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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He served during the Civil War, and is recognized as one of the most important figures in American history.
As the leader of the Nazis, Adolf Hitler has appeared as an antagonist in several video games. Commonly considered the worst person ever, if you get the chance to kill him, you probably should.
A notable German scientist from the twentieth century, he came to America as a refugee. He was critical in the development of the Atomic bomb, and he invented the Theory of Relativity. He appears in games such as Civilization and Red Alert.
Alexander the Great (356 to 323 BCE) was the king of Macedon, a famous military commander, and the single-handed creator of one of the largest empires ever to exist.
It is said that for every fear and phobia that afflicts Man and Beast alike, there is a daemon waiting to be born. Arachna -- chittering, skulking, crooked and wicked -- spawns from the fear of spiders. Protected by a chitinous exoskeleton as strong as cold iron, she stalks, and traps, and slaughters her enemies.
Augustus Caesar was the first emperor of the new Roman Empire.
The 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama appears in a surprising number of games, usually in a cameo or peripheral fashion.
Benito Mussolini was a dictator who ruled Italy during WWII and a member of the Axis powers.
Dubbed "The Greatest Warrior of The Twentieth Century", Big Boss was a soldier who achieved legendary status during the Cold War and later went on to establish the elite U.S. black ops unit FOXHOUND and the military states of Outer Heaven and Zanzibar Land. He was the first main antagonist of the Metal Gear series, and appears as the main protagonist in the prequels.
Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian Minister-President that oversaw the unification of Germany from 1862-71. Served as the first German Chancellor when the German Empire was founded in 1871.
A German princess, Catherine II, became Empress of Russia in 1762 and held the crown for 34 years. Her partitioning of the Poland-Lithuanian commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire geographically brought Russia closer to the rest of Europe.
Cleopatra was a ruler of Egypt and appears in many historical and fantasy-themed games.
The emperor of Japan during WWII and a member of the Axis powers.
The legionnaire spent years entrapped within the earth, tortured by his captors. Thrashed about by gravity itself, he became infused with its strength. Slowly he built himself a suit of the hardest metals known to man.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the President during WWII and the only American President to serve more than two terms. He is one of the leaders of the American Civilization in Sid Meier's Civilization series.
Influential leader in the Indian Independence Movement promoting non-violent civil disobedience. Mahatma Gandhi's methods helped lead India to independence from Great Britain.
Gene (formerly FOX codename Viper) is the main antagonist of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. He is a key device to the series, offering Big Boss both the methods and means of constructing Outer Heaven.
Founder and Khan (ruler) of the Mongolian Empire, Genghis Khan, united several nomadic Central Asian tribes into becoming the largest land Empire the world has ever seen, through a brilliant, yet brutal, war-driven foreign policy.
Ieyasu Tokugawa was a warlord of feudal Japan. He managed to unify the land under his banner, leading to a lasting peace and bringing an end to the Warring States Period.
Queen of Spain and devout Catholic, or maybe Buddhist.
Josef Stalin was the leader of the Communist Party as well as the Premier of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until his death in 1953.
Gaius Julius Caesar (13 July 100 BC - 15 March 44 BC) Roman statesman, general and author
Lenin was a leader of the Russian Revolution and the first head of state of the Soviet Union.
Liquid Snake is the leader of the rogue Foxhound unit that captures Shadow Moses in Metal Gear Solid and serves as that game's primary antagonist. Cloned from Big Boss in the Les Enfants Terribles project along with Solid Snake, Liquid's goal is to get the genetic code of his father.
The man ruling the world from behind the scenes in the Metal Gear franchise. Commander of the FOX unit during the events of Metal Gear Solid 3, Zero later founded The Patriots in the memory of The Boss. Zero AKA Cipher places uniformity and control over everything else.
Mao Zedong was the leader of the 1949 Chinese Revolution. He ruled as Chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1943 until his death in 1976. He is widely considered one of the most important figures in 20th Century history.
Former leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1979 and 1990. Commonly referred to as the Iron Lady by media outlets.
The paymaster of Hell.
The ninth ruler of the Aztec nation Montezuma II saw his nation grow to it's maximize encompassing much of present-day Mexico. It was also during his time that the Spanish Conquest made it's appearance and initiated the eventual downfall of ancient American civilization.
A man with many titles, Napoleon was a French general during the French Revolution that made several significant impacts in European history.
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