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
- A.J. Muste
- Albert Bigelow
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- Barbara Deming
- César Chávez
- Corazon Aquino
- Dave Dellinger
- Dorothy Day
- Étienne de La Boétie
- Gene Sharp
- George Lakey
- Hans Scholl
- Henry David Thoreau
- James Lawson
- Jeff Halper
- Joan Baez
- John Howard Yoder
- Ken O'Keefe
- Ken Saro-Wiwa
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Lanza del Vasto
- Lech Walesa
- Leo Tolstoy
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Marshall Rosenberg
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Mkhuseli Jack
- Mubarak Awad
- Mustafa Abdulcemil Kirimoglu (Mustafa Jemilev)
- Petra Kelly
- Philip Berrigan
- Raed Awad Abu-Sahlieh
- Sophie Scholl
- Stanley Hauerwas
- Starhawk
- Tenzin Gyatso, the current Dalai Lama
- Te Whiti o Rongomai
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Tupua Tamasese Lealofi II
- Vinoba Bhave
- William Moyer
Religious Leaders
Some of the following may not fit into the category of "nonviolent resistance" (see discussion).