David Hogg
Gun control activist and author
David Hogg is an American activist who survived the 2018 Parkland school shooting and became a gun control advocate. He co-wrote #NeverAgain with his sister Lauren Hogg.
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American Born 2000 in Los Angeles, United States
About David Hogg
David Hogg was born on April 12, 2000. He survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on February 14, 2018, and afterward became an activist against gun violence in the United States. Never Again MSD, a gun control advocacy group led by students, counts him among its twenty founders. He rose to prominence during the 2018 gun violence protests and through the March for Our Lives organization, helping lead protests, marches and boycotts. In 2018 he was named to the TIME 100 list. He has also been the target of conspiracy theories. He and his sister Lauren Hogg are the authors of #NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line, which reached The New York Times Best Seller list. They pledged to give all income from the book to charity. Hogg also co-founded the pillow company Good Pillow and founded the Leaders We Deserve PAC (political action committee). In 2025 he held a co-vice chair post at the Democratic National Committee for a few months.