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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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Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar was a 19th-century general and revolutionary instrumental in achieving independence for Venezuela and othe...

19TH Century General Venezuela Independence

9.4 Excellent

3

Toussaint Louverture

Toussaint Louverture was a brilliant military strategist and leader during the Haitian Revolution. He formerly enslaved,...

18TH Century General Haiti Haitian

9.2 Excellent

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José de San Martín

José de San Martín was a 19th-century military leader instrumental in South American independence movements. He spearhea...

19TH Century General Argentina Independence

9.2 Excellent

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Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was a pivotal American civil rights activist. Her courageous refusal to yield her bus seat in Montgomery, Ala...

American Activist 20TH Century Nonviolent

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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Zhu Yuanzhang

Zhu Yuanzhang rose from a peasant background to lead a successful rebellion against the Mongol Yuan dynasty. His victory...

China 14TH Century Peasant Dynastic

8.8 Great

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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a Roman Catholic priest and a key leader of the Mexican War of Independence. On September...

19TH Century Priest Insurgency Mexican Independence

8.8 Great

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Miguel Hidalgo

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a Roman Catholic priest and a leading initiator of the Mexican War of Independence. On 16...

19TH Century Mexico Independence Rebel

8.6 Great

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José María Morelos

José María Morelos (1765–1815) was a Roman Catholic priest who became a principal military and political leader of Mexic...

19TH Century Mexico Independence Priest

8.4 Great

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Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was a pivotal 17th-century English figure instrumental in establishing a republic following the Interreg...

Military Republican English 17TH Century

8.1 Great

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John Lilburne

John Lilburne (c. 1614-1657) was an English political activist and pamphleteer who became the leading figure of the Leve...

Republican English 17TH Century Agitator

7.4 Good

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Mariano Matamoros

Mariano Matamoros was a Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary insurgent who played a key role in the Mexican War of In...

19TH Century Priest Insurgency Mexican Independence

7.4 Good

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Gerrard Winstanley

Gerrard Winstanley was an English Protestant religious reformer and political activist who founded the Diggers, also kno...

English 17TH Century Agrarian Diggers

7.3 Good

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Wat Tyler

Wat Tyler was an English rebel leader associated with the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, an uprising against taxation and oth...

England Leader 14TH Century Peasants Revolt

6.8 Fair

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Gracchus Babeuf

Gracchus Babeuf, whose birth name was François-Noël Babeuf, was a French revolutionary, journalist, and political writer...

18TH Century French France Socialist

6.8 Fair

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Camilo Torres Restrepo

Camilo Torres Restrepo was a Colombian Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, and political activist. Influenced by social...

20TH Century Leftist Colombia Guerrilla

6.4 Fair

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Jack Cade

Jack Cade was an English rebel leader who headed Cade's Rebellion against the government of Henry VI in 1450. The uprisi...

English 15TH Century Martyr Agitator

6.3 Fair