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

Che Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary who helped lead Cuba's 1959 revolution and later fought in Congo and...

Cuban 20TH Century Marxist Argentina

8.3 Great

4

Augusto César Sandino

Augusto César Sandino was a Nicaraguan guerrilla leader who fought the U.S. Marine occupation from 1927 to 1933 and insp...

20TH Century Nicaragua Nationalist Guerrilla

8.2 Great

5

Pancho Villa

Pancho Villa was a Mexican revolutionary general who led the División del Norte and became a central figure in the 1910...

20TH Century General Mexican Mexico

8.1 Great

6

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

South African anti-apartheid leader Robert Sobukwe founded the Pan Africanist Congress in 1959, splitting from the ANC t...

20TH Century South African Leader Pac

7.8 Good

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Omar Mukhtar

Omar Mukhtar was a Libyan Senussi leader who fought Italian colonial rule in Cyrenaica for years before his capture and...

20TH Century Libya Guerrilla Anti Colonial

7.7 Good

9

Dedan Kimathi

Dedan Kimathi was a Kenyan Mau Mau leader who organized armed resistance to British colonial rule and was executed by co...

20TH Century Kenya Guerrilla Anti Colonial

7.7 Good

10

José Mujica

José Mujica was a former Uruguayan Tupamaro guerrilla prisoner who served as Uruguay's president from 2010 to 2015 and l...

20TH Century President Uruguay Guerrilla

7.6 Good

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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

12

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

13

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

14

Camilo Cienfuegos

Camilo Cienfuegos was a Cuban revolutionary commander who helped take Yaguajay in 1958 and entered Havana after Batista'...

Cuban 20TH Century Cuba Commander

7.4 Good

15

Celia Sánchez

Celia Sánchez was a Cuban revolutionary who organized support for the Granma expedition and became a key member of Fidel...

Organizer Cuban 20TH Century Cuba

7.3 Good

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Vilma Espín

Vilma Espín was a Cuban revolutionary and chemical engineer who fought in the July 26 Movement and founded the Federatio...

Cuban 20TH Century Feminist Cuba

7.3 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

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Héctor Béjar

Peruvian Marxist who led an ELN-affiliated guerrilla campaign in the 1960s, was imprisoned, and decades later briefly se...

20TH Century Ela Peruvian Writer

5.4 Mediocre

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Laurent-Désiré Kabila

Congolese revolutionary and politician Laurent-Désiré Kabila overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko in 1997 to become the President...

20TH Century Leader Pan African Congolese

4.3 Poor