Full Name: Malala Yousafzai; Profession: Pakistani education activist, author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate; Nationality: Pakistani; Born: 12 July 1997; Birthplace: Mingora, Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan; Generation: Generation Z; Chinese Zodiac: Ox (Fire Ox); Zodiac Sign: Cancer; Age in 2026: 29 years; Marital Status: Married (nikkah ceremony with Asser Malik in Birmingham, England, November 2021); Children: No publicly reported children as of 2026; Description: Malala Yousafzai became an international symbol of the fight for girls’ education after she was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban in October 2012 for opposing restrictions on girls’ schooling; she survived and used her recovery to amplify a global campaign for the right of every child to receive a quality education; co-founded the Malala Fund with her father to support girls’ secondary education worldwide; and, in December 2014, at age seventeen, received the Nobel Peace Prize—becoming the youngest-ever Nobel laureate—while continuing her studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford and later serving as a United Nations Messenger of Peace who works with governments, grassroots activists, and international organizations to end child marriage, protect girls in conflict zones, and invest in transformative education initiatives for young women. Cause of Death: N/A (alive in 2026).