WU-Angari Muta Maathai, owazalwa ngo-Ephreli 1, 1940 e-Ihithe futhi washona ngo-September 25, 2011 eNairobi, Kenya, isazi sezinto eziphilayo, uprofesa we-anatomy kwezokwelapha zezilwane, isishoshovu sezombusazwe kanye nemvelo. Lo wesifazane udume ngezimpi zakhe esebenzela umhlaba, amalungelo abantu besifazane kanye nenkululeko. Wayemelene nokugawulwa kwamahlathi nokugawulwa kabusha kwamahlathi.