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Resistance fighter Biographies
Every archived life recorded as resistance fighter, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Lansana Conté
November 30, 1934 – December 22, 2008
Second President of Guinea (1934–2008)
Modern era
Konrad Adenauer
January 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967
German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU
Modern era
Giuseppe Garibaldi
July 4, 1807 – June 2, 1882
Italian general, patriot and republican (1807–1882)
Modern era
Irena Sendler
October 20, 1910 – May 12, 2008
Polish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer (1910-2008)
Modern era
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
Modern era
Sophie Scholl
May 9, 1921 – February 22, 1943
German resistance fighter during the Nazi regime, member of the White Rose (1921-1943)
Modern era
Mangal Pandey
July 19, 1827 – April 7, 1857
India's First Freedom Fighter (1827–1857)
Early Modern era
Diponegoro
November 11, 1785 – January 8, 1855
Javanese prince who opposed Dutch colonialism during the Java War (1825-1830)
Modern era
Cut Nyak Dhien
1850 – November 6, 1908
Indonesian guerrilla leader against the Dutch (1850–1908)
Modern era
Ki Hajar Dewantara
May 2, 1889 – April 28, 1959
Indonesian educator, activist (1889-1959)
Modern era
Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi
August 12, 1844 – June 22, 1885
Religious leader in the Sudan, self-proclaimed as the Mahdi (1844-1885)
Modern era
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
April 7, 1856 – December 21, 1920
Emir of Diiriye Guure and his Dervish Kingdom (1856-1920)
Modern era
Yaa Asantewaa
1832 – October 17, 1921
Ashanti Queen Mother and military leader
Early Modern era
Zumbi dos Palmares
1655 – November 20, 1695
Leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares
Modern era
Erwin Rommel
November 15, 1891 – October 14, 1944
German field marshal (1891-1944)
Modern era
Josip Broz Tito
May 7, 1892 – May 4, 1980
Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman (1892−1980)
Modern era
Omar Mukhtar
August 20, 1858 – September 16, 1931
Leader of the Senussi resistance against the Italian fascist occupation (1858–1931)
Modern era
Maximilian Kolbe
January 8, 1894 – August 14, 1941
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
Modern era
Witold Pilecki
May 13, 1901 – May 25, 1948
Polish underground resistance soldier, World War II concentration camp resistance leader (1901-1948)
Modern era
Hans Scholl
September 22, 1918 – February 22, 1943
German pacifist, executed by Nazi Germany (1918–1943)