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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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Martin Luther

Martin Luther was a 16th-century German theologian central to the Protestant Reformation. His challenge to Catholic doct...

German Religious 16TH Century Theologian

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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Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was a pivotal 17th-century English figure instrumental in establishing a republic following the Interreg...

Military Republican English 17TH Century

8.1 Great

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Cécile Fatiman

Cécile Fatiman was a Vodou priestess in Saint-Domingue, traditionally linked to the 1791 Bois Caiman ceremony before the...

18TH Century Uprising Haiti Haitian

7.4 Good

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Farabundo Martí

Farabundo Martí was a Salvadoran communist organizer tied to the 1932 peasant uprising against the Martínez regime in El...

Organizer 20TH Century Uprising El Salvador

7.4 Good

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Nestor Makhno

Nestor Makhno was a Ukrainian anarchist commander whose insurgent army defended the Free Territory during the Russian Ci...

20TH Century Ukraine Anarchist Peasant

7.4 Good

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John Lilburne

John Lilburne was an English political agitator before and during the English Civil War who co-founded the Leveller move...

Republican English 17TH Century Agitator

7.4 Good

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Gerrard Winstanley

Gerrard Winstanley was an English Protestant religious reformer who founded the Diggers, a group that occupied common la...

English 17TH Century Agrarian Diggers

7.3 Good

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Yemelyan Pugachev

Yemelyan Pugachev was a Cossack pretender who led Russia's 1773-1775 revolt against Catherine II, claiming to be the lat...

Russia 18TH Century Cossack Peasant

7.2 Good

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Li Zicheng

Li Zicheng was a Chinese rebel leader whose forces captured Beijing in 1644, ending the Ming dynasty before he was defea...

China 17TH Century Peasant Rebel

7.1 Good

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Stenka Razin

Stenka Razin was a Don Cossack leader whose 1670-1671 uprising against Muscovite authority drew peasants, Cossacks, and...

Russia Revolt 17TH Century Leader

7.0 Good

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Stepan Razin

Stepan Razin was a Don Cossack leader who led a major peasant uprising in southern Russia against the nobility and tsari...

Russian 17TH Century Cossack Martyr

7.0 Good

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Robert Emmet

Robert Emmet was an Irish nationalist who led a failed 1803 uprising in Dublin against British rule and was executed for...

19TH Century Republican Ireland Irish

6.8 Fair