list of hunger strikes

• 1923 Irish hunger strikes – thousands of Irish Republican prisoners demand release. Includes info on 1920 Mountjoy and Cork hunger strikes. Six deaths.
• 1980 Irish hunger strike – Protest by Irish republican prisoners from Northern Ireland against the rescindment of Special Category Status during The Troubles
• Brendan Hughes
• Tommy McKearney
• Raymond McCartney
• 1981 Irish hunger strike – ended with 10 of the participants starving themselves to death, radicalizing Irish nationalist politics and leading to Sinn Féin becoming a mainstream political party.
• Paddy Quinn
• Francis Hughes
• Thomas McElwee{{Cite news|last1=Borders|first1=William|last2=Times|first2=Special To the New York|date=1981-08-02|title=I.R.A. UNSHAKEN BY DECISION ON FAST (Published 1981)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/02/world/ira-unshaken-by-decision-on-fast.html|access-date=2020-11-06|issn=0362-4331}}
• 1983 International Fast For Life (thousands fasted against nuclear armament and world hunger) – Protest against President Ronald Reagan's increased defense spending and the escalation of the Cold War nuclear arms race
• 1986 Veterans Fast For Life – Protest against the Reagan administration's support for the Contra insurgency in Sandinista Nicaragua
• 2000 Death fast in Turkey – Protest by inmates of Turkish F-Type Prisons
• Guantánamo Bay hunger strikes – Prisoner protests at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a notorious U.S. military prison known for indefinite detention without trial and torture, during the War on terror
• Ahmed Zaid Salim Zuhair
• 2009 Tamil diaspora protests – Worldwide protest against the Sri Lankan Civil War
• {{ill|2009 Venezuelan student hunger strike|es|Huelga de hambre de estudiantes en Venezuela de 2009}} – Nationwide hunger strike by students asking a visit to Venezuela by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• 2012 Palestinian mass hunger strikes – Protest by Palestinian prisoners against Israeli administrative detention
• Khader Adnan
• 2012 Kurdish prisoners hunger strike – Part of Peace and Democracy Party demonstrations against Turkish restrictions on Kurdish civil rights during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict and the Arab Spring
• 2013 California prisoner hunger strike – Protest against indefinite solitary confinement at Pelican Bay State Prison and for better conditions at High Desert State Prison.
• 2024 Starve until you are honest{{nbsp}}{{endash}} a climate hunger strike in Berlin, Germany involving six strikers

• British and American suffragettes
• Alice Paul
• Emmeline Pankhurst
• Marion Wallace Dunlop
• Cuban dissidents
• Guillermo Fariñas
• Pedro Luis Boitel
• Jorge Luis García Pérez
• Orlando Zapata Tamayo
• Jesús Joel Díaz Hernández
• José Daniel Ferrer
• Darsi Ferrer Ramírez
• René Gómez Manzano
• Grup Yorum{{Cite news|last=McKernan|first=Bethan|date=2020-05-08|title=Lonely death of Grup Yorum bassist highlights Turkey hunger strikes|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/08/lonely-death-of-grup-yorum-bassist-highlights-turkey-hunger-strikes|access-date=2020-11-06|issn=0261-3077}}
• Helin Bölek
• Ibrahim Gökçek

• Irish republicans all died while on hunger strike.
• Thomas Ashe (1917)
• Terence MacSwiney (1920 Cork hunger strike)
• Michael Fitzgerald (1920 Cork hunger strike)
• Joe Murphy (1920 Cork hunger strike)
• Denny Barry (1923 Irish hunger strikes)
• Andy O'Sullivan (1923 Irish hunger strikes)
• Joseph Whitty (1923 Irish hunger strikes)
• Tony D'Arcy (1940)
• Jack McNeela (1940)
• Seán McCaughey (1946)
• Michael Gaughan (1974)
• Frank Stagg (1976)
• Michael Devine (1981)
• Kieran Doherty (1981) - while on hunger strike was elected to the Republic of Irelands Dáil Éireann, representing the Cavan–Monaghan constituency.
• Francis Hughes (1981){{Cite news|last=Scull|first=Maggie|title=Timeline of 1981 hunger strike|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/timeline-of-1981-hunger-strike-1.2555682|access-date=2020-11-06|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}
• Martin Hurson (1981){{Cite web|title=Martin Hurson — Died on 13 July 1981 after 46 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh {{!}} An Phoblacht|url=https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/23232|access-date=2020-11-06|website=www.anphoblacht.com}}
• Kevin Lynch (1981)
• Raymond McCreesh (1981)
• Joe McDonnell (1981)
• Thomas McElwee (1981)
• Patsy O'Hara (1981) {{Cite web|title=Crucifix given by Pope John Paul IIto Patsy O'Hara in Derry museum|url=https://www.derryjournal.com/news/people/crucifix-given-pope-john-paul-iito-patsy-ohara-derry-museum-679922|access-date=2020-11-06|website=www.derryjournal.com|date=7 September 2019 |language=en}}
• Bobby Sands (1981) {{Cite web|date=2020-09-11|title=On This Day: Bobby Sands, Long Kesh hunger striker, passes away|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/bobby-sands-died-hunger-strike|access-date=2020-11-06|website=IrishCentral.com|language=en}} – leader of the hunger strike; elected to the House of Commons during the strike before his death.

• Indian Independence Movement
• Jatindra Nath Das
• Batukeshwar Dutt
• Bhagat Singh
• Mahatma Gandhi{{Cite web |date=2022-09-16 |title=On This Day: Mahatma Gandhi's hunger strike against caste separation laws; General Motors founded and more |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/photos/world/september-16-mahatma-gandhi-hunger-strike-general-motors-founded-more-14734901.htm |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=cnbctv18.com |language=en}}
• Jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders{{Cite web|date=2018-12-04|title=Four Catalan leaders facing trial in Spain go on hunger strike|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/04/catalan-leaders-facing-trial-spain-hunger-strike|access-date=2020-11-06|website=the Guardian|language=en}}
• Jordi Sánchez
• Jordi Turull
• Joaquim Forn
• Josep Rull
• Undocumented migrants in Belgium{{cite web|title=Grève de la faim: les sans-papiers veulent rester à l'église du Béguinage jusqu'au traitement des dossiers|url=https://www.lalibre.be/belgique/societe/2021/08/03/greve-de-la-faim-des-sans-papiers-les-sans-papiers-veulent-rester-a-leglise-du-beguinage-jusquau-traitement-des-dossiers-Y2YKMWMCAVAV3KJCOO535LVUMM/|access-date=2021-09-27|website=lalibre.be}}{{cite web|title=Le cri des sans-papiers du béguinage: "On restera jusqu'à la mort s'il le faut" - Édition digitale de Bruxelles|url=https://lacapitale.sudinfo.be/808277/article/2021-07-13/le-cri-des-sans-papiers-du-beguinage-restera-jusqua-la-mort-sil-le-faut|access-date=2021-09-27|website=lacapitale.sudinfo.be|date=13 July 2021 }}

• Alaa Abdelfattah, Egyptian
• Maher al-Akhras, Palestinian
• Meryem Altun, Turkish prisoner
• Ninoy Aquino
• Stanislav Aseyev, Ukrainian writer and journalist, kidnapped by militants from so-called Donetsk People's Republic
• Lorraine Badoy and Jeffrey Celiz, SMNI news anchors, television franchise probe, 2023{{cite news |last1=Quismorio |first1=Ellson |title='Lumiit ang tiyan': SMNI lawyer says Celiz, Badoy holding real hunger strike |url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/12/10/lumiit-ang-tiyan-smni-lawyer-says-celiz-badoy-holding-real-hunger-strike |access-date=12 December 2023 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=11 December 2023 |language=en}}
• Igor Bancer, Polish Belarusian musician, activist, journalist, worker, and events organiser
• Marwan Barghouti
• Chen Shui Bian, President of the Republic of China
• Franklin Brito, Venezuela, land dispute, 2010, died
• Emil Calmanovici, Communist Romania, political prisoner, 1956, died
• Cesar Chavez, leader of the United Farm Workers union, Arizona, 1968, 1970, 1972
• William (Bill) Coleman, 2007 to 2014 in CT, USA {{Cite web|url=https://www.guernicamag.com/the-longest-hunger-strike/|title=The Longest Hunger Strike|first=Ann|last=Neumann|date=January 15, 2013|website=Guernica}}
• Alfredo Cospito, Italian anarchist prisoner who started a hunger strike on 20 October 2022 against the 41-bis prison regime
• Jatindra Nath Das, Indian independence activist and revolutionary
• Andrey Derevyankin
• Katherine Dunham
• Ronald Easterbrook, England, prisoner, 1997, 1999
• Becky Edelsohn
• Mahatma Gandhi, Indian independence activist, part of campaign of nonviolent resistance to British rule in India
• Akbar Ganji
• Bekele Gerba, Oromo politician promoting non-violence, 2021
• Andrias Ghukasyan
• Max Goldstein
• Lena Hades
• Anna Hazare
• J. B. S. Haldane
• Larry Hebert
• Barry Horne
• Charles Hyder, fasts in 1986-87 for 218 days against arms race, nuclear weapons, and nuclear waste
• Samer Tariq Issawi
• Poopathy Kanapathipillai
• Jack Kevorkian
• Mustafa Kocak, starved himself to death in protest of his sentencing without a fair trial
• Jüri Kukk
• Pavel Kushnir, Russian musician and activist, died 2024
• Jawar Mohammed, Ethiopian politician and activist, 2021
• Kasra Nouri
• Jean Lassalle
• Antonio Ledezma, Venezuelan politician, 2009
• Gloria Lee
• Ly Tong
• Haia Lifşiţ
• Ihar Losik, Belarusian blogger
• Joe Madison, known as "The Black Eagle," radio personality and human and civil rights activist, 2021
• Anatoly Marchenko
• Holger Meins
• Akbar Mohammadi
• Abel Muzorewa, Zimbabwean politician and cleric, 1983
• Tony Nicklinson
• Jock Palfreeman
• Vasudev Balwant Phadke
• Darshan Singh Pheruman
• Kemal Pir
• Olden Polynice, Haitian basketball player who went on a 10-day strike
• Muhammad al-Qiq
• Mahmudur Rahman, Bangladeshi news editor
• Militão Ribeiro
• Randall Robinson
• George Rolph
• Mikheil Saakashvili
• Hoda Saber
• Arash Sadeghi
• Andrei Sakharov{{Cite web|title=Statement on Mr and Mrs. Andrei Sakharov's Hunger Strike|url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/statement-mr-and-mrs-andrei-sakharovs-hunger-strike|access-date=2020-11-06|website=Ronald Reagan|language=en}}
• Kostas Sakkas
• Nigamananda Saraswati, protest against illegal mining in the Ganges River
• Jaume Sastre i Font, Catalan teacher in Mallorca
• Nadiya Savchenko, Ukrainian Ground Forces helicopter pilot, kidnapped and detained in Russian prison, 2015 and 2016
• Oleg Sentsov, Ukrainian filmmaker and writer
• Irom Sharmila
• Bhagat Singh, Indian socialist revolutionary
• Surat Singh Khalsa, Sikh Activist
• Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate
• Mohamed Soltan, Egyptian opposition activist, 2014
• Theresa Spence
• Potti Sreeramulu, Indian revolutionary, specifically for the Andhra region independence movement
• Thileepan (Rasaiah Parthipan)
• Yulia Tymoshenko
• Judith Todd, political activist regarding Zimbabwe
• Sergey Udaltsov, Russian opposition activist, 2011 and 2014
• Lluís Maria Xirinacs, Catalan politician, writer, and religious leader
• Lin Yi-hsiung, protest against the construction of the Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City
• Shahrokh Zamani, Iranian Labour Activist, died 2015 in Islamic Republic of Iran's prison
• Govinda K.C., Nepali orthopaedic surgeon and philanthropic activist
• Ebru Timtik, Kurdish-Turkish human rights lawyer, died 2020
• Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist, 2021{{Cite news|date=2021-03-31|title=Putin critic Navalny on hunger strike over Russian prison treatment|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56595560|access-date=2021-04-07}}
• Parit Chiwarak and Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, jailed pro-democratic activists, 2021, demanding justice and scrapping of Lese majeste in Thailand{{Cite news|date=2021-04-14|title= เพนกวิน พริษฐ์ อดอาหารประท้วงครบ 30 วัน ครอบครัวเผยน้ำหนักลดลงเกือบ 20 กิโลฯ ขณะที่รุ้ง ปนัสยาเอง ก็อดอาหารครบ 16 วันแล้ว |language=th|work=The Matter|url= https://thematter.co/brief/140515/140515|access-date=2021-04-22}}
• Jeanine Áñez, jailed former president of Bolivia, 2022.{{Cite news|last=Condori|first=Edwin|date=2022-02-09|title=A un día del comienzo de su juicio, Jeanine Áñez se declara en huelga de hambre|language=es|work=La Razón|publication-place=La Paz|url=https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/2022/02/09/a-un-dia-del-comienzo-de-su-juicio-jeanine-anez-se-declara-en-huelga-de-hambre/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209213022/https://www.la-razon.com/nacional/2022/02/09/a-un-dia-del-comienzo-de-su-juicio-jeanine-anez-se-declara-en-huelga-de-hambre/|archive-date=9 February 2022}}
• Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian politician
• Tomislav Nikolić, Serbian politician, 2011
• Marinika Tepić, Serbian politician, 2023
• Kim Young-sam, South Korean politician
• Kim Dae-jung, South Korean politician
• Chun Doo-hwan, South Korean politician
• Chun Jung-bae, South Korean politician
• Moon Sung-hyun, South Korean politician
• Woo Sang-ho (politician), South Korea
• Choi Byung-ryeol, South Korean politician
• Moon Jae-in, South Korean politician
• Cho Won-jin, South Korean politician
• Kim Sung-tae, South Korean politician
• Hwang Kyo-ahn, South Korean politician
• Woo Won-shik, South Korean politician
• Lee Jae-myung, South Korean politician
• Prashant Kishor, Indian politician

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