Joan of Arc led the French army at age 17, claiming divine guidance. She was captured, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake.
Nelson Mandela fought against apartheid in South Africa, enduring 27 years in prison before becoming the country's first black president.
Mahatma Gandhi practiced nonviolent civil disobedience to achieve Indian independence from British rule, enduring imprisonment and fasting for his beliefs.
Emmeline Pankhurst was a British suffragette who fought for women's right to vote, facing arrests, hunger strikes, and force-feeding in prison.
Martin Luther King Jr. led the American civil rights movement, advocating for racial equality through nonviolent protests despite facing violence and imprisonment.
Galileo Galilei challenged the Catholic Church's beliefs by supporting heliocentrism, enduring house arrest for the rest of his life for his scientific views.