Who is the most badass person in history that no one knows about?

 Certainly! While many historical figures are well-known, there are lesser-known individuals whose remarkable feats deserve recognition. Here are a few unsung badasses:

1. Nancy Wake:
   • As WWII’s most decorated woman, Nancy Wake was at the top of the Gestapo’s most wanted list.
   • Trained in hand-to-hand combat, espionage, and sabotage, she was known as one of the most fearsome resistance fighters.
   • She led 7,000 guerilla fighters into a raid on a German gun factory and even killed an SS sentry with her bare hands¹.

2. Desmond Doss:
   • During WWII, Doss marched into battlegrounds as a medic without any weapons.
   • He single-handedly saved 75 soldiers at the battle of Okinawa by lowering wounded soldiers down a ridge.
   • Despite injuries, he crawled back to base rather than occupy a stretcher that someone else might need¹.

3. Mariya Oktyabrskaya:
   • When Nazis invaded her homeland of Kiev and killed her husband, she sold everything she had and bought a T-34 Main Battle Tank for the Red Army.
   • She taught herself how to maneuver and repair it, entering the Nazi-killing business full time.
   • She drove the tank into battle, wiped out machine gun nests, and repaired the tank mid-battle¹.

4. Eugene Jacques Bullard:
   • Born black and poor in the deep south in 1895, Bullard stowed aboard a German freighter at age 11, crossing the Atlantic to London.
   • He became a boxer, vaudevillian performer, and the first African-American military pilot in combat.
   • Oh, and he had a rhesus monkey for a sidekick and opened a Paris nightclub where he played drums and partied with Josephine Baker¹.

These unsung heroes exemplify courage, resilience, and determination. Their stories deserve wider recognition! ¹.