Ancient World
| Name | Life | Years active | Country of origin | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anicetus | d. 69 | Pontus (Hellenic) | Was the leader of an unsuccessful anti-Roman uprising in Pontus in AD 69. | |
| Demetrius of Pharos | d. 214 BC | Pharos (Hellenic) | His actions precipitated the Second Illyrian War. | |
| Dionysius the Phocaean | 494 BC | Greece | Phocaean admiral active against Carthaginian and Tyrsenian merchants in the years following the Greco–Persian Wars. | |
| Gan Ning | 175–218 | 190–197 | China | His party carried bells as their trademark causing the commoners to be afraid when they heard the bells. |
| Genthus of Illyria | First century BC | Illyria | Was accused by the Romans of organizing and aiding pirate raids in Italy. | |
| Glauketas | 315–300 BC | Greek inscriptions of the Athenian navy raiding his base on Kynthnos Island and capturing he and his men "making the sea safe for those that sailed thereon." | ||
| Sextus Pompeius | d. 35 BC | Rome | He was the last focus of opposition to the Second Triumvirate. |
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