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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton was an African American activist and chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party during the...

USA Organizer 20TH Century Black Panther

8.1 Great

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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

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James Connolly

James Connolly was an Irish republican and socialist leader who played a prominent role in the labor movement of the ear...

20TH Century Republican Ireland Irish

7.9 Good

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Stokely Carmichael

Stokely Carmichael, later known as Kwame Ture, was a Trinidad-born civil rights organizer, Black Power advocate, and Pan...

American 20TH Century Black Power Pan African

7.9 Good

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Huey P. Newton

Huey P. Newton was an American political activist who co-founded the Black Panther Party with Bobby Seale in Oakland, Ca...

USA Organizer 20TH Century Black Panther

7.5 Good

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Bobby Seale

Bobby Seale is an American political activist who co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense with Huey P. Newto...

American 20TH Century Black Panther Socialist

7.5 Good

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John Garang

John Garang was a Sudanese military officer and political leader who founded and led the Sudan People's Liberation Army...

20TH Century Leader Independence Sudanese

7.5 Good

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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

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Mehdi Ben Barka

Mehdi Ben Barka was a Moroccan politician and prominent anti-imperialist figure who led the radical wing of the National...

20TH Century Moroccan Pan African Socialist

7.2 Good

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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