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Manuel dos Santos Lima

Angolan author

António Jacinto

Angolan poet

José dos Santos

president of Angola

Agostinho Neto

president of Angola

Mário Pinto de Andrade

Angolan writer

Amílcar Lopes Cabral

Guinean politician

Vo Nguyen Giap

Vietnamese general

João Lourenço

president of Angola

José Luandino Vieira

Angolan author

Si Votha

Cambodian prince

Emilio Bandiera

Italian revolutionary

Attilio Bandiera

Italian revolutionary

Do Muoi

Vietnamese political leader

Calixto García Iñiguez

Cuban revolutionary leader

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian social activist, lawyer, and politician

Mao Zedong

Chinese leader

Kemal Atatürk

president of Turkey

Jawaharlal Nehru

prime minister of India

Yasser Arafat

president of Palestinian Authority

Annie Besant

British social reformer