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According to dictionary.com, the word rebel is defined as "a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country" or "a person who resists any authority, control, or tradition."
Throughout history, we have heard of or encountered many different types of rebels; peaceful ones like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, scientific ones like Thomas Edison and Galileo Galilei, former slave rebels like Harriet Tubman and Toussaint L'Ouverture, civil rights activists like Mary Harris Jones and Rosa Parks or political rebels like Che Guevara and Eva Peron.Â
Without them, the world as we know it might not have existed. They stood up for what they believed to be right and just, and although some of them did not have good intentions, they were rebels nonetheless.Â
How well can you identify some of the world's most important/significant rebels? Were you paying attention during history class? If someone asked you who Martin Luther was, would you be able to identify him from a picture and do you know what he did? There is only one way to find out, and that is by taking this quiz! When you're done, get your fellow historians to take the quiz.Â
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George Washington
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro (1926 – 2016) was a Cuban politician and communist revolutionary who served as the Prime Minster and President of Cuba until 2008. He was responsible for overthrowing Cuban President Fulgencio Batista in 1959. He also formed an alliance with the Soviet Union, an action that would lead to the beginning of the Cold War.
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John Calvin
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) was an American lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States of America. He led the U.S. through the Civil War, one of the deadliest wars in the history of the country and helped to abolish slavery.
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Grover Cleveland
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Anne Frank
Simon Bolivar
Robert E. Lee
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Adolf Hitler
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Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (1412 – 1431) was a French heroine best known for the crucial role she played during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years’ War. Joan believed that she was chosen by God to lead France to victory in its war against England.
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Lech Walesa
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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) was an Indian activist who was also the leader of India’s independence movement against the British. He was best known for using nonviolent acts of disobedience, some of which have inspired civil rights movements around the world.
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Paul Krugman
Malcolm X
Malcolm X (1925 – 1965) was an African-American human rights activist and Muslim minister best known for being outspoken about topics like black nationalism and “Black Power†racial pride. Although most of his mission was centered around nonviolent acts, he instructed black people to defend themselves against aggressive whites "by any means necessary."
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997) was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary best known for devoting her life to taking care of the poor and spreading the word of Jesus Christ. She was also responsible for finding the Missionaries of Charity, a group responsible for helping people in need.
Florence Nightingale
Marie Curie
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Woodrow Wilson
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) was a South African political leader and philanthropist who served as the first black President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. During his presidency, he focused on breaking down racial segregation and trying to foster conflict resolution.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Henry VIII of England
Alexander the Great
Elizabeth I of England
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005) was an American activist who is sometimes called “the first lady of civil rights.†In 1955, she refused to give up her seat in the “colored section†of the bus to a white passenger, which became a pivotal point in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Robert E. Lee
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821) was a French military leader and statesman who is most famous for the role he played in the French Revolutionary Wars. He was the Emperor of the French from 1804 – 1814 and again in 1815.
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Louis XVI of France
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Abraham Lincoln
Mother Teresa
Ernesto Che Guevara
Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967) was an Argentine guerrilla leader, physician and revolutionary, best known for the role he played in the Cuban Revolution. He served as a military advisor and helped to overthrow the Batista government. He attempted to do the same in Bolivia but with only a small group to support him, he was unsuccessful.
John F. Kennedy
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Molly Wollstonecraft
Molly Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was an English writer best known for writing “A Vindication of the Rights of Women†(1792). She was also known for being an advocate for women’s rights and many people have called her the founding feminist. She suggested, in many of her writings, that both men and women should​ be treated equally.
Nelson Mandela
Winston Churchill
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Peter Sellers
Malcolm X
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman (1822 – 1913) was an American abolitionist and scout for the United States Army during the America Civil War. She was born a slave and after escaping, she helped other people to escape through what was known as the “Underground Railroad."
Barack Obama
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Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great (356 – 323) was a Greek King known for creating one of the largest empires that the world has ever seen, stretching from Greece to northern India and for conquering kingdoms like Egypt and Persia.
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Charles de Gaulle
Elvis Presley
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Christopher Columbus
George Orwell
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Karl Marx
Karl Marx (1818 – 1883) was a historian, philosopher and revolutionary socialist who is best known for publishing “The Communist Manifest†pamphlet (1848) and “Das Kapital.†He also developed a theory in which he believed that the human society’s transition from capitalism to socialism was inevitable.
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Charles Darwin
Spartacus
Spartacus (111 – 71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who after escaping slavery in the Third Servile War, was a leader in one of the largest slave uprisings against the Roman Republic. He, with the help of Gauls Crixus, led an army of 30 000 slaves to fight against the Romans led by Gaius Claudius Glaber.
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Paul McCartney
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Pablo Picasso
Jawaharlal Nehru
Queen VIctoria
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) was an American Baptist minister, spokesperson and civil rights movement leader best known for his “I Have a Dream†speech. He used methods of civil disobedience and nonviolent tactics much like that of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Benazir Bhutto
Desmond Tutu
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Kim Il-Sung
Kim Il-Sung (1912 – 1994) was the leader of North Korea, holding the position of Premier from 1948 to 1972, and President from 1972 until his death in 1994. He was responsible for leading guerilla forces against the Imperial Japanese Army in the 1930s.
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Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony (1820 – 1906) was an American woman best known for the role she played in the women’s suffrage movement. After creating the National Woman Suffrage Association, she, along with her colleagues began writing the six-volume “History of Woman Suffrage.†She was also the first woman to appear on a U.S. coin.
Oprah Winfrey
Eva Peron
Indira Gandhi
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Jesus Christ
Napoleon Bonaparte
Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa (1878 – 1923) was a famous Mexican general and guerilla leader who played a very important role in the Mexican Revolution. In 1090, he joined Francisco Madero’s mission to bring down then President Porfirio Diaz and later Victoriano Huerta.
William Shakespeare
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J.K Rowling
Rani Lakshmibai
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Ernest Hemingway
John Lennon
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Henry Ford
Angela Davis
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Joseph Stalin
Haile Selassie
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Vladimir Lenin
Lord Baden Powell
Oscar Wilde
Muammar Gaddafi
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Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui
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Margaret Thatcher
Pope Francis
Amelia Earhart
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Mary Magdalene
Sting
Mata Hari
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall (1908 – 1993) was an American lawyer best known for being the first African-American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and for ending racial segregation in public schools.
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Boudica
Boudica was the Queen of the British Iceni tribe who was best known for leading an uprising against the Roman Empire in 60/61 AD. After the passing of her husband, Rome took possession of their land which prompted her to destroy the three Roman cities and killing more than 80, 000 of its citizens.
Leon Trotsky
Mao Zedong
Sigmund Freud
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Martin Luther
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Abraham Lincoln
Galileo Galilei
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George Washington
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Aristotle
Thomas Jefferson
Charles Darwin
Trieu Thi Thrinh
Lady Trieu (225 – 248) was a Vietnamese female warrior who is best known for resisting the Chinese Imperial system and liberating her people. There have been many records claiming that she went into combat mounted on the back of an elephant.
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Pope John Paul II
Simon Bolivar
Simon Bolivar (1783 – 1830) often called “The Liberator†was a Venezuelan political and military leader who led the revolution against Spanish rule in order for six South American countries to gain their independence.
Lyndon Johnson
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Karl Marx
Julius Caesar
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Toussaint L’Ouverture (1743 – 1803) was a Haitian Revolutionary leader who led the Haitian Independence Movement during the French Revolution. He was responsible for the emancipation of many slaves and was also responsible for the country being governed by former black slaves.
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Queen Victoria
Mary Harris Jones
Mary Harris Jones was an Irish – American dressmaker and schoolteacher who was the cofounder of the Industrial Workers of the World, an international labor union. As a member, she helped to coordinate major strikes, one of which was a children’s crusade, demanding that they be sent to school instead of working in factories.
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Anne Frank
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Joseph Stalin
James Connolly
James Connolly (1868 – 1916) was an Irish socialist leader and republican best known for establishing the Citizen Army in 1913 and for the leading role that he played in the Easter Uprising at the General Post Office in 1916.
Isaac Newton
Charlemagne
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Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison (1847 – 1931) was an American businessman and inventor best known for creating the phonograph, the motion picture camera, the electric light bulb and was also credited for the creation of the first industrial research lab. He might not have been a revolutionary, but his inventions revolutionized the world.
Theodore Roosevelt
Plato
Louis XIV of France
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Ulysses S. Grant
Leonardo da Vinci
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Salazar (1879 – 1919) was one of the main leaders of the peasant revolution in Morelos, a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, and the inspiration behind a movement called Zapatismo.
Charles Dickens
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Carl Linnaeus
Eva Maria Peron
Eva Maria Peron (1919 – 1952) was the wife of Argentine President Juan Peron. She was in charge of the Ministries of Labor and Health and was a leader in the women’s suffrage movement in Argentina. She was also the founder of the first female political party and the Eva Peron Foundation.
Cleopatra
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eric Matthey Gairy
Sir Eric Matthew Gairy (1922 – 1997) was the first Prime Minister of Grenada who served his country from 1974 to 1979 after its independence from Great Britain. He was overthrown by Maurice Bishop. Before that, he was both the chief minister and premier minister of the country.
Frederick Douglas
Bob Marley
Paul the Apostle
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Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Edison
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky (1879 – 1940) was a revolutionary theorist who, along with Vladimir Lenin was a significant participant in starting the Russian Revolution in 1917. He was also responsible for building the Red Army.
Genghis Khan
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Helen Keller
Meena Keshwar Kamal
Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956 – 1987), better known as Meena, was an Afghan political and women’s rights​ activist and the founder of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). After her assassination, she was named as one of Asia’s Heroes.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Jane Goodall
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Alexander Hamilton
George W. Bush
Charles I of England
Jose Maria Pino Suarez
Jose Maria Pino Suarez (1869 – 1913) was a Mexican jurist, statesman and revolutionary who served as the last Vice President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913 when he was assassinated. After his death, he was named a national hero for advocating against social injustices in his country.
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James I of England
Sandor Petofi
Sandor Petofi (1823 – 1849) was a Hungarian revolutionary and national poet who played a major role in the 1848 Hungarian Revolution. His writing of the country’s national song is what was said to have inspired the revolution for the fight for the country’s independence from Austria.
Sigmund Freud
Friedrich Nietzche
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Pierre Beamarchais
Pierre-Augustin Beamarchais (1732 – 1799) was a French inventor, diplomat, musician and revolutionary. He was responsible for supplying arms and financial aid to the rebels during the American War of Independence. He was also known for his three Figaro plays.
Woodrow Wilson
Oliver Cromwell
Barack Obama
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Adam Smith
Mark Twain
David, King of Israel
Francisco Madero
Francisco Madero (1873 – 1913) was a Mexican statesman and revolutionary who was the 33rd president of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. He was also a social justice advocate who was best known for challenging Porfirio Diaz for the ​presidency, an act that would be a defining moment in the Mexican Revolution.
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Voltaire
James Cook
Mao Zedong
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Socrates
Constantine the Great
Vladimir Lenin
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William the Conqueror
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William Wallace
Sir William Wallace (1270 – 1305) was a Scottish knight best known for being one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence between 1296 – 1328. He was also appointed as the Guardian of Scotland until his was defeated in 1298 at the Battle of Falkirk.
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Vincent van Gogh
Cicero
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Oscar Wilde
Francis Bacon
Vladimir Lenin
Josip Broz Tito
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Philip II of Spain
King Arthur
Voltaire
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Richard Nixon
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William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce (1759 – 1833) was an English politician who is best known as the person who led the movement to stop the slave trade. He spear-headed his campaign for more than twenty years, until 1808 when the Slave Trade Act was passed.
Thomas Aquinas
Nikola Tesla
Harry S. Truman
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