Stéphane Hessel

Stéphane Frédéric Hessel was a French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, Resistance member and BCRA agent. Born German, he became a naturalised French citizen in 1939. He became an observer of the editing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. In 2011 he was named by Foreign Policy magazine in its list of top global thinkers. In later years his activism focused on economic inequalities, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and protection for the post–World War II social vision. His short book Time for Outrage! sold 4.5 million copies worldwide. Hessel and his book were linked and cited as an inspiration for the Spanish Indignados, the Arab Spring, the American Occupy Wall Street movement and other political movements.

20 October 1917

Born on the same birth date (20 October 1917): Ants Kaljurand • Jean-Pierre Melville

Born on the same birth day (20 October): Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt • Alphonso Smith • Andrey Rublev • Ants Kaljurand • Audun Kleive • Barrie Chase • Bela Lugosi • Bálint Balassi • Chuu • David Profumo • Eddie Jones (basketball) • Michael O'Donnell (physician) • Michel Vorm • Paul Terek • Roger Hanin • Samuel Flagg Bemis • Scott Hall

Born in the same month (October 1917): Adele Stimmel Chase • Aimo Koivunen • Allen Ludden • Dmitry Polyansky • George Osmond • Gordon Steege • Jack Soo • Jan Miner • Jean-Pierre Melville • June Allyson • Martin Donnelly (sportsman) • Minni Nurme • Reed Erickson • Roque Máspoli • Sumner Locke Elliott • Walter Lord • Walter Munk • William H. McNeill