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Jomo Kenyatta | Leader of nationalist movement in Kenya. |
Nelson Mandela | Leader of the African National congress imprisoned for 28 years. |
Desmond Tutu | Anglican Bishop of South Africa. |
Indira Gandi | Daughter of Nehru, became first female Primeminister of India. |
Mohandas K. Gandi | Believed passive non-violent, civil disobedience. created a mass movment against the British control of the subcontinent. |
Jawaharial Nehru | Key member and leader of the Indian National Congress. India's first Prime Mininster. |
Mohammed Ali Jinnah | An organizer of the Muslim League. Became the first leader of Independent Pakistan. |
Ho Chi Minh | founder of the Viet Minh. Leader of the Communist Party in Vietnam. |
Sun Yat-sen | Led a popular revolt against the Manchu Dynasty. Founder of the Nationalist Party in China. Beleived in the three Principles of the People. |
Chiang Kai-shek | Military leader of the Nationalist Party in China, Retreated to the island of Taiwan and set up Nationalist China. |
Mao Zedong | Founder of the Communist Party in China, 1921. Lead the People's Democratic Republic of China from 1949 - 1976. |
Simon Bolivar | Called the "Liberator" for gaining independence for Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, and Panama. |
Fidel Castro | Fought against Cuban dictator, Batista, using guerrilla warfare. Overthrew Batista. |
Yasir Arafat | Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). |
Golda Meir | Early Zionist leader in Palestine. Served as Prime Minister of Israel. |
Martin Luther | Leader of the Protestant Reformation in Europe |
John Calvin | Lead a Reform movement - believed in Predestination |