SPARTACUS (slave leader) - fought against the Roman Republic * BOUDICCA (queen) - led an uprising against the Roman Empire * ELIZABETH I (queen) - a successful monarch * GALILEO GALILEI (physicist) - refused to keep quiet about the universe * ABRAHAM LINCOLN (US president) - said no to slavery * GANDHI (leader) - led a non-violent movement for Indian independence * NELSON MANDELA (political activist) - campaigned against Apartheid * MAYA ANGELOU (poet) - campaigned for civil rights * MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. (minister) - led a civil-rights movement * STEPHEN HAWKING (physicist) - didn't let a serious illness stop him * MUHAMMAD ALI (boxer) - refused to fight in Vietnam * HELEN KELLER (deaf-mute, activist) - overcame disability and founded the American Civil Liberties Union * MARSHA P JOHNSON (trans-rights activist) - founding member of Gay Liberation Front * KATHRINE SWITZER (runner) - first woman to run the Boston Marathon * JK ROWLING (author) - refused to give up after being rejected over and over * ANNE FRANK (author) - used a diary to express her views during World War II. FRANK (author) - used a diary to express her views during World War II. FRANK (author) - used a diary to express her views during World War II. FRANK (author) - used a diary to express her views during World War II.