Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Born 1945
Indian

Co-founder and leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Repeatedly arrested by a succession of repressive regimes, and even denied visits by her husband and sons, she emerged as a global symbol of human rights and freedom, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

Contemporaries
1879–1950Maharishi Ramana
1888–1975Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
1900–1990Vijaya Pandit
1889–1964Jawaharlal Nehru
1879–1949Sarojini Naidu
1895–1986Jiddu Krishnamurti
1876–1948Muhammad Ali Jinnah
1869–1948Mohandas Gandhi
1897–c. 1945Subhas Bose
1947–1984Sant Bhindranwale
1895–1982Vinoba Bhave
1872–1950Sri Aurobindo
1893–1956Bhimrao Ambedkar