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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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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 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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Che Guevara

Ernesto "Che" Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, and author who became a central figure in the 1...

Cuban 20TH Century Marxist Argentina

8.3 Great

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Vo Nguyen Giap

Vo Nguyen Giap was a Vietnamese military general and politician who served as the commander of the People's Army of Viet...

20TH Century General Vietnam Communist

8.3 Great

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Julius Nyerere

Julius Nyerere (1922–1999) was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician, and former teacher who served as the firs...

20TH Century President Tanzania Socialist

8.3 Great

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Alluri Sitarama Raju

Alluri Sitarama Raju (1897–1924) was an Indian revolutionary who led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922–1924 against British co...

20TH Century Guerrilla Indian Independence Tribal Rebellion

8.3 Great

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Augusto César Sandino

Augusto César Sandino was a Nicaraguan revolutionary and guerrilla leader who opposed the United States military occupat...

20TH Century Nicaragua Nationalist Guerrilla

8.2 Great

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Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian revolutionary and statesman who played a central role in the decolonization of Africa. He l...

20TH Century President Ghana Pan African

8.2 Great

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Pancho Villa

Pancho Villa, born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, was a Mexican revolutionary leader and military commander active during...

20TH Century General Mexican Mexico

8.1 Great

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Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Lumumba was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first Prime Minister of the indepen...

20TH Century Congo Nationalist Prime Minister

8.1 Great

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Omar Mukhtar

Omar Mukhtar (c. 1858–1931) was a Libyan Senussi religious and resistance leader who led guerrilla campaigns against Ita...

20TH Century Libya Guerrilla Anti Colonial

7.7 Good

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José Mujica

José Mujica was a Uruguayan politician, farmer, and former member of the Tupamaros guerrilla movement who was imprisoned...

20TH Century President Uruguay Guerrilla

7.6 Good

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Sam Nujoma

Sam Nujoma was a Namibian nationalist leader, longtime president of the South West Africa People's Organization, and the...

20TH Century President Namibia Anti Colonial

7.6 Good

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Abd el-Krim

Abd el-Krim was a Rifian political and military leader who organized resistance to Spanish and French colonial rule in n...

20TH Century Leader Morocco Anti Colonial

7.5 Good

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Joshua Nkomo

Joshua Nkomo (1917-1999) was a Zimbabwean nationalist leader who founded the Zimbabwe African People's Union, or ZAPU, i...

20TH Century Leader Zimbabwe Anti Colonial

7.5 Good

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Camilo Cienfuegos

Camilo Cienfuegos was a Cuban revolutionary commander who fought with Fidel Castro's rebel forces during the Cuban Revol...

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 when Kenya gained independence in 1963 and the c...

20TH Century President Kenya Nationalist

7.4 Good

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Celia Sánchez

Celia Sánchez (1920–1980) was a Cuban revolutionary who assisted the July 26 Movement by organizing supplies and logisti...

Organizer Cuban 20TH Century Cuba

7.3 Good

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Vilma Espín

Vilma Espín was a Cuban revolutionary, chemical engineer, and political organizer who lived from 1930 to 2007. She parti...

Cuban 20TH Century Feminist Cuba

7.3 Good