Fa­mous people from the Com­mon­wealth

Lea­ders and chan­ge­makers



• Nel­son Man­de­la (South Afri­ca) – fought against ra­cial discri­mi­na­ti­on, be­ca­me the coun­try’s first Black pre­si­dent



• Ma­hat­ma Gan­dhi (India) – led the

  in­de­pen­dence mo­vement using

  non-​violence



• Diana, Prin­cess of Wales (UK) - hel­ped people with HIV/AIDS and fought against land­mi­nes



• Ma­la­la You­saf­zai (Pa­ki­stan) – ac­ti­vist for girls’ edu­ca­ti­on, Nobel Peace Prize

  win­ner



• Wang­a­ri Maat­hai (Kenya) – star­ted the Green Belt Mo­vement; pro­tec­ted the

  en­vi­ron­ment and hel­ped women



Mo­dern voices & cul­tu­ral icons



• Mar­cus Rash­ford (UK) – foot­bal­ler and ac­ti­vist against child po­ver­ty



• Zadie Smith (UK) – Bri­tish author of

  Ja­maican de­s­cent



• Emma Wat­son (UK) – ac­tress and ac­ti­vist for gen­der equa­li­ty



• Storm­zy (UK) – Bri­tish rap­per spe­a­king about race and so­cial ju­sti­ce



• Lewis Ha­mil­ton (UK) – For­mu­la 1 dri­ver, stands up for di­ver­si­ty and against

  discri­mi­na­ti­on