Wangarĩ Maathai

Wangarĩ Muta Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

1 April 1940

Born on the same birth day (1 April): Alberta Hunter • Bengt Holbek • Darren McCarty • Denise Nickerson • Ding Junhui • Joseph de Maistre • Lon Chaney • Luigi Schiavonetti • Mark White (British musician) • Paul Manafort • Rhian Brewster • Sammy Nelson • Vitor Belfort • Vitorino Antunes

Born in the same month (April 1940): Agostino Vallini • Al Pacino • Anja Silja • Burt Young • Donald Jackson (figure skater) • Homero Aridjis • Jeroen Brouwers • John Havlicek • John McCririck • Mike Hailwood • Penelope Keith • Souleymane Cissé (film director) • Tommy Cash