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Ibrahim al-Bajuri
Religious Figures & Theologians
30
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Ibrahim al-Bajuri

ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู… ุจู† ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุจุงุฌูˆุฑูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1784 โ€“ 1860 (76 years old)

Distinguished Grand Imam of Al-Azhar from 1847 to 1860 whose encyclopedic theological and legal glosses, including Tuhfat al-Murid and Hashiyat al-Bajuri, served as the definitive textbooks across the Muslim world.

Cairo, Egypt
John Brown
Resistance & Human Rights
41
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John Brown

John Brown
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
9 May 1800 โ€“ 2 December 1859 (59 years old)

Radical American abolitionist who believed in the imperative of armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of chattel slavery in the United States, leading the fateful raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.

Charles Town, Virginia (West Virginia), United States
Politics
6
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Muhammad II ibn al-Husayn Bey (M'hamed Bey)

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจุงูŠ ุจู† ุงู„ุญุณูŠู† (ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจุงูŠ ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠ)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1811 โ€“ 1859 (48 years old)

Reformist Husainid Bey who promulgated the historic Ahd al-Aman (Pact of Security) in 1857, granting full equality before the law, freedom of religion, and property rights to all Tunisian subjects regardless of creed.

Tunis, Tunisia
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi
Religious Figures & Theologians
32
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Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุนู„ูŠ ุงู„ุณู†ูˆุณูŠ (ุงู„ุณู†ูˆุณูŠ ุงู„ูƒุจูŠุฑ)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1787 โ€“ 1859 (71 years old)

Algerian-born Islamic scholar and Sufi reformer known as the 'Grand Senussi', who studied at Al-Qarawiyyin, founded the Senussi order in Mecca, and built an enlightened educational and agricultural network across Libya and the Sahara.

Jaghbub, Libya
Louis de Potter
Politics
2
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Louis de Potter

Louis Joseph Antoine de Potter
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
1786 โ€“ 1859 (73 years old)

Crucial intellectual architect of the 1830 Belgian Revolution whose famous Unionist slogan 'L'Union fait la force' united Catholics and Liberals against Dutch rule, proclaiming Belgian independence from the Town Hall balcony.

Bruges, Belgium
Robert Baldwin
Politics
2
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Robert Baldwin

Robert Baldwin
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
1804 โ€“ 1858 (54 years old)

Principled statesman who partnered with Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine to form the historic Great Ministry (1848โ€“1851), establishing responsible government and founding the University of Toronto.

Toronto, Canada
Robert Owen
Humanitarian & Peace
37
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Robert Owen

Robert Owen
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1771 โ€“ 1858 (87 years old)

Industriel gallois et pionnier du socialisme utopique, pรจre du mouvement coopรฉratif, crรฉateur de la communautรฉ modรจle de New Lanark et inventeur de la journรฉe de huit heures.

Newtown, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Charlotte Small
Politics
1
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Charlotte Small

Woman of the Paddle Song
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
1 September 1785 โ€“ 4 May 1857 (71 years old)

Pioneering Cree-Mรฉtis explorer whose geographical knowledge, survival skills, and linguistic fluency were indispensable to mapping 4 million square kilometers of Canada.

Montreal, Canada
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