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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

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

3

Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh was a prominent Indian socialist revolutionary who became a key figure in the movement for India's independ...

India 20TH Century Independence Socialist

8.3 Great

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

Imre Nagy

Imre Nagy was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary on two separate occasions, most n...

Hungarian 20TH Century Martyr Communist

7.8 Good

8

Joe Slovo

Joe Slovo was a South African anti-apartheid activist, lawyer, and leader of the South African Communist Party. He playe...

Military 20TH Century South African Communist

7.7 Good

9

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

10

Qiu Jin

Qiu Jin was a Chinese writer, poet, feminist, and anti-Qing revolutionary active in the years before the 1911 Revolution...

China 20TH Century Feminist Martyr

7.3 Good

11

Nadezhda Krupskaya

Nadezhda Krupskaya was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and the wife of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin. Following the 191...

Russian 20TH Century Feminist Educator

7.3 Good

12

Alexandra Kollontai

Alexandra Kollontai was a Russian revolutionary, Marxist theorist, political writer, and Bolshevik politician who worked...

Russia 20TH Century Feminist Diplomat

7.2 Good

13

Nikolai Bukharin

Nikolai Bukharin was a prominent Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, Marxist theorist, and high-ranking Soviet politician....

Russian 20TH Century Theorist Martyr

7.2 Good

14

Mehdi Ben Barka

Mehdi Ben Barka was a Moroccan politician and prominent anti-imperialist figure who led the radical wing of the National...

20TH Century Moroccan Pan African Socialist

7.2 Good

15

Pedro Albizu Campos

Pedro Albizu Campos (1891-1965) was a Puerto Rican attorney and prominent independence leader who served as president of...

20TH Century Independence Nationalist Martyr

7.1 Good

16

Antonio Guiteras

Antonio Guiteras Holmes was a Cuban politician and revolutionary leader who played a central role in the Cuban Revolutio...

Cuban 20TH Century Socialist Martyr

7.1 Good

17

Julio Antonio Mella

Julio Antonio Mella was a Cuban student activist, journalist, and revolutionary associated with the development of organ...

Student Cuban 20TH Century Martyr

7.0 Good

18

Dolores Jiménez y Muro

Dolores Jiménez y Muro was a Mexican revolutionary and journalist active during the Mexican Revolution beginning in 1910...

20TH Century Mexican Feminist Anarchist

6.9 Fair

19

Sophia Perovskaya

Sophia Perovskaya was a Russian revolutionary and a leading member of Narodnaya Volya, an organization that sought to ov...

Russian 19TH Century Feminist Martyr

6.8 Fair

20

Grigory Zinoviev

Grigory Zinoviev was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician who became one of Vladimir Lenin’s close as...

Russian 20TH Century Martyr Bolshevik

6.7 Fair