History’s biggest Badasses
Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Nevsky was a 13th-century Russian prince famed for defeating invading forces at the Battle on the Ice in 1242. He became a national hero and later a saint, remembered as both warrior and shrewd diplomat.
Rank - 115
Minamoto no Yoshiie
Yoshiie rode through the northern wars like a man collecting storms, turning mud, arrows, and clan feuds into family prestige. Later ages called him noble; the dead likely used rougher language.
Rank - 116
Gustavus Adolphus
The King of Sweden revolutionized European warfare with mobile artillery, disciplined infantry tactics, and aggressive battlefield coordination during the Thirty Years’ War. Called the Lion of the North, he died leading a cavalry charge at Lützen and became one of history’s most mythologized warrior-kings.
Rank - 117
Prince Eugene of Savoy
Prince Eugene of Savoy looked too slight for legend, then spent half a century humiliating empires. Rejected by France, he answered with cannon smoke, shattered armies, and victories that still smell faintly of gunpowder.
Rank - 118
Shaka kaSenzangakhona
Shaka forged a small Zulu chiefdom into a feared kingdom through brutal discipline, military reform, and relentless conquest. He remade war itself, then was killed by his own brothers after teaching everyone nearby how power really works.
Rank - 119
Ranjit Singh
Smoke rolled off Multan’s shattered walls as Ranjit Singh sat steady in the saddle, one eye narrowed against dust and destiny. He did not roar or rant. He simply watched the breach widen, watched his artillery argue theology with iron, watched history lean his way. The Lion of Punjab understood something louder men never did: you do not need two eyes to see an empire falling into your hands.
Rank - 120
Shah Abbas I
He rebuilt the faltering Safavid Empire by crushing tribal warlords, reforming the military with gunpowder forces loyal to the crown, and reclaiming key territories including Baghdad from the Ottomans. He transformed Isfahan into a glittering imperial capital, but secured his rule with ruthless purges that weakened his own dynasty after his death.
Rank - 121
Zhu Yuanzhang
The monastery burned, and the boy who would be emperor learned that Heaven answers in smoke. He rose from famine with a spear in one hand and suspicion in the other. On the water at Lake Poyang, ships burned and rivals vanished beneath the ash-choked sky. He built a dynasty bright as fire—and ruled it like the fire never went out.
Rank - 122
Wiliam Wallace
Scottish knight and Guardian of Scotland; led a populist revolt against Edward I, shattered an English army at Stirling Bridge through tactical choke-point slaughter, lost at Falkirk to longbow attrition, and was executed by hanging, drawing, and quartering—martyrdom later weaponized into nationalist legend and cinematic thunder.
Rank - 123
Tlacaelel
Tlacaelel was the power behind the Mexica throne, serving as cihuacoatl while reshaping religion, law, and history to fuel imperial expansion. He elevated Huitzilopochtli, recast conquest as sacred duty, and helped institutionalize ritual warfare, turning ideology into an engine of empire.
Rank - 124
Charles XII of Sweden
Charles XII of Sweden was a warrior-king who personally led his armies through the Great Northern War, turning early victories into legend through ferocious discipline and reckless courage. His refusal to compromise or retreat ultimately shattered Sweden’s empire, leaving behind a mythic figure admired for bravery and criticized for destroying everything he fought to protect.
Rank - 125
Francis Pegahmagabow
Francis Pegahmagabow was a quiet Ojibwe sniper who turned World War I’s chaos into a disciplined ledger of survival and fear. He came home decorated, unheard, and spent the rest of his life fighting a country that loved his kills more than his voice.
Rank - 126
Roy Benavidez
Roy Benavidez was a U.S. Army Special Forces medic who, in May 1968, fought for six hours while grievously wounded to rescue surrounded comrades in Vietnam.
His actions redefined battlefield courage, turning sheer willpower and self-sacrifice into living legend.
Rank - 127
Albert Jacka
Albert Jacka was an Australian soldier and the first from his nation to receive the Victoria Cross in World War I for recapturing a trench at Gallipoli in 1915. He survived extraordinary frontline violence only to die young in peacetime, his legend growing larger as his body finally gave out.
Rank - 128
Ibrahim Pasha
Ibrahim Pasha was an Ottoman-Egyptian general and son of Muhammad Ali, famed for his modernized army and ruthless efficiency. He played a decisive, brutal role in suppressing revolts and reshaping power in Greece, Syria, and the eastern Mediterranean during the early 19th century.
Rank - 129
Robert the Bruce
The Scottish king who turned exile, defeat, and civil war into a long, grinding campaign for independence through patience, guerrilla warfare, and ruthless resolve. His victory at Bannockburn made him a national symbol of endurance, proving that stubborn survival can outlast empires built on force alone.
Rank - 130
Paddy Mayne
A founding member of the SAS and one of World War II’s most feared raiders, leading audacious nighttime attacks that destroyed enemy airfields and shattered the myth of rear-area safety. Brilliant, violent, and deeply unstable, he embodied the brutal effectiveness of irregular warfare and became a lasting archetype of special forces legend.
Rank - 131
Jack Churchill
A British Army officer in World War II who went into combat armed with a broadsword, longbow, and bagpipes, turning audacity and spectacle into battlefield weapons. He became legendary for leading commando raids and capturing enemy soldiers through sheer nerve in an age dominated by guns, tanks, and artillery.
Rank - 132
Kusunoki Masashige
A brilliant guerrilla commander who fought to restore imperial rule in medieval Japan. He became a legend by obeying a hopeless order and dying at Minatogawa, immortalized as the embodiment of samurai loyalty.
Rank - 133
Ragnar Lothbrok
The Viking who died in a snake pit but lived forever in fear, fire, and legend.
Rank - 134