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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, led India’s struggle for independence from British rule. His philos...

India Organizer 20TH Century Nonviolent

9.8 Brilliant

2

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

3

Toussaint Louverture

Toussaint Louverture was a brilliant military strategist and leader during the Haitian Revolution. He formerly enslaved,...

18TH Century General Haiti Haitian

9.2 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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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a pivotal figure in modern history. He led the Turkish nationalist movement that established t...

Turkey 20TH Century Turkish Founder

9.2 Excellent

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Martin Luther

Martin Luther was a 16th-century German theologian central to the Protestant Reformation. His challenge to Catholic doct...

German Religious 16TH Century Theologian

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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Bhimrao Ambedkar

Bhimrao Ambedkar was a pivotal 20th-century Indian figure who spearheaded the Dalit civil rights movement. He played a c...

Indian 20TH Century Reformer Social Revolution

9.2 Excellent

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Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu was a prominent 20th-century Anglican archbishop and South African revolutionary. His lifelong dedication t...

20TH Century Nonviolent Religious South African

9.2 Excellent

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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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Zhu Yuanzhang

Zhu Yuanzhang rose from a peasant background to lead a successful rebellion against the Mongol Yuan dynasty. His victory...

China 14TH Century Peasant Dynastic

8.8 Great

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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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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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Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was a pivotal 17th-century English figure instrumental in establishing a republic following the Interreg...

Military Republican English 17TH Century

8.1 Great

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John Lilburne

John Lilburne was an English political agitator before and during the English Civil War who co-founded the Leveller move...

Republican English 17TH Century Agitator

7.4 Good

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Gerrard Winstanley

Gerrard Winstanley was an English Protestant religious reformer who founded the Diggers, a group that occupied common la...

English 17TH Century Agrarian Diggers

7.3 Good

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Wat Tyler

Wat Tyler was an English rebel captain who led the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, confronting King Richard II before being ki...

England Leader 14TH Century Peasants Revolt

6.8 Fair

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Gracchus Babeuf

Gracchus Babeuf was a French revolutionary whose 1796 Conspiracy of Equals sought economic equality and foreshadowed lat...

18TH Century French France Socialist

6.8 Fair

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Camilo Torres Restrepo

Camilo Torres Restrepo was a Colombian priest and sociologist who joined the ELN guerrillas and died in combat in 1966,...

20TH Century Leftist Colombia Guerrilla

6.4 Fair

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Jack Cade

English rebel leader who led Cade's Rebellion in 1450 against the corrupt government of Henry VI, briefly capturing Lond...

English 15TH Century Martyr Agitator

6.3 Fair