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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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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a pivotal figure in modern history. He led the Turkish nationalist movement that established t...

Turkey 20TH Century Turkish Founder

9.2 Excellent

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Bhimrao Ambedkar

Bhimrao Ambedkar was a pivotal 20th-century Indian figure who spearheaded the Dalit civil rights movement. He played a c...

Indian 20TH Century Reformer Social Revolution

9.2 Excellent

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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

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Giap (Võ Nguyên Giáp)

Võ Nguyên Giáp was a prominent 20th-century Vietnamese military strategist and revolutionary leader. He directed the Vie...

Military 20TH Century Vietnamese Anti Colonial

9.2 Excellent

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Võ Nguyên Giáp

Võ Nguyên Giáp was a Vietnamese military general and politician who served as the commander of the Vietnam People's Army...

20TH Century General Anti Colonialism Vietnamese Revolution

9.1 Excellent

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Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen was a pivotal 20th-century figure instrumental in establishing modern China. He spearheaded the Xinhai Revol...

China 20TH Century Republican Nationalist

9.0 Excellent

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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

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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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Emiliano Zapata

Emiliano Zapata was a pivotal figure in Mexico’s 20th-century revolution. As a leading agrarian rebel, he championed the...

20TH Century Mexican Mexico Rebel

8.8 Great

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Václav Havel

Václav Havel was a prominent 20th-century figure instrumental in the transition of Czechoslovakia to democracy. As a pla...

20TH Century Democracy Velvet Czechia

8.8 Great

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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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Kartini

Kartini was a prominent Javanese noblewoman and an early advocate for women's education and rights in Indonesia. Born in...

Education 20TH Century Feminism Indonesian Nationalism

8.7 Great

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Larbi Ben M'hidi

Larbi Ben M'hidi was an Algerian revolutionary leader and a key founding member of the National Liberation Front (FLN)....

20TH Century Fln Algerian Revolution Urban Guerrilla

8.7 Great

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Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky was a Russian Marxist revolutionary, political theorist, and Bolshevik leader in the Russian Revolution and...

Russia 20TH Century Marxist Commander

8.6 Great

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Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa is a Polish statesman, dissident, and former electrician who co-founded and led Solidarity (Solidarność), th...

Poland 20TH Century Solidarity Labor

8.6 Great

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Steve Biko

Stephen Bantu Biko was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and intellectual. In 1968, he co-founded the So...

South Africa Activist 20TH Century Anti Apartheid

8.6 Great

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Jacobo Árbenz

Jacobo Árbenz was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as president of Guatemala from 1951 until he w...

20TH Century Anti Imperialism Guatemalan Revolution Agrarian Reform

8.6 Great

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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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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