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 federalist military leader and statesman who played a central role in the early 19th-century...

19TH Century Federalist Leader Uruguay

8.3 Great

5

Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh was a prominent Indian socialist revolutionary who became a key figure in the movement for India's independ...

India 20TH Century Independence Socialist

8.3 Great

6

Sutan Sjahrir

Sutan Sjahrir was an Indonesian nationalist, socialist politician, and independence leader who served as the first prime...

20TH Century Independence Socialism Indonesian Revolution

8.3 Great

7

Bernardo O'Higgins

Bernardo O'Higgins was a Chilean military commander and political leader who played a central role in securing Chilean i...

19TH Century Leader Chile Independence

8.2 Great

8

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

9

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

10

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and independence activist who emerged as a prominent leader in t...

India Organizer 20TH Century Independence

7.8 Good

11

Aung San

Aung San was a Burmese revolutionary, general, and statesman who is widely recognized as the primary architect of modern...

20TH Century General Independence Myanmar

7.8 Good

12

Robert Sobukwe

Robert Sobukwe was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader and academic who founded the Pan Africanist Congress...

20TH Century South African Leader Pac

7.8 Good

13

Subhas Chandra Bose

Subhas Chandra Bose was a prominent Indian nationalist leader who sought the complete independence of India from British...

India 20TH Century Independence Nationalist

7.7 Good

14

Mohammad Hatta

Mohammad Hatta was an Indonesian nationalist, economist, and statesman who worked with Sukarno in the movement against D...

20TH Century Indonesia Independence Nationalist

7.6 Good

15

Abd el-Krim

Abd el-Krim was a Rifian political and military leader who organized resistance to Spanish and French colonial rule in n...

20TH Century Leader Morocco Anti Colonial

7.5 Good

16

Joshua Nkomo

Joshua Nkomo (1917-1999) was a Zimbabwean nationalist leader who founded the Zimbabwe African People's Union, or ZAPU, i...

20TH Century Leader Zimbabwe Anti Colonial

7.5 Good

17

Kim Gu

Kim Gu was a prominent Korean independence activist and politician who served as the president of the Korean Provisional...

Organizer 20TH Century Korea Independence

7.3 Good

18

Álvaro Obregón

Álvaro Obregón Salido was a Mexican military general and politician who played a decisive role in the Mexican Revolution...

Military 20TH Century Mexican Leader

7.3 Good

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Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini was an Iranian Shia cleric and political leader who opposed the Pahlavi monarchy and became the centra...

20TH Century Islamic Iranian Leader

7.2 Good

20

Sékou Touré

Ahmed Sékou Touré was a Guinean political leader and the country's first president after independence. He led Guinea in...

20TH Century Leader Independence Pan African

5.5 Mediocre