swap_horiz Víctor Polay Alternatives

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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

2

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

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

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

5

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

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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

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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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Robert Sobukwe

Robert Sobukwe was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader and academic who founded the Pan Africanist Congress...

20TH Century South African Leader Pac

7.8 Good

9

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

10

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

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José Mujica

José Mujica was a Uruguayan politician, farmer, and former member of the Tupamaros guerrilla movement who was imprisoned...

20TH Century President Uruguay Guerrilla

7.6 Good

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Abd el-Krim

Abd el-Krim was a Rifian political and military leader who organized resistance to Spanish and French colonial rule in n...

20TH Century Leader Morocco Anti Colonial

7.5 Good

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Joshua Nkomo

Joshua Nkomo (1917-1999) was a Zimbabwean nationalist leader who founded the Zimbabwe African People's Union, or ZAPU, i...

20TH Century Leader Zimbabwe Anti Colonial

7.5 Good

14

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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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

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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

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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

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Álvaro Obregón

Álvaro Obregón Salido was a Mexican military general and politician who played a decisive role in the Mexican Revolution...

Military 20TH Century Mexican Leader

7.3 Good

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Héctor Béjar

Héctor Béjar is a Peruvian Marxist writer, sociologist, and former guerrilla associated with Peru's political conflicts...

20TH Century Ela Peruvian Writer

5.4 Mediocre

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Laurent-Désiré Kabila

Laurent-Désiré Kabila was a Congolese rebel leader and politician who became president of the Democratic Republic of the...

20TH Century Leader Pan African Congolese

4.3 Poor