| A | B |
| 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 Prime Minister of India. |
| Mohandas K. Gandi | Believed passive non-violent, civil disobedience. Created a mass movement against the British control of India. |
| Jawaharial Nehru | Key member and leader of the Indian National Congress. India's first Prime Minister. |
| 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 Yatsen | Led a popular revolt against the Manchu Dynasty. Founder of the Nationalist Party in China. Believed in the three Principals of the People. |
| Chiang Kai-shek | Military learder 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. Led the People's Democratic Republic of China from 1949-1976. |
| Yasir Arafat | Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) |
| Golda Meir | Early Zionist leader in Palestine. Served as Prime Minister of Israel. |
| Ameratsu | the Sun Goddess of Japanese Mythology. |
| Jimmu Tenno | the first emperor of Japan |
| Minamoto Yoritomo | the first shogun of Japan |
| Muhammad | founder and major prophet of Islamic faith |