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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, led India’s struggle for independence from British rule. His philos...

India Organizer 20TH Century Nonviolent

9.8 Brilliant

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Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar was a 19th-century general and revolutionary instrumental in achieving independence for Venezuela and othe...

19TH Century General Venezuela Independence

9.4 Excellent

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Toussaint Louverture

Toussaint Louverture was a brilliant military strategist and leader during the Haitian Revolution. He formerly enslaved,...

18TH Century General Haiti Haitian

9.2 Excellent

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José de San Martín

José de San Martín was a 19th-century military leader instrumental in South American independence movements. He spearhea...

19TH Century General Argentina Independence

9.2 Excellent

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a pivotal figure in modern history. He led the Turkish nationalist movement that established t...

Turkey 20TH Century Turkish Founder

9.2 Excellent

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Giap (Võ Nguyên Giáp)

Võ Nguyên Giáp was a prominent 20th-century Vietnamese military strategist and revolutionary leader. He directed the Vie...

Military 20TH Century Vietnamese Anti Colonial

9.2 Excellent

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Amílcar Cabral

Amílcar Cabral was an agricultural engineer, anti-colonial theorist, and nationalist leader from Guinea-Bissau and Cape...

20TH Century Theorist Anti Colonial Guinea Bissau

8.4 Great

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Mikhail Bakunin

Mikhail Bakunin was a prominent Russian revolutionary theorist and one of the foundational figures of collectivist anarc...

Russia 19TH Century Anarchist Theorist

8.2 Great

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Peter Kropotkin

Peter Kropotkin was a Russian geographer, naturalist, revolutionary, and major theorist of anarchist communism. In Mutua...

Russia 19TH Century Mutual Aid Anarchist

8.1 Great

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Subcomandante Marcos

Subcomandante Marcos is the former spokesperson and a prominent military leader of the Zapatista Army of National Libera...

Contemporary Indigenous Mexico Zapatista

8.0 Great

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865) was a French philosopher, politician, and the first person to declare himself an anar...

France 19TH Century Anarchist Theorist

7.8 Good

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Georgi Plekhanov

Georgi Plekhanov was a Russian philosopher and revolutionary who is widely recognized as the father of Russian Marxism....

Russian Marxist Theorist 19TH 20TH Century

7.7 Good

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Nikolai Chernyshevsky

Nikolai Chernyshevsky was a 19th-century Russian radical philosopher, literary critic, and writer who played a pivotal r...

Russian 19TH Century Writer Socialist

7.6 Good

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Apolinario Mabini

Apolinario Mabini was a Filipino revolutionary thinker, statesman, and political adviser who helped shape the First Phil...

19TH Century Philippines Independence Theorist

7.2 Good

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Nikolai Bukharin

Nikolai Bukharin was a prominent Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, Marxist theorist, and high-ranking Soviet politician....

Russian 20TH Century Theorist Martyr

7.2 Good

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Comandanta Ramona

Comandanta Ramona was an Indigenous Tzotzil leader of Mexico's Zapatista movement and a prominent figure in the Ejército...

Contemporary Indigenous Mexico Woman

7.0 Good

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Tan Malaka

Tan Malaka was an Indonesian Marxist revolutionary, political thinker, and writer active during the struggle against Dut...

20TH Century Indonesia Theorist Communist

6.9 Fair

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Ali Shariati

Ali Shariati was an Iranian sociologist, lecturer, and political thinker whose work combined discussions of Shi'a Islam...

20TH Century Islamic Iranian Iran

6.9 Fair

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Régis Debray

Régis Debray is a French Marxist theorist and writer who became associated with revolutionary politics in Latin America...

French 20TH Century Marxist Theorist

6.7 Fair

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Sergey Nechayev

Sergey Nechayev was a Russian revolutionary associated with the radical underground movement of the 1860s. He is best kn...

Russia 19TH Century Radical Nihilist

5.5 Mediocre