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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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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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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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Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi was a nineteenth-century Italian general and nationalist leader. His leadership during the 1860 Exped...

Italian Italy 19TH Century General

9.0 Excellent

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Miguel Hidalgo

Miguel Hidalgo was a Mexican priest whose 1810 Grito de Dolores began Mexico's war of independence against Spanish colon...

19TH Century Mexico Independence Rebel

8.6 Great

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Antonio José de Sucre

Antonio José de Sucre was a Venezuelan general under Bolívar who won the 1824 Battle of Ayacucho, securing Peru's indepe...

19TH Century General Venezuela Independence

8.6 Great

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José Rizal

Jose Rizal was a Filipino writer and reformist whose 1896 execution by Spanish authorities helped inspire the Philippine...

19TH Century Philippines Writer Independence

8.5 Great

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John Brown

John Brown was an American abolitionist whose 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry sought to spark an uprising by enslaved people...

USA 19TH Century Abolitionist Anti Slavery

8.4 Great

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José María Morelos

José María Morelos was a Mexican insurgent priest who led the independence movement after Hidalgo and convened the Congr...

19TH Century Mexico Independence Priest

8.4 Great

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José Gervasio Artigas

José Gervasio Artigas was a Río de la Plata federalist leader who led Uruguay's independence struggle and the League of...

19TH Century Federalist Leader Uruguay

8.3 Great

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Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh was an Indian socialist revolutionary executed by the British in 1931 after the Lahore Conspiracy Case made...

India 20TH Century Independence Socialist

8.3 Great

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Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams was a prominent figure of the 18th century American Revolution. He served as an influential agitator and or...

18TH Century American Founder Independence

8.3 Great

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Tupac Amaru II

Tupac Amaru II was a prominent Indigenous leader of Peru during the late 18th century. He spearheaded a widespread rebel...

18TH Century Indigenous Peruvian Martyr

8.3 Great

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Bernardo O'Higgins

Bernardo O'Higgins was a Chilean independence leader and supreme director who helped found independent Chile after the 1...

19TH Century Leader Chile Independence

8.2 Great

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Francisco de Miranda

Francisco de Miranda was a Venezuelan precursor of Latin American independence who led a failed 1806 expedition against...

19TH Century General Venezuela Independence

8.2 Great

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Giuseppe Mazzini

Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian republican nationalist who founded Young Italy in 1831 and became a leading theorist of...

Italian Italy 19TH Century Republican

8.2 Great

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Mikhail Bakunin

Mikhail Bakunin was a Russian anarchist theorist who split with Marx in the First International and helped shape collect...

Russia 19TH Century Anarchist Theorist

8.2 Great

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Peter Kropotkin

Peter Kropotkin was a Russian geographer and anarchist theorist whose 1902 book Mutual Aid argued cooperation was centra...

Russia 19TH Century Mutual Aid Anarchist

8.1 Great

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Sophia Perovskaya

Sophia Perovskaya was a Russian socialist revolutionary who belonged to the Narodnaya Volya group and helped orchestrate...

Russian 19TH Century Feminist Martyr

6.8 Fair

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Pavel Pestel

Pavel Pestel was a Russian revolutionary and ideologue who led the Southern Society of the Decembrists, plotting an 1825...

Russian 19TH Century Republican Martyr

6.7 Fair