# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-muthoni-nyanjiru
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:01:16.595Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-muthoni-nyanjiru"
name: "Mary Muthoni Nyanjiru"
slug: "mary-muthoni-nyanjiru"
description: "Mary Mūthoni Nyanjirū was a Kikuyu woman and a Kenyan political activist remembered for leading the protest after the arrest of Harry Thuku, that resulted in her death. Mūthoni Nyanjirū was born in Weithaga, Murang'a, Kenya, although her date or year of birth are not recorded. At the time she was shot and killed in 1922, she had been living in Nairobi with her stepdaughter, Elizabeth Waruiru."
tagline: "Kenyan political activist"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
deathDate: "1922-03-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.139525333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mary_Muthoni_Nyanjiru"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "ماري موثوني نيانجيرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Muthoni_Nyanjiru"
    title: "Mary Muthoni Nyanjiru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Muthoni_Nyanjiru"
    title: "Mary Muthoni Nyanjiru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Muthoni_Nyanjiru"
    title: "Mary Muthoni Nyanjiru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Muthoni_Nyanjiru"
    title: "Mary Muthoni Nyanjiru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Muthoni_Nyanjiru"
    title: "Mary Muthoni Nyanjiru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40829312"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump