rights of victims affected by the Bhopal disaster, the deadliest industrial disaster as of 2007.
Sunil Verma (1972 - August 16, 2006), himself a victim, was a campaigner for the rights of victims affected by the Bhopal disaster, the deadliest industrial disaster as of 2007.
Thomas Guillaume St. Barbe Baker
Thomas Guillaume St. Barbe Baker was a pre-War British national socialist who had been an officer in World War I as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery and later as a Captain in the Ro...
Thomas Guillaume St. Barbe Baker was a pre-War British national socialist who had been an officer in World War I as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery and later as a Captain in the Ro...
Tooker Gomberg
Tooker Gomberg (August 12, 1955 – March 3 or March 4, 2004) was a Canadian politician and environmental activist.
Tooker Gomberg (August 12, 1955 – March 3 or March 4, 2004) was a Canadian politician and environmental activist.
Tristan Egolf
Tristan Egolf (December 19, 1971 – May 7, 2005) was an American novelist, author, and political activist.
Tristan Egolf (December 19, 1971 – May 7, 2005) was an American novelist, author, and political activist.
William C. Rodgers
Bill Rodgers a.k.a. Avalon (died December 21, 2005), co-proprietor of the Catalyst Infoshop in Prescott, Arizona, USA, was one of six environmental activists arrested December 7, 2005 as p...
Bill Rodgers a.k.a. Avalon (died December 21, 2005), co-proprietor of the Catalyst Infoshop in Prescott, Arizona, USA, was one of six environmental activists arrested December 7, 2005 as p...
Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima was the pen name of Kimitake Hiraoka, a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor and film director.
Yukio Mishima was the pen name of Kimitake Hiraoka, a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor and film director.
Zo d'Axa
Alphonse Gallaud de la Pérouse, better known as Zo d'Axa, was an adventurer, anti-militarist, satirist, journalist, and founder of two of the most legendary French magazines, L'EnDehors'...
Alphonse Gallaud de la Pérouse, better known as Zo d'Axa, was an adventurer, anti-militarist, satirist, journalist, and founder of two of the most legendary French magazines, L'EnDehors'...