swap_horiz Dedan Kimathi Alternatives

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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

2

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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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

4

Che Guevara

Che Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary who helped lead Cuba's 1959 revolution and later fought in Congo and...

Cuban 20TH Century Marxist Argentina

8.3 Great

5

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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Julius Nyerere

Julius Nyerere was a Tanzanian nationalist and teacher who led Tanganyika to independence in 1961 and became Tanzania's...

20TH Century President Tanzania Socialist

8.3 Great

7

Augusto César Sandino

Augusto César Sandino was a Nicaraguan guerrilla leader who fought the U.S. Marine occupation from 1927 to 1933 and insp...

20TH Century Nicaragua Nationalist Guerrilla

8.2 Great

8

Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian nationalist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957 and served as the count...

20TH Century President Ghana Pan African

8.2 Great

9

Pancho Villa

Pancho Villa was a Mexican revolutionary general who led the División del Norte and became a central figure in the 1910...

20TH Century General Mexican Mexico

8.1 Great

10

Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Lumumba was a Congolese independence leader who became the Democratic Republic of the Congo's first prime minist...

20TH Century Congo Nationalist Prime Minister

8.1 Great

11

Omar Mukhtar

Omar Mukhtar was a Libyan Senussi leader who fought Italian colonial rule in Cyrenaica for years before his capture and...

20TH Century Libya Guerrilla Anti Colonial

7.7 Good

12

José Mujica

José Mujica was a former Uruguayan Tupamaro guerrilla prisoner who served as Uruguay's president from 2010 to 2015 and l...

20TH Century President Uruguay Guerrilla

7.6 Good

13

Sam Nujoma

Sam Nujoma was a Namibian nationalist who led SWAPO during the independence struggle and became Namibia's first presiden...

20TH Century President Namibia Anti Colonial

7.6 Good

14

Abd el-Krim

Abd el-Krim was a Moroccan Rif leader who defeated Spanish forces at Annual in 1921 and led the Rif Republic against col...

20TH Century Leader Morocco Anti Colonial

7.5 Good

15

Joshua Nkomo

Joshua Nkomo was a Zimbabwean nationalist who founded ZAPU in 1961 and helped lead the struggle against white-minority r...

20TH Century Leader Zimbabwe Anti Colonial

7.5 Good

16

Camilo Cienfuegos

Camilo Cienfuegos was a Cuban revolutionary commander who helped take Yaguajay in 1958 and entered Havana after Batista'...

Cuban 20TH Century Cuba Commander

7.4 Good

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Jomo Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyatta was a Kenyan nationalist leader who became prime minister at independence in 1963 and Kenya's first presid...

20TH Century President Kenya Nationalist

7.4 Good

18

Celia Sánchez

Celia Sánchez was a Cuban revolutionary who organized support for the Granma expedition and became a key member of Fidel...

Organizer Cuban 20TH Century Cuba

7.3 Good

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Vilma Espín

Vilma Espín was a Cuban revolutionary and chemical engineer who fought in the July 26 Movement and founded the Federatio...

Cuban 20TH Century Feminist Cuba

7.3 Good

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Samora Machel

Samora Machel was a Mozambican FRELIMO commander who led Mozambique to independence in 1975 and served as its first pres...

20TH Century President Mozambique Anti Colonial

7.2 Good