Occupation – Revolutionary

Louis-Benoit Zamor (1762-1820)
Louis-Benoit Zamor is best known for helping to send French Aristocrat Madame Jeanne du Barry to the guillotine during the...
February 5th, 2024

Josina Machel (1945-1971)
Josina Mutemba Machel was a revolutionary Mozambican fighter for FRELIMO who, like thousands of women, fought for independence for her...
December 4th, 2023

Juana Ramírez (1790 -1856)
National heroine and revered freedom fighter Juana Ramírez, popularly known as “La Avanzadora” (The Advancer), was born January 12, 1790...
December 8th, 2022

Michael X (1933-1975)
Michael de Frietas, later known as Michael Abdul Malik and Michael X, was a controversial black revolutionary figure born in Port-au-Spain, Trinidad in 1933. He...
October 24th, 2018

Foday Saybana Sankoh (1937–2003)
Foday Saybana Sankoh was the founder and leader of the Sierra Leone rebel group, Revolutionary United Front (RUF), during the...
January 16th, 2017