History’s biggest Badasses
Ernesto “Che” Guevara
Che Guevara was an Argentine revolutionary and guerrilla commander who became both a symbol of global rebellion and a cautionary tale of how conviction can burn a man alive from the inside out.
Rank - 181
John of Bohemia, the Blind King
Blind, defiant, and tethered to his men by reins, John of Bohemia spurred his horse straight into the storm of arrows—because dying blind in battle still beat living to see chivalry die.
Rank - 182
Charles Martel “The Hammer”
Charles Martel was the bastard-turned-kingmaker who stopped an empire with a hammer and accidentally built one of his own.
Rank - 183
Godfrey of Bouillon
Godfrey of Bouillon stormed Jerusalem with holy fire in his eyes and left it bathed in the kind of righteousness that smells like smoke and blood.
Rank - 184
Joan of Arc
A teenage peasant turned holy warlord, Joan of Arc burned her way from battlefield glory to martyrdom and sainthood.
Rank - 186
Khalid ibn al-Walid
Khalid ibn al-Walid, the undefeated “Sword of God,” carved an empire from the desert with speed, faith, and a blade that never once tasted defeat.
Rank - 189
Dihya (al-Kahina)
Defiant to her final breath, Dihya united the Berber tribes and turned the desert itself into a weapon against the invading Caliphate.
Rank - 193
Hernan Cortés
The bastard who burned his ships and an empire with them, Hernán Cortés turned ambition into apocalypse and called it salvation.
Rank - 200