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Martin Luther

Martin Luther was a German theologian and religious reformer whose challenge to church authority helped reshape Christia...

German Religious 16TH Century Theologian

9.20 Excellent

2

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

9.20 Excellent

3

Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu was a South African Anglican archbishop and a leading religious voice against apartheid, the system of enfo...

20TH Century Nonviolent Religious South African

9.20 Excellent

4

Giap (Võ Nguyên Giáp)

Võ Nguyên Giáp was a Vietnamese revolutionary leader and military commander closely associated with the struggle against...

Military 20TH Century Vietnamese Anti Colonial

9.20 Excellent

5

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was an American civil rights activist whose refusal to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgom...

American Activist 20TH Century Nonviolent

9.18 Excellent

6

Võ Nguyên Giáp

Võ Nguyên Giáp combined military command with a political role in Vietnam's struggle against colonial rule and later war...

20TH Century General Anti Colonialism Vietnamese Revolution

9.08 Excellent

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, widely known as Mahatma Gandhi, was a major leader of India's struggle for independence from...

India Organizer 20TH Century Nonviolent

9.00 Excellent

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Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri

Religious scholarship and military leadership came together in the career of Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri, an Algerian emir...

19TH Century Emir Anti Colonialism Algerian Resistance

8.86 Great

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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

A Roman Catholic priest who became an insurgent leader, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla helped turn opposition to Spanish colo...

19TH Century Priest Insurgency Mexican Independence

8.75 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

8.12 Great

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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

8.08 Great

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Miguel Hidalgo

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a Roman Catholic priest and a leading initiator of the Mexican War of Independence. On 16...

19TH Century Mexico Independence Rebel

7.89 Good

13

José María Morelos

José María Morelos (1765–1815) was a Roman Catholic priest who became a principal military and political leader of Mexic...

19TH Century Mexico Independence Priest

7.76 Good

14

Mariano Matamoros

Mariano Matamoros was a Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary insurgent who played a key role in the Mexican War of In...

19TH Century Priest Insurgency Mexican Independence

7.39 Good

15

John Lilburne

John Lilburne (c. 1614-1657) was an English political activist and pamphleteer who became the leading figure of the Leve...

Republican English 17TH Century Agitator

7.36 Good

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Gerrard Winstanley

Gerrard Winstanley was an English Protestant religious reformer and political activist who founded the Diggers, also kno...

English 17TH Century Agrarian Diggers

7.27 Good

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Jack Cade

Jack Cade was an English rebel leader who headed Cade's Rebellion against the government of Henry VI in 1450. The uprisi...

English 15TH Century Martyr Agitator

6.34 Fair

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Wat Tyler

Wat Tyler was an English rebel leader associated with the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, an uprising against taxation and oth...

England Leader 14TH Century Peasants Revolt

6.29 Fair

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Gracchus Babeuf

Gracchus Babeuf, whose birth name was François-Noël Babeuf, was a French revolutionary, journalist, and political writer...

18TH Century French France Socialist

6.24 Fair

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Camilo Torres Restrepo

Camilo Torres Restrepo was a Colombian Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, and political activist. Influenced by social...

20TH Century Leftist Colombia Guerrilla

5.87 Mediocre