Todd Gitlin nasceu o 6 de janeiro de 1943 em Manhattan, Nova York, Nova Iorque, EUA. Foi casado com Laurel Cook, Carol Wolman e Nancy Hollander. Morreu o 5 de fevereiro de 2022 em Pittsfield, Massachusetts, EUA.
Prominent activist and writer who organized rallies against apartheid, racial segregation and the Vietnam War. In 1963 he was elected president of SDS at age 20, succeeding Tom Hayden.
