people who died fighting for a cause.. please help?

Question

can you give me the names of a few people who fought for something and died eventually... for example : martin luther king (for the digninty of blacks and the poor), Gandhi (for freedom)... can you guys give me a few more names and what they fought for.... just a small jist...

Answer 1

One of Adam and Eve's sons, Abel. Killed by Cain because Abels offering pleased God more than Cains.

Bobby Kennedy, John Kennedy's younger brother was assassinated in a hotel lobby, while making a speech for his presidental campaign because his politics were pretty much the same as Johns.

Dwight D. Eisenhower allied commander during WW2 and later US president.

Franklin D. Roosevelt president during the depression. The only president to get record numbers of legislation passed in his first 100 days in office. Much of this legislation is still in use today. (Social Security, FDIC, etc.) Also the only president to ever hold 4 consecutive terms in office.

General Patton "Old Blood & Guts" Commander who liberated Northern Africa from the Nazis.

Marquis de Layfette helped revolutionary forces win their independence from the British Empire.

Fredrick Douglas once a slave then became an abolitionist and traveled around the world to gather support.

Harriet Tubman led slaves from the south to Canada along the Underground Railroad, while it wasn't underground it was a series of safe houses were they could hide and rest until it was safe to continue the journey.

Moses liberator of Gods people out of captivity in Egypt to the land of Caanan.

Christ our lord and savior because he was crucified on the cross to forgive the sins of all mankind.

Peter, one of Christs disciples. Peter was the rock on which Christ's church would be built. Thus St. Peter's Basillica is built right over his grave. (The meaning was a bit literal wasn't it?)

I could go on but I won't, I just thought i'd come up with some no one else had yet. Need any more just let me know.

Answer 2

Jose Marti- leader of the Cuban War of Independence that was going on when the Spanish-American War started. Killed in battle.

Medgar Evers- Civil rights leader in Mississippi. Assassinated.

Toussaint L'Ouverture- "The George Washington of Haiti" led the only successful slave revolt in human history. Captured and died in prison.

Pericles- Early leader of Athens During the Pelopponesean War. Died in a plague that a resulted from fleeing civillians.

Answer 3

We can run out of space before we run out of names!

But, just to name a (very) few:

Stephen, the first Christian martyr

Simon de Montfort, English rebel; championed the rights of the barons against unrestrained royal power

Hypatia, a woman killed by a mob who felt she had no business teaching mathematics at the university in Alexandria (happened in about the 4th or 5th century AD)

Nathan Hale, a spy during the Revolutionary War

Joan of Arc, who rallied the French during the 100 Years War

Helene Vagliano, member of the French Resistance of World War II

Answer 4

First of all, people are dying every day as soldiers at war. That's a cause. I'm assuming you mean historical people. Here's what I came up with:

Malcolm X - Fighting for Equality
Jesus - For Our Sins
Abraham Lincoln - For Supporting Voting Rights for Blacks

Answer 5

Ignaz Phillip Semmelwiess (19th century Hungarian) died fighting for sanitary conditions in hospitals so that patients would not die of infections spread by doctors.
He did not fight with a gun, but by trying to persuade doctors to wash their hands after dissecting corpses, before examining patients.
In European hospitals at that time, the mortality rate among maternity patients was 100%. Women would rather give birth in the street than be admitted to a hospital.
He died of septicemia after accidentally cutting his finger while dissecting a cadaver
I'm not sure of the correct spelling of his name.
ALSO
Augusto Sandino who died trying to free his country from foreign interference.
All the Nicaraguans who died horribly trying to free their country from the ruthless (US backed) dictator, Somoza.
Patrice Lumumba, elected Congolese leader assassinated in a plot by international interests (including the CIA) in order to gain control over the mineral wealth of his country.

Answer 6

'Theo' may I just say this, Gandhi did not die for freedom he was murdered by an individual,nevertheless he was a great person who by his efforts almost certainly made the British leave India. Garibaldi fought to unite Italy as one state. Simon Bolivar, known as the Liberator freed his country (Venezuela) from the Spanish as well as another five South American countries. Hope this helps 'Theo'

Answer 7

Crispus Attucks (Revolutionary War)
http://www.crispusattucks.org/crispus_attucks.html

Joan of Arc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc
Nathan Hale (Revolutionary War)
http://www.connecticutsar.org/index.htm

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/fghij/fossey_dian.html
Dian Fossey (Gorillas and preservation)

Answer 8

I would rather die fighting for a noble cause, unless i had the love of my life, and well i would much rather if i could die fighting in the middle ages with swords and such as it takes more skill and technique, or maybe as an assasin for the cause? because it would be more epic. but yes i would much rather die for a noble cause.

Answer 9

William Wallace ... Independence of Scotland
In a way JFK ... Preserving our nation
Jesus ... died for the sins of people
Joan of Arc .... The christian faith
Romeo n Juliet .... died for each other.

since you didnt signify famous people, soldier that go to war to preserve their nation.

Yeesh, all these names make me sound like a conservative.

Answer 10

St. Sebastian was a Martyr for Christianity.