Bonner, YelenaBon‧ner, Ye‧le‧na /ˈbɒnə, jəˈleɪnə $ ˈbɑːnər-/(1923-2011) a woman who worked to defend human rights in the former Soviet Union. She was the wife of Andrei Sakharov, a famous scientist, who also worked to defend human rights and received the Nobel Peace Prize.