He's not on here so I'm gonna throw it down: Hồ Chí Minh. The dude's life history reads like like the biographies of at least three remarkable historical figures. Cat lived all over the world, learned the ropes at the lowest, medium, and highest levels. He could read the political field with the best of them and he never lost sight of his ultimate goal: getting as close as he possibly could get to the outcome of a truly independent Vietnam. To get it he engaged in campaigns that successfully repelled colonial campaigns of 4 global empires starting with the Empire of Japan, The French, The British, and finally the US. His masterstoke was the moves he made that enabled him to leverage help and access resources from nations like China and Russia while at the same time maintaining sovereignty for Vietnam and its interests.

That's just the political and military part though. The actual life experience, demeanor and all the rest of it that made him who he was is no less remarkable.