swap_horiz Éamon de Valera Alternatives

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Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen was a pivotal 20th-century figure instrumental in establishing modern China. He spearheaded the Xinhai Revol...

China 20TH Century Republican Nationalist

9.0 Excellent

2

Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara served as President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. Rising through the army, he spearheaded a radical...

20TH Century President Africa Burkina Faso

8.9 Great

3

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Gamal Abdel Nasser was an Egyptian army officer and political leader who helped lead the Free Officers movement that ove...

20TH Century President Egypt Arab Nationalist

8.5 Great

4

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

5

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

6

Sukarno

Sukarno was a leading Indonesian nationalist who proclaimed the country's independence from the Netherlands in 1945 and...

20TH Century President Indonesia Independence

8.0 Great

7

Wolfe Tone

Wolfe Tone (1763-1798) was a key Irish republican who played a central role in challenging British authority during the...

18TH Century Republican Irish Independence

8.0 Great

8

James Connolly

James Connolly was an Irish republican and socialist leader who played a prominent role in the labor movement of the ear...

20TH Century Republican Ireland Irish

7.9 Good

9

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

10

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

11

Theobald Wolfe Tone

Theobald Wolfe Tone was an Irish political activist and revolutionary who lived from 1763 to 1798. He helped found the S...

18TH Century Republican Ireland Irish

7.4 Good

12

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

13

Huang Xing

Huang Xing was a Chinese revolutionary leader and a founding member of the Tongmenghui, an anti-Qing secret society esta...

China 20TH Century Republican Commander

7.3 Good

14

Samora Machel

Samora Machel was a Mozambican military commander, revolutionary, and politician in the Mozambique Liberation Front, kno...

20TH Century President Mozambique Anti Colonial

7.2 Good

15

Patrick Pearse

Patrick Pearse (1879-1916) was an Irish teacher, writer, and nationalist revolutionary. He established and ran St Enda's...

20TH Century Republican Ireland Irish

7.1 Good

16

Constance Markievicz

Constance Markievicz was an Irish republican, socialist, and suffragist who took part in the Easter Rising of 1916. She...

20TH Century Republican Ireland Irish

7.1 Good

17

Robert Emmet

Robert Emmet was an Irish republican and revolutionary who led an unsuccessful rising in Dublin on 23 July 1803 against...

19TH Century Republican Ireland Irish

6.8 Fair

18

Ahmed Ben Bella

Ahmed Ben Bella was an Algerian revolutionary, politician, and FLN leader who became the first president of independent...

20TH Century President Algeria Anti Colonial

6.8 Fair

19

Agostinho Neto

Agostinho Neto (1922-1979) was an Angolan physician, poet, and political leader of the MPLA, the Popular Movement for th...

20TH Century President Angola Anti Colonial

6.8 Fair

20

Tom Clarke

Tom Clarke was an Irish republican, member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and organizer of the 1916 Easter Rising....

Organizer 20TH Century Ireland Irish

6.7 Fair