Find out more about the greatest 19th Century Revolutionaries, including B. R. Ambedkar, Leon Trotsky, Chiang Kai-shek, Jose Rizal and Pancho Villa.
B. R. Ambedkar14 April 1891, Indian
Indian Jurist
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar28 May 1883, Indian
Independence Activist, Reformer
Leon Trotsky07 November 1879, Russian, Ukrainian, Russian
Founder and first leader of the Red Army
Chiang Kai-shek31 October 1887, Chinese
President of the Republic of China
Josip Broz Tito07 May 1892, Yugoslav
Pancho Villa05 June 1878, Mexican
General
Bal Gangadhar Tilak23 July 1856, Indian
Indian teacher
Rosa Luxemburg05 March 1871, German, Polish
Marxist Theorist
Éamon de Valera14 October 1882, American
Former President of Ireland
Emiliano Zapata08 August 1879, Mexican
Mexican Political figure
Lala Lajpat Rai28 January 1865, Indian
Freedom Fighter
Sri Aurobindo15 August 1872, Indian
Political and Spiritual Leader
Louis Riel22 October 1844, Canadian
Politician
Mangal Pandey19 July 1827, Indian
Revolutionary
Mikhail Bakunin30 May 1814, Swiss, Russian
Philosopher
Nana Saheb19 May 1824, Indian
Peshwa of the Maratha Empire
Birsa Munda15 November 1875, Indian
Tribal Leader Who Revolted Against the British
Chief Joseph03 March 1840, American
Nez Perce leader
Red Cloud1822 AD, American
Manuela Sáenz27 December 1797, Ecuadorian
Revolutionary
Begum Hazrat Mahal1820 AD, Indian, Nepalese
Wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Surya Sen22 March 1894, Indian
Revolutionary
Yakov Yurovsky19 June 1878, Russian
Soviet Era Executioner
Jose Rizal19 June 1861, Filipino
Augusto César Sandino18 May 1895, Nicaraguan
Nicaraguan revolutionary Leader
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan06 February 1890, Pakistani
Political and Spiritual Leader
Rani Lakshmibai19 November 1828, Indian
Queen of Jhansi State
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad11 November 1888, Indian
Indian scholar
Hristo Botev06 January 1848, Bulgarian
Bulgarian Revolutionary
Georges Bidault05 October 1899, French
French Politician
Andres Bonifacio30 November 1863, Filipino
Filipino Revolutionary
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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk19 May 1881, Turkish
Founder of the Republic of Turkey,
Benito Juarez21 March 1806, Mexican
Mexican lawyer
Yane Sandanski18 May 1872, Bulgarian
National Hero in Bulgaria
Jose Marti28 January 1853, Cuban
Poet
Hong Xiuquan01 January 1814, Chinese
Revolutionary
Sybil Ludington05 April 1761, American
American Revolutionary
Apolinario Mabini23 July 1864, Filipino
Revolutionary leader
Denmark Vesey1767 AD, American
Carpenters
Tantia Tope1814 AD, Indian
Notable leader
Usman dan Fodio15 December 1754, Nigerian
Teacher
Vasil Levski18 July 1837, Bulgarian
Revolutionary
Karl Liebknecht13 January 1871, German
Lawyer
Osceola1804 AD, American
Seminole leader
Sakamoto Ryōma03 January 1836, Japanese
Japanese samurai
James Wilkinson24 March 1757, American
Soldier
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia18 September 1891, Russian
Grand Duke of Russia
Maud Gonne21 December 1866, Irish, British
Actress
Aleksandr Ulyanov31 March 1866, Russian
revolutionary
Robert Emmet04 March 1778, Irish
Revolutionary Leader
Juan Seguín27 October 1806, American
Political Leader
Buenaventura Durruti14 July 1896, Spanish
Anarcho-syndicalist, Anarchist, Trade unionist
Georgi Plekhanov29 November 1856, Russian
philosopher, politician, journalist, writer,
Boris Savinkov31 January 1879, Ukrainian, Russian
Revolutionary
Har Dayal14 October 1884, Indian
Revolutionary
Jean-Pierre Boyer15 February 1776, Haitian
Politician
Ricardo Flores Magón16 September 1873, Mexican
Political figure
Bakht Khan1797 AD, Indian
Rebel
Henri Grégoire04 December 1750, French
Political leader
Nancy Hart1735 AD, American
Rebel Heroine
Purushottam Das Tandon01 August 1882, Indian
Freedom Fighter
Viktor Chernov07 December 1873, Russian
Political leader
Chen Jiongming18 January 1878, Chinese
Political Figure
Song Jiaoren05 April 1882, Chinese
Politician
Vera Zasulich08 August 1849, Russian
Writer
Georgy Chicherin24 November 1872, Russian
Revolutionary
Huang Xing24 October 1874, Chinese
Revolutionary
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes18 April 1819, Cuban
Revolutionary
Jean-Lambert Tallien23 January 1767, French
Political Figure
Felice Orsini10 December 1819, Italian
Revolutionary
Pavel Axelrod25 August 1850, Russian
Politician
Juan Álvarez27 January 1790, Mexican
Military General
José Miguel Carrera15 October 1785, Chilean
Military officer
Vera Figner01 July 1852, Russian
Revolutionary
Mór Jókai18 February 1825, Hungarian
Novelist
Louis Charles Delescluze02 October 1809, French
Revolutionary leader
Georgy Pyatakov18 August 1890, Ukrainian, Russian
Revolutionary
Saya San24 October 1876, Burmese
Physician
Friedrich Hecker28 September 1811, German
Lawyer
Luís Carlos Prestes03 January 1898, Brazilian
Politician
Zhang Binglin12 January 1869, Chinese
Philologists
Catherine Breshkovsky25 January 1844, Russian
Political figure
Li Lisan18 November 1899, Chinese
Political leader
Shi Dakai01 March 1831, Chinese
Poet
Fra Diavolo07 April 1771, Italian
Guerrilla leader
Phan Boi Chau26 December 1867, Vietnamese
Political Figure
Phan Chau Trinh09 September 1872, Vietnamese
Nationalist leader
Phan Dinh Phung06 June 1847, Vietnamese
Rebel Leader
Charles Joseph Kickham09 May 1828, Irish
Revolutionary
Cuong De11 January 1882, Vietnamese
Revolutionary
Huda Sharawi23 June 1879, Egyptian
Feminist and nationalist
Maksim Litvinov17 July 1876, Polish, Russian
Revolutionary
Mikhail Markovich Borodin09 July 1884, Belarusian, Russian
Revolutionary
Alexander Israel Helphand08 September 1867, Belarusian, German, Russian
Theoretician