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A '''folk hero''' is a person, who may or may not have existed, and is [[famous]] and well liked by people, or people of a certain [[country]]. Usually it is someone who helped the common people or fought against the [[Authority|authorities]], such as a bad [[king]]. People tells stories about folk heroes, most of their stories have been passed down [[oral]]ly, and changed to fit the situations. They usually have a special skill or trait of some sort (Paul Bunyan is very tall).

Some famous folk heroes are:

*[[Robin Hood]] ([[England]]), who stole from the rich and gave it to the poor people
*[[William Tell]] ([[Switzerland]]), who killed a [[tyrant]] (a lord terrorizing the people)
*[[Carmine Crocco]] ([[Italy]]), controversial figure of the [[Italian unification]] but considered by many a folk hero
*[[Johnny Appleseed]]
*[[George Washington]], First President of the [[United States]]
*[[Natty Bumppo]]
*[[Paul Bunyan]]
*[[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]], First President of [[Turkey]]
*[[Gandhi]]
*[[Nelson Mandela]], First President of [[South Africa]] and anti-[[apartheid]] activist
*[[Simón Bolívar]]
*[[John Henry]]
*[[Pecos Bill]]
*[[Abraham Lincoln]], President of the [[United States]] during the [[American Civil War]]
*[[Davy Crockett]], famous American folk hero who died at the [[Battle of the Alamo]].
*[[Jim Bowie]], famous for his Bowie knife, died at the Battle of the Alamo.
*[[Paul Revere]]
*[[Qutb Shah]], supposed Arab-Afghan who conquered large parts of Northern India and sired many tribes.
*[[Dulla Bhatti]] who was a popular resistance hero against the [[Mughal Empire]].
*Rai [[Ahmad Khan Kharal]] who was a Punjabi freedom-fighter in 1857.

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