Tecun Uman (1500-1524) was the last ruler of the Quiche people, in the highlands of what is now Guatemala. According to the Kaqchikel annals, he was slain by Spanish Conquistador Don Pedro de Alvarado while waging battle against the Spaniards in the grasslands of El Pinal (Valley of Olintepeque) on February 20, 1524.

Quatemala (1989) Half Quetzal (front) - Tecum Uman And The Quetzal Bird

Jose Maria Teclo Morelos y Pavon (September 30, 1765, Valladolid, now Morelia, Michoacan – December 22, 1815, San Cristobal Ecatepec, State of Mexico) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo in 1811.

Mexico (1977) 20 Pesos (front) - Portrait of Jose Maria Teclo Morelos y Pavon

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko (1746 – 1817) was a Polish, Belarusian and Lithuanian national hero, general, and leader of the Kosciuszko Uprising (1794) against the Russian Empire. It was a failed attempt to liberate Poland and Lithuania of Russian influence after the Second Partition of Poland (1793) and the creation of the Confederation of Targowica.

Poland (1982) 500 Zlotych (front) - Portrait of Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Simon Jose Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios y Blanco (born July 24, 1783 in Caracas, Captaincy General of Venezuela – died December 17, 1830, in Santa Marta, Colombia) was the most important leader of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain, collectively known as Bolivar's War.

Venezuela (1989) 5 Bolivars (front) - Simon Bolivar (left) and Francisco de Miranda (right)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, (October 2, 1869–January 30, 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha—a philosophy that is largely concerned with truth and 'resistance to evil through active, non-violent resistance'

India (2000) 5 Rupees (front) - Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi

Christopher Columbus(1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator, colonizer, and explorer who was instrumental in Spanish colonization of the Americas (New World). His first landfall in 1492 in the New World was on an island he named San Salvador (known to the Lucayans as Guanahahani) which may be Samana Cay .........

Bahamas (1992) 1 Dollar (front) - Portrait of Christopher Columbus

Hannibal is universally ranked as one of the greatest military commanders and tacticians in history. His most famous achievement was at the outbreak of the , when he marched an army, which included war elephants, from Iberia over the Pyrenees and the Alps into northern Italy.

Algeria (1992) 500 Dinars (front) - Hannibal And His Army, War Elephants, Battle of Cannae

Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca, (247 BC – ca. 183 BC) was a Carthaginian military commander and tactician, later also working in other professions, who is universally ranked as one of the greatest military commanders and tacticians in history.

Tunisia (1993) 5 Dinars (front) - Hannibal

Featured on this Italian 1,000 Lire (Year 1982) banknote is the portrait of Marco Polo along with the symbol of his native city of Venice.