swap_horiz Mikhail Bakunin Alternatives

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Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri

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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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William Lloyd Garrison

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8.68 Great

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Birsa Munda

Birsa Munda was an Indigenous Indian religious and political leader from the Munda tribe in the late 19th century. He le...

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8.61 Great

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Simón Bolívar

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8.60 Great

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Antonio Luna

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8.51 Great

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Juana Azurduy

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19TH Century Commander Guerrilla Bolivian Independence

8.46 Great

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José de San Martín

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8.45 Great

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Christo Botev

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19TH Century Poet Anti Ottoman Bulgarian Revolution

8.37 Great

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Nikolai Chernyshevsky

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Russian 19TH Century Writer Socialist

7.63 Good

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Peter Kropotkin

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Russia 19TH Century Mutual Aid Anarchist

7.48 Good

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

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France 19TH Century Anarchist Theorist

7.19 Good

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Alexander Herzen

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Russia Russian 19TH Century Writer

7.14 Good

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Louise Michel

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France 19TH Century Feminist Anarchist

6.72 Fair

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Apolinario Mabini

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6.64 Fair

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Vera Figner

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Russia Organizer 19TH Century Populist

6.18 Fair

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Sofia Perovskaya

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Russia Organizer 19TH Century Populist

6.09 Fair

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Vera Zasulich

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6.03 Fair

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Sergei Nechayev

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Russian 19TH Century Radical Nihilist

5.84 Mediocre

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Sergey Nechayev

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Russia 19TH Century Radical Nihilist

5.04 Mediocre