Question 1

When was Malala Yousafzai born and when did they die?

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Malala Yousafzai was born in 1997 and is still alive today.

Question 2

What was Malala Yousafzai known for?

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Malala Yousafzai was known for: Youngest Nobel Prize laureate, education advocate. Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani female education activist, and producer of film and television. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history, receiving the Peace Prize in 2014 at age 17, and is the second Pakistani and the only Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize. Yousafzai is a human rights advocate for the education of women and children in her native district, Swat, where the Pakistani Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, she has become Pakistan's "most prominent citizen".

Question 3

Who was alive at the same time as Malala Yousafzai?

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Malala Yousafzai's closest contemporary was James Watson, with whom they shared 29 years of overlapping lifetimes. Explore more contemporaries on Timeliner.

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