swap_horiz Georgi Dimitrov Alternatives

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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

2

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

3

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

4

Chris Hani

Chris Hani was a South African communist and anti-apartheid leader who served as chief of staff of the ANC's armed wing...

South Africa ANC 20TH Century Anti Apartheid

8.2 Great

5

Alexander Dubček

Alexander Dubček was a Czechoslovakian political leader whose actions during 1968 significantly impacted Eastern Europe....

20TH Century Leader Reformist Czechoslovak

8.1 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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Robert Sobukwe

South African anti-apartheid leader Robert Sobukwe founded the Pan Africanist Congress in 1959, splitting from the ANC t...

20TH Century South African Leader Pac

7.8 Good

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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

10

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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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

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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

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John Garang

Sudanese revolutionary John Garang founded the Sudan People's Liberation Army in 1983, leading the southern rebellion un...

20TH Century Leader Independence Sudanese

7.5 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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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

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Le Duan

Le Duan was a Vietnamese communist leader who became the ruling party's top figure after Ho Chi Minh and directed war po...

20TH Century Party Vietnam Leader

6.7 Fair

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Władysław Gomułka

Polish communist leader Władysław Gomułka guided Poland through a period of de-Stalinization in 1956, briefly raising ho...

Polish 20TH Century Leader Communist

6.4 Fair

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Nur Muhammad Taraki

Afghan communist leader who seized power in the April 1978 Saur Revolution, became the first President of the Democratic...

20TH Century Leader Afghan Communist

3.5 Poor