List of nonviolence scholars and leaders
This is a list of people who have played a prominent role in social movements which have adopted the methods of nonviolent resistance. It also includes people who made a significant contribution to the study of nonviolence as a political technique.
Scholars and Political Leaders
- Raed Awad Abu-Sahlieh
- Mubarak Awad
- Corazon Aquino
- Joan Baez
- Vinoba Bhave
- Albert Bigelow
- Philip Berrigan
- Étienne de La Boétie
- César Chávez
- Dorothy Day
- Dave Dellinger
- Barbara Deming
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Jeff Halper
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Tenzin Gyatso, the current Dalai Lama
- Mkhuseli Jack
- Petra Kelly
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- George Lakey
- James Lawson
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Ken O'Keefe
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- William Moyer
- A.J. Muste
- Te Whiti o Rongomai
- Marshall Rosenberg
- Hans Scholl
- Sophie Scholl
- Gene Sharp
- Starhawk
- Tupua Tamasese Lealofi II
- Henry David Thoreau
- Leo Tolstoy
- Lanza del Vasto
- Lech Walesa
- Ken Saro-Wiwa
Religious Leaders
Some of the following may not fit into the category of "nonviolent resistance" (see discussion).
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