Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries
Filterable archive covering centuries of intellectual, artistic, and moral contributions to the human story.
Trแบงn Hฦฐng ฤแบกo (Grand Prince Hฦฐng ฤแบกo)
(Trแบงn Quแปc Tuแบฅn / Trแบงn Hฦฐng ฤแบกo)
Supreme Vietnamese military commander who authored the Proclamation to the Officers and thrice defeated the Mongol Yuan Empire's invasions of ฤแบกi Viแปt.
Baibars
(ุงูู
ูู ุงูุธุงูุฑ ุฑูู ุงูุฏูู ุจูุจุฑุณ ุงูุจูุฏูุฏุงุฑู)
Fourth Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria who crushed King Louis IX at Fariskur, commanded the vanguard that defeated the Mongols at Ain Jalut, and dismantled Crusader castles across the Levant.
Simon de Montfort (6th Earl of Leicester)
(Simon de Montfort)
French-English nobleman and military leader who defeated King Henry III at the Battle of Lewes and convened England's first representative Parliament.
Saint Alexander Nevsky
(ะะปะตะบัะฐะฝะดั ะฏัะพัะปะฐะฒะธั ะะตะฒัะบะธะน)
Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir who crushed the Swedish invasion at the Neva and defeated the Teutonic Knights in the Battle on the Ice.
Qutuz
(ุณูู ุงูุฏูู ูุทุฒ)
Mamluk Sultan of Egypt who rallied the Islamic world following the Mongol sack of Baghdad, executed Hulagu Khan's envoys, and personally led the Muslim army to victory at Ain Jalut.
Subutai
(ะกาฏะฑััะดัะน (Subutai Baghatur))
Primary military strategist of Genghis Khan and Ogedei Khan who conquered more territory than any general in human history, orchestrating campaigns across China, Persia, Russia, and Central Europe.
Jebe
(ะัะฒ (Jebe Noyan))
Legendary Mongol general and one of Genghis Khan's 'Four Dogs of War', who earned his name 'The Arrow' by shooting Genghis Khan's horse in battle and went on to conquer the Qara Khitai.
William Marshal (1st Earl of Pembroke)
(William Marshal / Guillaume le Marรฉchal)
1st Earl of Pembroke celebrated as 'The Greatest Knight That Ever Lived', who served five English kings, negotiated the Magna Carta, and won the Battle of Lincoln at age 70.
Prithviraj Chauhan
(เคชเฅเคฅเฅเคตเฅเคฐเคพเค เคเฅเคนเคพเคจ)
Last Hindu king to rule Delhi and Ajmer before the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, celebrated in the epic poem Prithviraj Raso for defeating Muhammad of Ghor at the First Battle of Tarain.
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
(ๆบ็พฉ็ต)
Brilliant samurai commander of the Genpei War who led the Minamoto clan to total victory over the Taira at Ichi-no-Tani, Yashima, and Dan-no-ura.
Nur ad-Din Zengi
(ุงูู
ูู ุงูุนุงุฏู ููุฑ ุงูุฏูู ู
ุญู
ูุฏ ุฒููู)
Zengid ruler of Syria celebrated as 'The Just King' (al-Malik al-Adil) who united Damascus and Aleppo, defeated the Second Crusade, and commissioned the famous minbar built for the liberation of Jerusalem.
Shirkuh
(ุฃุณุฏ ุงูุฏูู ุดูุฑููู ุจู ุดุงุฐู)
Kurdish general in the service of Nur ad-Din Zengi known as 'Lion of the Mountains', who led three military expeditions to conquer Egypt, paving the way for the Ayyubid Dynasty.
Yue Fei
(ๅฒณ้ฃ (ๅฒณ้นไธพ))
Revered military hero of the Southern Song Dynasty who defended China against the Jurchen Jin invasion with his disciplined Yue Family Army, bearing the tattoo 'Serve the Country with Utmost Loyalty'.
Yue Fei (General Yue Pengju)
(ๅฒณ้ฃ / ๅฒณ้ตฌ่)
National hero and supreme commander of the Southern Song dynasty whose elite Yue Family Army repelled the Jurchen Jin dynasty with unbroken patriotism.
Ali ibn Inal
(ุนูู ุจู ููุงู ุงููู
ุชููู)
Almoravid governor of Granada who fortified the Alhambra citadel and led the defense of southern Andalusia against King Alfonso I of Aragon.
Mazdali ibn Tilankan
(ู
ุฒุฏูู ุจู ุชููููุงู)
Audacious Almoravid military governor of Cordoba and Granada, nephew of Yusuf ibn Tashfin, who defended Islamic Spain against the Cid and Alfonso VI.
Muhammad ibn Aisha
(ู
ุญู
ุฏ ุจู ุนุงุฆุดุฉ ุงููู
ุชููู)
Brilliant Almoravid general and grand admiral who captured Valencia following the death of El Cid and integrated the Balearic Islands into the Moroccan Empire.
Muhammad ibn al-Hajj al-Lamtuni
(ู
ุญู
ุฏ ุจู ุงูุญุงุฌ ุงููู
ุชููู)
Almoravid governor of Valencia and Zaragoza who defended the northern frontiers of the empire along the Ebro river against King Alfonso I of Aragon.