{{Short description|none}} {{Compact TOC}} <!-- This should be a list with about thirty of the MOST notable environmentalists. Any additions to the list should be AS NOTABLE as those on the current list. --> [[File:David Attenborough (cropped).jpg|thumb| Sir David Attenborough in May 2003]] [[File:Ac.garrett1.jpg|thumb|Peter Garrett campaigning for the 2004 Australian federal election]] [[File:Al Gore.jpg|thumb|Al Gore, 2007]] [[File:Hunter Lovins.jpg|thumb|Hunter Lovins, 2007]] [[File:Artist, naturalist, Sergio Rossetti Morosini, Pico Bone, Brigadeiro Mountain, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2017.jpg|thumb|Sergio Rossetti Morosini, 2017]] [[File:Phil Radford.jpg|thumb|Phil Radford, 2011]] [[File:19-10-2011 - Hakob Sanasaryan.jpg|thumb|Hakob Sanasaryan campaignning against illegal construction of a new ore-processing facility in Sotk, 2011]] [[File:Greta Thunberg sp119.jpg|thumb|Greta Thunberg, 2018]] [[File:Uncle Kevin Buzzacott in Adelaide 2014.JPG|thumb|right|Kevin Buzzacott (Aboriginal activist) in Adelaide 2014]] Some of the notable environmentalists who have been lobbying for environmental protection and conservation include:
== A == * Mariano Abarca (Mexican activist, assassinated in 2009) * Edward Abbey (writer, activist, philosopher) * Ansel Adams (photographer, writer, activist) * Bayarjargal Agvaantseren (Mongolian conservationist) * Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad (environmental activist and economist of Bangladesh) * David Attenborough (broadcaster, naturalist) * John James Audubon (naturalist)
== B == * Sundarlal Bahuguna (environmentalist) * Yusuf Baluch (Climate Justice Activist) * Judi Bari (environmental activist) * Vic Barrett (climate activist) * Patriarch Bartholomew I (priest) * Peter Michael Bauer (environmentalist , educator) * Ed Begley, Jr. (Actor, environmentalist) * David Bellamy (botanist) * Thomas Berry (priest, historian, philosopher) * Wendell Berry (farmer, philosopher) * Chandi Prasad Bhatt (Gandhian environmentalist) * Murray Bookchin (anarchist, philosopher, social ecologist) * Wendy Bowman, Australian environmental activist * Stewart Brand (writer, founder of Whole Earth Catalog) * David Brower (writer, activist) * Lester Brown (environmentalist) * Jackson Browne (musician, environmentalist) * Molly Burhans (cartographer, activist) * Kevin Buzzacott (Aboriginal activist)
== C == * Helen Caldicott (medical doctor) * Joan Carling (Filipino human rights defender) * Rachel Carson (biologist, writer) * Charles III (King of the Commonwealth Realms) * Chevy Chase (comedian) * Ng Cho-nam (Hong Kong environmentalist and Associate Professor of Geography at University of Hong Kong)) * Bruce Cockburn (musician, activist) * Barry Commoner (biologist, politician) * Mike Cooley (engineer, trade unionist) * Jacques-Yves Cousteau (explorer, ecologist) * Jean-Michel Cousteau (French oceanographic explorer, environmentalist, educator, film producer)
== D == * Faiza Darkhani (c. 1992), Afghani environmentalist, women's rights activist, and educator * John Denver (musician) * Usha Desai (Indian physician and environmentalist) * Leonardo DiCaprio (actor) * Michelle Dilhara (actress) * René Dubos (microbiologist)
== E == * Paul R. Ehrlich (population biologist)
== F == * Hans-Josef Fell (German Green Party member) * Jane Fonda (actor) * Morgan Freeman (actor, producer, and narrator)
== G == * Rolf Gardiner (rural revivalist) * Peter Garrett (musician, politician) * Al Gore (politician, former Vice President of the United States)
== H == * Tom Hanks (actor) * James Hansen (scientist) * Denis Hayes (environmentalist and solar power advocate) * Nicolas Hulot (journalist and writer) * Robert Hunter (journalist, co-founder and first president of Greenpeace)
== I == * Tetsunari Iida (sustainable energy advocate)
== J == * Lilia Isolina Java Tapayuri (Colombian indigenous leader) * Jorian Jenks (English farmer) * Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner (poet and climate activist) * Huey D. Johnson (environmentalist)
== K == * Naomi Klein (writer, activist)
== L == * Winona LaDuke (environmentalist) * Ursula LeGuin (writer, environmentalist) * A. Carl Leopold (plant physiologist) * Aldo Leopold (ecologist) * Charles Lindbergh (aviator) * James Lovelock (scientist) * Amory Lovins (energy policy analyst) * Hunter Lovins (environmentalist) * Mark Lynas (journalist, activist)
== M == * Desmond Majekodunmi (environmentalist) * Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (activist) * Peter Max (graphic designer) * Michael McCarthy (naturalist, newspaper journalist, newspaper columnist, and author) * Bill McKibben (writer, activist) * David McTaggart (activist) * Mahesh Chandra Mehta (lawyer, environmentalist) * Chico Mendes (activist) * Nathan Méténier (French environmentalist) * George Monbiot (journalist) * Sergio Rossetti Morosini (naturalist, activist) * Nyombi Morris (Ugandan youth environmental activist, CNN Environmentalist of tomorrow) * John Muir (naturalist, activist) * Luke Mullen (actor, filmmaker, environmentalist/activist) * Hilda Murrell (botanist, activist)
== N == * Ralph Nader (activist) * Vanessa Nakate (Ugandan youth climate justice activist, UN SDG 13 Young Leader) * Seyyed Hossein Nasr (writer, philosopher) * Gaylord Nelson (politician) * Aniebiet Inyang Ntui (Nigerian professor and environmental advocate)
== O == * Okefenokee Joe (singer, songwriter, TV host, environmentalist) * Yolanda Ortiz, Argentine environmentalist, chemist
== P == * Eugene Pandala (architect, environmentalist, natural and cultural heritage conservator) * Medha Patkar (activist) * Alan Pears (environmental consultant and energy efficiency pioneer) * River Phoenix (actor, musician, activist) * Jonathon Porritt (politician)
== Q == * Tahir Qureshi Mangrove Man or Mangroves Hero of Pakistan. Pakistani environmentalist.
== R == * Phil Radford (environmental, clean energy and democracy advocate, Greenpeace Executive Director) * Bonnie Raitt (musician) * Clovis Razafimalala (Malagasy environmentalist) * Theodore Roosevelt (former President of the United States)<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/wildernesswarrio00brin_0 | url-access=registration | title=The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America | publisher=Harper Collins | author=Brinkley, Douglas | isbn=9780060565282| date=2009}}</ref>
== S == * Hakob Sanasaryan (biochemist, activist) * Ken Saro-Wiwa (writer, television producer, activist) * Johanna Segovia (marine ecologist) * Shimon Schwarzschild (writer, activist) * Vandana Shiva (environmental activist) * Wallace Stegner (writer, environmentalist) * Swami Sundaranand (yogi, photographer, author and mountaineer) * David Suzuki (scientist, broadcaster) * Candice Swanepoel (model)
== T == * Shōzō Tanaka (politician and activist) * Saalumarada Thimmakka * Henry David Thoreau (writer, philosopher) * Greta Thunberg (activist)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jung|first1=Jieun|last2=Petkanic|first2=Peter|last3=Nan|first3=Dongyan|last4=Kim|first4=Jang Hyun|date=2020-03-30|title=When a Girl Awakened the World: A User and Social Message Analysis of Greta Thunberg|journal=Sustainability|language=en|volume=12|issue=7|pages=2707|doi=10.3390/su12072707|issn=2071-1050|doi-access=free|bibcode=2020Sust...12.2707J }}</ref> * Rebecca Harrell Tickell (filmmaker, actress, activist)
== V == * Jo Valentine (politician and activist)
== W == * Harvey Wasserman (journalist, activist) * Paul Watson (activist and lecturer) * Franz Weber (environmentalist and animal welfare activist) * Henry Williamson (naturalist, writer) * Wangari Maathai (Kenyan environmentalist, Nobel Laureate)
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Environmentalists