swap_horiz Chris Hani Alternatives

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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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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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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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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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Walter Sisulu

Walter Sisulu was a pivotal figure in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement. As an organizer within the African Nationa...

Organizer ANC 20TH Century South African

8.4 Great

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Vo Nguyen Giap

Vo Nguyen Giap was a Vietnamese general who commanded the Viet Minh victory at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 and later directed...

20TH Century General Vietnam Communist

8.3 Great

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Oliver Tambo

Oliver Tambo was a South African anti-apartheid leader who headed the ANC in exile from 1967 and helped build internatio...

South Africa Organizer ANC 20TH Century

8.2 Great

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Ahmed Kathrada

Ahmed Kathrada was a key figure in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement. He served as an African National Congress (AN...

ANC 20TH Century South African Anti Apartheid

8.2 Great

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Bram Fischer

Bram Fischer was a 20th-century South African lawyer renowned for his defense of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid...

20TH Century South African Lawyer Communist

8.1 Great

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Imre Nagy

Hungarian communist politician Imre Nagy served as Prime Minister during the 1956 Hungarian Uprising, where he attempted...

Hungarian 20TH Century Martyr Communist

7.8 Good

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Zhu De

Zhu De was a Chinese Communist commander and Red Army founder who led forces through the Long March and later served as...

China 20TH Century Commander Communist

7.7 Good

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Joe Slovo

South African anti-apartheid activist Joe Slovo led the Umkhonto we Sizwe armed wing and became the first white member o...

Military 20TH Century South African Communist

7.7 Good

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Li Dazhao

Li Dazhao was a Chinese Marxist scholar at Peking University, a co-founder of the Communist Party in 1921, and was execu...

China Intellectual 20TH Century Founder

7.6 Good

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Chen Duxiu

Chen Duxiu was a Chinese intellectual who founded New Youth in 1915 and became the first general secretary of the Chines...

China Intellectual 20TH Century Founder

7.5 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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Dolores Ibárruri

Dolores Ibárruri was a Spanish Communist leader and Republican orator during the Spanish Civil War, later leading the PC...

Spain 20TH Century Orator Anti Fascist

7.2 Good

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Palmiro Togliatti

Italian politician Palmiro Togliatti led the Italian Communist Party for decades, transforming it into the largest commu...

Italian 20TH Century PCI Leader

7.1 Good

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Peng Dehuai

Chinese Communist general who commanded forces in the Korean War and was purged by Mao after openly criticizing the Grea...

Military 20TH Century Chinese Dissident

7.1 Good

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Julio Antonio Mella

Cuban revolutionary Julio Antonio Mella co-founded the original Cuban Communist Party in 1925 and remains a celebrated m...

Student Cuban 20TH Century Martyr

7.0 Good

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Pham Van Dong

Vietnamese communist statesman who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 and of unified Vietnam until 1987...

20TH Century Vietnamese Leader Communist

7.0 Good