Asmal, (Abdul) Kader (1934–2011), human rights jurist, anti-apartheid campaigner and South African government minister, was born on 8 October 1934 in Stanger (KwaDukuza), Natal, South Africa, the youngest of eight children (six sons and two daughters) of Ahmed Asmal, grocer, and his…...
Barbour, William Pirrie ('Bill') (1920–2009), teacher, and
community and political activist, was born in Newtownards, Co. Down, son of Walter Terence Barbour, a director of the
Combe Barbour engineering firm, and his wife Blanche (née Redman), whose father owned
wine shops in London…...
McDowell, John William ('Jack') (1923?–2006), community activist and politician, was born in the Shankill Road area of Belfast. His father was a first world war veteran and member of the
Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP); although some of his relatives were active in the Orange…...
Phelan, Jim (James Leo) (1895–1966), writer, activist and tramp, was born in Inchicore, Dublin, the third child and eldest son of five surviving children (three daughters and two sons; two others died in childhood) of James Phelan, ironworker at the Inchicore railway works, and his wife…...