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Also Known As Eric Eustace Williams
Born September 25, 1911 • Port of Spain • Trinidad and Tobago
Died March 29, 1981 (aged 69) • near Port of Spain • Trinidad and Tobago
Founder People’s National Movement
Learie Constantine, 1950.
Learie Constantine, Baron Constantine of Maraval and Nelson
Trinidadian official and athlete
Attilio Bandiera
Italian revolutionary
Emilio Bandiera
Italian revolutionary
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Mexican military officer
Do Muoi
Vietnamese political leader
Calixto García Iñiguez
Cuban revolutionary leader
Si Votha
Cambodian prince
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
prime minister of Fiji
George Washington
George Washington
president of United States
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
president of United States
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian leader
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
American author, scientist, and statesman
Kemal Atatürk
Kemal Atatürk
president of Turkey
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
prime minister of India
Gilbert Stuart: portrait of John Adams
John Adams
president of United States
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
William I
William I
stadholder of United Provinces of The Netherlands
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Italian revolutionary
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
prime minister of United Kingdom
Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour
Camillo Benso, count di Cavour
Piedmontese statesman