swap_horiz José Mujica Alternatives

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Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara served as President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. Rising through the army, he spearheaded a radical...

20TH Century President Africa Burkina Faso

8.9 Great

2

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Gamal Abdel Nasser was an Egyptian army officer and political leader who helped lead the Free Officers movement that ove...

20TH Century President Egypt Arab Nationalist

8.5 Great

3

Che Guevara

Ernesto "Che" Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, and author who became a central figure in the 1...

Cuban 20TH Century Marxist Argentina

8.3 Great

4

Julius Nyerere

Julius Nyerere (1922–1999) was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician, and former teacher who served as the firs...

20TH Century President Tanzania Socialist

8.3 Great

5

Alluri Sitarama Raju

Alluri Sitarama Raju (1897–1924) was an Indian revolutionary who led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922–1924 against British co...

20TH Century Guerrilla Indian Independence Tribal Rebellion

8.3 Great

6

Augusto César Sandino

Augusto César Sandino was a Nicaraguan revolutionary and guerrilla leader who opposed the United States military occupat...

20TH Century Nicaragua Nationalist Guerrilla

8.2 Great

7

Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian revolutionary and statesman who played a central role in the decolonization of Africa. He l...

20TH Century President Ghana Pan African

8.2 Great

8

Pancho Villa

Pancho Villa, born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, was a Mexican revolutionary leader and military commander active during...

20TH Century General Mexican Mexico

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

Omar Mukhtar

Omar Mukhtar (c. 1858–1931) was a Libyan Senussi religious and resistance leader who led guerrilla campaigns against Ita...

20TH Century Libya Guerrilla Anti Colonial

7.7 Good

11

Dedan Kimathi

Dedan Kimathi was a leader of the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya, leading the Kenya Land and Freedom Army in an armed resista...

20TH Century Kenya Guerrilla Anti Colonial

7.7 Good

12

Sam Nujoma

Sam Nujoma was a Namibian nationalist leader, longtime president of the South West Africa People's Organization, and the...

20TH Century President Namibia Anti Colonial

7.6 Good

13

Éamon de Valera

Éamon de Valera was an Irish revolutionary, political leader, and statesman whose public career extended from the strugg...

20TH Century President Republican Ireland

7.5 Good

14

Camilo Cienfuegos

Camilo Cienfuegos was a Cuban revolutionary commander who fought with Fidel Castro's rebel forces during the Cuban Revol...

Cuban 20TH Century Cuba Commander

7.4 Good

15

Jomo Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyatta was a Kenyan nationalist leader who became prime minister when Kenya gained independence in 1963 and the c...

20TH Century President Kenya Nationalist

7.4 Good

16

Celia Sánchez

Celia Sánchez (1920–1980) was a Cuban revolutionary who assisted the July 26 Movement by organizing supplies and logisti...

Organizer Cuban 20TH Century Cuba

7.3 Good

17

Vilma Espín

Vilma Espín was a Cuban revolutionary, chemical engineer, and political organizer who lived from 1930 to 2007. She parti...

Cuban 20TH Century Feminist Cuba

7.3 Good

18

Samora Machel

Samora Machel was a Mozambican military commander, revolutionary, and politician in the Mozambique Liberation Front, kno...

20TH Century President Mozambique Anti Colonial

7.2 Good

19

Krim Belkacem

Krim Belkacem (1922–1970) was an Algerian revolutionary leader in the National Liberation Front (FLN) during the Algeria...

20TH Century Guerrilla Fln Algerian Revolution

7.2 Good

20

Raúl Sendic

Raúl Sendic was a Uruguayan lawyer and political activist who helped found the Tupamaros, formally known as the National...

20TH Century Uruguay Socialist Guerrilla

6.5 Fair