Warrior Biographies

Medieval era

Tariq ibn Ziyad

670 CE – 720 CE

8th-century Muslim general

Medieval era

Timur

April 9, 1336 – February 19, 1405

The founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)

Medieval era

Robert the Bruce

July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329

King of Scotland (1306–1329)

Ancient era

Aeschylus

525 BCE – 456 BCE

Ancient Athenian playwright

Medieval era

Leif Erikson

972 CE – 1020

Norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)

Modern era

Rani Lakshmibai

November 19, 1828 – June 17, 1858

Queen of a princely state in India

Early Modern era

Queen Amina of Zaria

1533 – 1610

Hausa Muslim Warrior Queen of Zazzau

Medieval era

Alfonso VI of Leon

1040 – July 1, 1109

King of León (1065 to 1109), of Castile (1072 to 1109), and of Galicia (1071 to 1109)

Medieval era

James I of Aragon

February 2, 1208 – July 27, 1276

King of Aragon (1208–1276)

Medieval era

Afonso Henriques

July 25, 1109 – December 6, 1185

King of Portugal from 1139 to 1185

Medieval era

Guzman el Bueno

January 24, 1256 – September 19, 1309

Spanish nobleman (1256-1309)

Medieval era

Olaf Tryggvason

960 CE – September 9, 1000

King of Norway

Ancient era

Mavia

c. 400 CE – 425 CE

Late 4th/early 5th century Arab warrior-queen

Uda Devi

d. 1857

Pasi Warrior of Revolution of 1857

Early Modern era

Mai Bhago

c. 1670 – c. 1720

Sikh warrior

Onake Obavva

Indian fighter

Early Modern era

Bhakti Thapa

1741 – April 16, 1815

Anglo-Nepalese War hero

Medieval era

Erik the Red

950 CE – 1003

Explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland

Modern era

Geronimo

June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909

Leader of the Bedonkohe Apache (1829-1909)