People in History

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  1. 2. Churchill Prime minister of Great Britain during most of World War II.
  2. 4. Truman President of the United States who authorized the use of atomic bombs on Japan.
  3. 8. Nehru First prime minister of independent India and a key leader in the independence movement.
  4. 12. Lenin Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and founder of the Soviet Union.
  5. 13. Castro Communist leader who ruled Cuba after the Cuban Revolution.
  6. 14. Thatcher Prime minister of Great Britain known for free-market economic policies.
  7. 19. Gorbachev Last leader of the Soviet Union who introduced glasnost and perestroika reforms.
  8. 20. Kai-shek Nationalist leader of China who fought the Communists and later governed Taiwan.
  9. 23. Ruhollah Khomeini Religious leader who led the Iranian Revolution of 1979.
  10. 24. Mandela South African anti-apartheid leader who became the first Black president of South Africa in 1994.
  11. 26. Zedong Communist revolutionary who founded the People's Republic of China in 1949.
  12. 27. Kemal Atatürk Founder and first president of modern Turkey who introduced major reforms.
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  1. 1. Sadat President of Egypt who signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979.
  2. 3. Gandhi Leader of India's independence movement who promoted nonviolent resistance against British rule.
  3. 5. Meir Prime minister of Israel and one of the country's founding leaders.
  4. 6. Abdel Nasser President of Egypt who nationalized the Suez Canal and promoted Arab nationalism.
  5. 7. Yeltsin First president of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
  6. 8. Stalin Soviet dictator who ruled after Lenin and oversaw rapid industrialization.
  7. 9. Chi Minh Communist leader who led Vietnam's struggle for independence and became president of North Vietnam.
  8. 10. D. Roosevelt President of the United States during the Great Depression and most of World War II.
  9. 11. Khrushchev Soviet leader during the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  10. 15. Reagan President of the United States who played a major role in the final years of the Cold War.
  11. 16. Xiaoping Chinese leader who introduced economic reforms and opened China to global trade.
  12. 17. Guevara Revolutionary leader who helped Fidel Castro overthrow the Cuban government.
  13. 18. Nkrumah Leader of Ghana's independence movement and the first president of Ghana.
  14. 19. Ali Jinnah Founder of Pakistan and its first governor-general.
  15. 21. Arafat Leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization who advocated for Palestinian self-rule.
  16. 22. F. Kennedy President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  17. 25. Kenyatta Nationalist leader who helped Kenya gain independence from Britain and became its first president.
  18. 28. Yat-sen Revolutionary leader known as the "Father of Modern China."