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The Most Important Leaders in World History
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This is a list of the most important and influential leaders in the history of the world. Anyone can vote on this definitive list of the men and women who shaped our civilization - for better or worse - making it a collaborative list of the greatest leaders in human history. Visionaries, pragmatists, conquerors and humanitarians all share this list. Rank them in terms of importance and add anyone you see missing.
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Alexander The Great
- 21769AjaccioFrance, CorsicaControversial
- 3100Rome
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Genghis Khan
- 51732Colonial BeachUnited States of America, Kingdom of Great Britain
- 61869PorbandarIndia
- 71809HodgenvilleUnited States of America
- 81874Blenheim PalaceUnited Kingdom, EnglandMost Listed
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Augustus Caesar
- 10272Niš
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Muhammad
- 131918TranskeiSouth Africa
- 141914Campobello IslandUnited States of AmericaControversial
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Jesus Christ
- 16742Liège
- 17
Siddhartha Gautama Buddha
- 181533GreenwichEnglandControversial
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Ramses II
- 201889Braunau am InnGermany, Austria
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- 211948DijonFrance
- 22Babylon, Babylonia
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Sun Tzu
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Vladimir Lenin
- 25Athens
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Salah al-Din
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Queen Isabella of Spain
- 280483
- 291027Falaise
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Cleopatra
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Ashoka the Great
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Catherine the Great
- 331911TampicoUnited States of America
- 341893ShaoshanChina
- 351870UlyanovskRussia
- 361881ThessalonikiTurkeyControversial
- 371878GoriSoviet Union
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Selim I
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Hannibal
- 401925GranthamUnited Kingdom
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Darius The Great
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Sargon the Great
- 431819Kensington PalaceUnited Kingdom
- 440849WantageWessexControversial
- 451537Nakamura-ku, NagoyaJapan
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Moctezuma I
- 481856Staunton cityUnited States of America
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Xerxes the Great
- 50
Crazy Horse
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