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Born May 12, 1806 • Stockholm • Sweden
Died July 4, 1881 (aged 75) • Finland
Role In Fennoman movement
Matthias Alexander Castrén
Finnish nationalist and linguist
August Sohlman
Swedish journalist
Axel Olof Freudenthal
Finnish philologist
Konni Zilliacus
Finnish patriot
Elias Lönnrot
Finnish folklorist
Vihtori Iisakki Kosola
Finnish political leader
Charles VIII
Charles VIII Knutsson
king of Sweden
G.M. Sprengtporten
soldier and politician
Per Brahe the Younger, detail from an oil painting by an unknown artist; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden
Per, Count Brahe, the Younger
Swedish statesman
William Henry O’Shea
Irish nationalist
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Italian dictator
Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat
Palestinian leader
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Italian revolutionary
Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour
Camillo Benso, count di Cavour
Piedmontese statesman
Jair Bolsonaro
Jair Bolsonaro
president of Brazil
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese leader
Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Mazzini
Italian revolutionary
Gabriel Dumont
Métis leader
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth
Hungarian political leader