Andrei Sakharov
publication date: Monday, January 19, 2009 (part of Round XXXVII)
category: 
Activism
clue: His tiny apartment became the core of peace.
explanation: Sakharov was a nuclear ("core") scientist who became confined to his apartment for five years for advocating nuclear disarmament, earning him a Nobel Peace Prize. more…
solved by: no one!
Similar Goos
Malcolm X
This guy was a racial x-factor in the sixties. Go »
Rosa Parks
When she parks her butt on a bus, it stays on the bus, in Montgomery or otherwise. Go »
Dan Mathews
Is it any surprise that an outspoken animal rights activist is so misanthropic? Go »
Irshad Manji
Islam meets feminism. Go »
Germaine Greer
Sometimes being a desperate housewife means enduring flashes of controversy. Go »
