Possibly Apocryphal Folk Heroes
- King Arthur - Legendary British warlord.
- Cúchulainn - Ireland, folk legend and the pre-eminent hero of Ulaid in the Ulster Cycle
- Fionn mac Cumhaill - Ireland, warrior, leader of the Fianna. Primary figure in the Oisin cycle.
- Till Eulenspiegel or Tijl Uilenspiegel - Germany and the Low Countries, trickster
- Fong Sai-Yuk - China, martial arts folk hero
- Grettir the Strong. Icelandic outlaw
- Hung Hei-Gun - China, martial arts folk hero
- Nai Khanom Tom - Thailand, master of Muay Thai
- John Henry - United States, mighty steel-driving African-American
- Robin Hood - England, outlaw usually associated with the motto "Steal from the rich, give to the poor"
- Rummu Jüri - Estonia, outlaw who stole from the rich to give to the poor
- Siegfried - Germany, the legendary dragon-slaying hero in Nibelungenlied
- Hua Mulan - China, heroine who disguised herself as a man in order to join an army
- Molly Pitcher - United States, heroine of the American Revolutionary War
- William Tell - Switzerland, began the rebellion against the Austrians
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