Malala Yousafzai: (1997 – present day)

Now aged 24, Malala became one of the most famous schoolgirls in the world.

As a young girl of 11, the Pakistani student wrote an anonymous diary about what life was like under the rule of an extreme group called the Taliban in north-west Pakistan.

Because of what she said in her diary, in October 2012, she was shot by their soldiers – but she survived the attack.

At 14, she became the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

She has gone on to write books, graduate from university and continues to campaign for girls’ rights all over the world and inspire many generations.