Key figures relate to human rights

  • Zarathustra
    628 BCE

    Zarathustra

    He is named Zarathustra
    He was born in Persia (and now is Iran) in 628 and he was died in 551
    He promoted good thinking of people, and she did good deeds for the others
  • John Ball
    1540

    John Ball

    He's called John Ball
    He was born in England in 1540 he died in 1581
    He was a leader of the peasants' revolt.
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    He is Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
    He was born in Switzerland, in 1712, and he died in 1778.
    He wrote a book called The Social Contract.
  • Elizabeth Fry

    Elizabeth Fry

    She is Elizabeth Fry
    She was born in the United Kingdom in 1780, and she died in 1845.
    She appalled at the conditions of woman's prisoners, and she provides clothes, etc, for them
  • Karl Marx

    Karl Marx

    He is called Karl Marx
    He was born in Germany in 1828 and died 1883
    He wrote the communist Manifesto
  • Thomas Jefferesen

    Thomas Jefferesen

    He is Thomas Jefferson (1858–1928)
    He was born in the USA in 1858, and he died in 1928.
    He was the main author of the American declaration of independence.
  • Mohandas Karamchand Gandh (1869 - 1948)

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandh (1869 - 1948)

    Name: He's name is Mohandas Karamchand.
    Date: He was born 1869, and he died in 1948.
    Country: He live in India.
    Contribution to human rights: He was a political and spiritual leader in India's struggle for independence from Britain, and I used non-violent protest to bring about peace between the different faiths.