swap_horiz John Garang Alternatives

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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

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

Sukarno

Sukarno was an Indonesian nationalist who proclaimed independence from the Netherlands in 1945 and served as Indonesia's...

20TH Century President Indonesia Independence

8.0 Great

9

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an Indian nationalist leader in Maharashtra who helped found the Home Rule League in 1916 and pr...

India Organizer 20TH Century Independence

7.8 Good

10

Aung San

Aung San was a Burmese nationalist leader who helped found the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League and negotiated Burma...

20TH Century General Independence Myanmar

7.8 Good

11

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

12

Subhas Chandra Bose

Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian nationalist who led the Indian National Army from 1943, seeking to end British rule du...

India 20TH Century Independence Nationalist

7.7 Good

13

Mohammad Hatta

Mohammad Hatta was an Indonesian nationalist and economist who co-proclaimed independence in 1945 and became the country...

20TH Century Indonesia Independence Nationalist

7.6 Good

14

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

15

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

16

Kim Gu

Kim Gu was a Korean independence activist who led the Korean Provisional Government in exile and opposed the peninsula's...

Organizer 20TH Century Korea Independence

7.3 Good

17

Álvaro Obregón

Álvaro Obregón was a Mexican military general and revolutionary who defeated Pancho Villa in 1915 and later served as th...

Military 20TH Century Mexican Leader

7.3 Good

18

Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini was an Iranian Shiite cleric who led the 1979 Islamic Revolution and became the Islamic Republic's fir...

20TH Century Islamic Iranian Leader

7.2 Good

19

Pedro Albizu Campos

Puerto Rican attorney Pedro Albizu Campos led the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, organizing fierce but suppressed pro-i...

20TH Century Independence Nationalist Martyr

7.1 Good

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Sékou Touré

Sékou Touré was a Guinean political leader who became the first President of Guinea in 1958 after successfully leading t...

20TH Century Leader Independence Pan African

5.5 Mediocre