Chen Guangcheng

Chen Guangcheng is a Chinese civil rights activist who has worked on human rights issues in rural areas of the People's Republic of China. Blind from an early age and self-taught in the law, Chen is frequently described as a "barefoot lawyer" who advocates for women's rights, land rights, and the welfare of the poor.

12 November 1971

Born on the same birth date (12 November 1971): Rebecca Wisocky

Born on the same birth day (12 November): Adlène Guedioura • Alessandro Birindelli • Corey Maggette • David Ellefson • Francis Nicholson • Grace Kelly • Günter Dyhrenfurth • Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont • Lucia Popp • Mikhail Chigorin • Olev Siinmaa • Omarion • Paolo Banchero • Paul McNamee • Richard Quine • Roland Barthes • Russell Westbrook • Sun Yat-sen • Thaddeus William Harris • William Fay

Born in the same month (November 1971): Annely Peebo • Ashraf Amaya • Christina Applegate • Göksel (singer) • Jay Harrington • Joey Galloway • Keith Primeau • Kirk Acevedo • Laura Flessel-Colovic • Lisa Arch • Meta Golding • Michael Strahan • Mustapha Hadji • Nick Van Exel • Rebecca Wisocky • Rob Jones (footballer, born 1971) • Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur • Terrance Hayes • Vicki Pettersson