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Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
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Hugo Chávez
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan politician, revolutionary, and military officer who was the president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led until his death.
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Rafael Correa
President of Ecuador (2007 - 2017) y Prófugo de la Justicia
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Diego Maradona
Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)
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Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
president of Brazil from 2003 to 2011 and since 2023
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Günter Grass
German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)
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António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017
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Eva Perón
Argentine actress and politician (1919–1952)
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Romano Prodi
Italian politician and economist (born 1939)
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Thomas Sankara
President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987
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Juan Perón
president of Argentina (1946–55, 1973–74)
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also known as AOC, is an American politician and activist who has served since 2019 as the U.S. representative for New York's 14th congressional district. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
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Léopold Sédar Senghor
first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
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Anthony Albanese
31st prime minister of Australia since 2022
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Michael Moore
American filmmaker and author (born 1954)
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José Ramos-Horta
2nd and 5th President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate
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Laura Chinchilla
46th President of Costa Rica
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Mia Farrow
Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow is an American actress. She first gained notice for her role as Allison MacKenzie in the prime-time television soap opera Peyton Place and gained further recognition for her subsequent short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra. She achieved her career breakthrough and international acclaim as the titular character Rosemary in Roman Polanski's psychological horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968), receiving nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She went on to appear in several films throughout the 1970s, such as Follow Me! (1972), The Great Gatsby (1974), and Death on the Nile (1978). Her younger sister is Prudence Farrow.
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Mary Harris Jones
Irish-born American labor and community organizer (1837–1930)
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Jacques Delors
French economist and politician (1925–2023)
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Paulo Freire
Brazilian educator and philosopher (1921–1997)
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Neve Campbell
Neve Adrianne Campbell is a Canadian actress. Campbell has amassed several credits and accolades over three decades. She emerged as a scream queen in the late 1990s for starring in horror films. She has also appeared in Canadian and American television, blockbusters and independent features.
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Fernando Lugo
47.° President of Paraguay
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Charles Péguy
French poet, essayist, and editor (1873–1914)
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Mauricio Funes
President of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014
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Nichi Vendola
Italian writer and politician
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Ivan Illich
Austrian philosopher and theologian (1926–2002)
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Dorothy Day
American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert (1897-1980)
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Haitian politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president
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Louis Blanc
French politician and historian (1811-1882)
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Hélder Câmara
Brazilian Catholic priest, archbishop of Olinda and Recife (1909–1999)
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Alasdair MacIntyre
Scottish-American philosopher (1929–2025)
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Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
Portuguese politician (1930–2004)
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Ernesto Cardenal
Nicaraguan priest and politician (1925-2020)
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Gustavo Gutiérrez
Peruvian theologian (1928–2024)
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Constance Markievicz
Irish politician, first woman elected to the Westminster House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann, and first female Cabinet member in Europe
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Terry Eagleton
British writer, academic and educator
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France-Albert René
President of Seychelles (1935-2019)
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Boris Pahor
Slovenian writer (1913–2022)
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Dom Mintoff
Maltese politician (1916-2012)
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Leonardo Boff
Brazilian Catholic liberation theologian (born 1938)
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Pier Giorgio Frassati
Pier Giorgio Frassati was an Italian Catholic activist and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. He was dedicated to social justice issues and joined several charitable organizations, including Catholic Action and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, to better aid the poor and less fortunate living in his hometown of Turin.
Camilo Torres Restrepo
Colombian theologian (1929-1966)
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Edvard Kocbek
Slovenian writer (1904-1981)
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Mhairi Black
Scottish politician (born 1994)
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Jacques Roux
French priest and revolutionary (1752-1794)
Rosario Murillo
co-president of Nicaragua since 2025
Andrzej Lepper
Polish politician (1954-2011)
Claude McKay
Jamaican American writer, poet (1889–1948)
Adolph Kolping
German catholic priest (1813-1865)
José Rodrigo Cevallos
Ecuadorian Businessman (born 1991)
Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
Prime Minister of East Timor (1946-1978)
Michael Joseph Savage
first Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand (1872-1940)
James Larkin
Irish socialist and trade union leader (1876–1947)
Rosemary Radford Ruether
American theologian (1936–2022)
Teresa Forcades
Catalan Benedictine nun, theologian, physician and activist
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Markos Vamvakaris
Greek rebetiko musician and singer (1905–1972)
Pedro Casaldáliga
Roman Catholic bishop (1928–2020)