Andrew Martinez

Quick Facts

Full Name	Andrew Martinez
Occupation	Activist
Date Of Birth	Nov 15, 1972(1972-11-15)
Age	52
Date Of Death	May 18, 2006, Santa Clara County, CA
Birthplace	California
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Scorpio

Andrew Martinez Biography

Andrew Martinez is one of the most popular and richest Activist who was born on November 15, 1972 in California, California, United States. Famous for his nude protests while a student at the University of California-Berkeley, Martinez, a.k.a. “The Naked Guy,” fought for the right to appear naked in public both on and off the Berkeley campus. Incarcerated and suffering from mental illness, he tragically committed suicide in his early thirties.

He and sex education advocate and fellow activist Laci Green both attended the University of California, Berkeley.

Martinez wrote a 1992 guest column in the Oakland Tribune: “When I walk around nude, I am acting how I think it is reasonable to act, not how middle-class values tell me I should act. I am refusing to hide my dissent in normalcy even though it is very easy to do so.” Martinez, who typically attended classes wearing only sandals and a backpack, became a cause célèbre at the university for a while, participating in a number of nude events on campus and performances by the Bay Area nude performance group the X-Plicit Players. He appeared on national talk shows, was profiled in a photo essay in Playgirl and was parodied in the 1994 college comedy PCU. As a response to Martinez’s actions, UC Berkeley issued its “Policy Statement Concerning Public Nudity and Sexually Offensive Conduct” banning public nudity on December 7, 1992.

Martinez attended classes at the University of California, Berkeley. In September 1992, his second year in college, he began appearing naked in public and led a campus “nude-in” to protest social repression. Campus police first arrested him that fall for indecent exposure when he jogged naked near southside dormitories late on a Saturday night. The county prosecutor refused to prosecute, concluding that nudity without lewd behavior was not illegal. Martinez began strolling around campus naked, citing philosophical reasons. He explained that when he dressed in expensive, uncomfortable, stylish, “appropriate” attire, he hid the fact that his personal belief was that clothes were useless in his environment except as a tool for class and gender differentiation. The university then banned nudity on campus.

The son of Esther Krenn, he was born and raised in Santa Clara County, California.

Andrew Martinez Net Worth

Andrew Martinez is one of the richest Activist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrew Martinez 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before devoting himself to nude activism, he played football at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California.

During his college years, he was photographed for Playgirl magazine and was a member of a California theater troupe called The X-Plicit Players.

Luis Andrew Martinez (November 15, 1972 – May 18, 2006) was an activist who was known at the University of California, Berkeley as the Naked Guy.

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Andrew Ranked on the list of most popular Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Andrew Martinez celebrates birthday on November 15 of every year.