Joshua Wong

Slight, and with a bowl cut and black framed eyeglasses, the 18 year old Wong doesnt look like Hollywoods idea of a charismatic rebel leader. But Wong, a co founder of the student activist group Scholarism, was one of the most compelling figures in Hong Kongs pro democracy Umbrella Revolution last year. His nonviolent protest message and energetic idealism galvanized crowds that, over months, numbered in the hundreds of thousands.