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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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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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Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was a pivotal American civil rights activist. Her courageous refusal to yield her bus seat in Montgomery, Ala...

American Activist 20TH Century Nonviolent

9.2 Excellent

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Bhimrao Ambedkar

Bhimrao Ambedkar was a pivotal 20th-century Indian figure who spearheaded the Dalit civil rights movement. He played a c...

Indian 20TH Century Reformer Social Revolution

9.2 Excellent

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Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu was a prominent 20th-century Anglican archbishop and South African revolutionary. His lifelong dedication t...

20TH Century Nonviolent Religious South African

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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Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen was a pivotal 20th-century figure instrumental in establishing modern China. He spearheaded the Xinhai Revol...

China 20TH Century Republican Nationalist

9.0 Excellent

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Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh was a key figure in 20th-century Vietnam. He spearheaded the Vietnamese communist movement, ultimately leadi...

20TH Century Vietnam Leader Communist

8.9 Great

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Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara served as President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. Rising through the army, he spearheaded a radical...

20TH Century President Africa Burkina Faso

8.9 Great

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Emiliano Zapata

Emiliano Zapata was a pivotal figure in Mexico’s 20th-century revolution. As a leading agrarian rebel, he championed the...

20TH Century Mexican Mexico Rebel

8.8 Great

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Václav Havel

Václav Havel was a prominent 20th-century figure instrumental in the transition of Czechoslovakia to democracy. As a pla...

20TH Century Democracy Velvet Czechia

8.8 Great

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Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito remains a pivotal figure in 20th-century history. He spearheaded the Yugoslav Partisans’ resistance agai...

20TH Century Leader Partisan Yugoslav

8.7 Great

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Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa was a Polish electrician and Solidarity leader who led the 1980 Gdańsk strike, won the 1983 Nobel Peace Priz...

Poland 20TH Century Solidarity Labor

8.6 Great

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Steve Biko

Steve Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist who helped found SASO in 1968 and shaped the Black Consciousness...

South Africa Activist 20TH Century Anti Apartheid

8.6 Great

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Amílcar Cabral

Amílcar Cabral was a Guinea-Bissauan and Cape Verdean nationalist who founded the PAIGC in 1956 and led the struggle aga...

20TH Century Theorist Anti Colonial Guinea Bissau

8.4 Great

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Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini was an Iranian Shiite cleric who led the 1979 Islamic Revolution and became the Islamic Republic's fir...

20TH Century Islamic Iranian Leader

7.2 Good

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Nikolai Bukharin

Nikolai Bukharin was a prominent Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician who was executed during Stalin's...

Russian 20TH Century Theorist Martyr

7.2 Good

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Tan Malaka

Tan Malaka was an Indonesian Marxist revolutionary whose writings shaped anti-colonial thought and who was killed during...

20TH Century Indonesia Theorist Communist

6.9 Fair

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Régis Debray

French Marxist theorist who accompanied Che Guevara's Bolivian guerrilla force in 1967, was captured and imprisoned, and...

French 20TH Century Marxist Theorist

6.7 Fair

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Mirza Kuchik Khan

Mirza Kuchik Khan was an Iranian revolutionary who led the Jungle Movement in Gilan and helped form the short-lived Gila...

20TH Century Iran Rebel Anti Imperial

6.3 Fair