swap_horiz Robert Sobukwe Alternatives

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Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu was a prominent 20th-century Anglican archbishop and South African revolutionary. His lifelong dedication t...

20TH Century Nonviolent Religious South African

9.2 Excellent

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

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Walter Sisulu

Walter Sisulu was a pivotal figure in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement. As an organizer within the African Nationa...

Organizer ANC 20TH Century South African

8.4 Great

5

Ahmed Kathrada

Ahmed Kathrada was a key figure in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement. He served as an African National Congress (AN...

ANC 20TH Century South African Anti Apartheid

8.2 Great

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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

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Bram Fischer

Bram Fischer was a 20th-century South African lawyer renowned for his defense of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid...

20TH Century South African Lawyer Communist

8.1 Great

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Ruth First

South African anti-apartheid activist and journalist assassinated in 1982 by a letter bomb sent by South African securit...

20TH Century South African Feminist Martyr

7.9 Good

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Joe Slovo

South African anti-apartheid activist Joe Slovo led the Umkhonto we Sizwe armed wing and became the first white member o...

Military 20TH Century South African Communist

7.7 Good

10

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

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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

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John Garang

Sudanese revolutionary John Garang founded the Sudan People's Liberation Army in 1983, leading the southern rebellion un...

20TH Century Leader Independence Sudanese

7.5 Good

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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

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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

15

Palmiro Togliatti

Italian politician Palmiro Togliatti led the Italian Communist Party for decades, transforming it into the largest commu...

Italian 20TH Century PCI Leader

7.1 Good

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Pham Van Dong

Vietnamese communist statesman who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 and of unified Vietnam until 1987...

20TH Century Vietnamese Leader Communist

7.0 Good

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Venustiano Carranza

Venustiano Carranza was a Mexican revolutionary leader who became the 37th President of Mexico, overseeing the drafting...

20TH Century Mexican Leader Mexican Revolution

6.9 Fair

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Le Duan

Le Duan was a Vietnamese communist leader who became the ruling party's top figure after Ho Chi Minh and directed war po...

20TH Century Party Vietnam Leader

6.7 Fair

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Georgi Dimitrov

Georgi Dimitrov was a Bulgarian communist politician who served as the first communist leader of Bulgaria from 1946 to 1...

Bulgarian 20TH Century Leader Communist

6.6 Fair

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Władysław Gomułka

Polish communist leader Władysław Gomułka guided Poland through a period of de-Stalinization in 1956, briefly raising ho...

Polish 20TH Century Leader Communist

6.4 Fair