Here's a kind of internet post you might find on a holiday when no one feels like working, and Labor Day would be that holiday. Cracked found a reddit post asking for examples of badass heroes (or otherwise brave interesting people) of history that few people have heard of. Reading through the entries, I recognized some of these that have been featured right here at Neatorama. Unfortunately, the reddit post is seven years old and there's no link to it. The entries on the list are screenshots, so any links that were originally provided are not there. Well, it's a holiday and I have nothing better to do, so I looked up every one of them for you. Go read the short versions of the stories at Cracked, and if some name compels you to find out more, you can follow these links.
29. Digby Tatham-Warter
28. Subutai
27. Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
26. The Berserker of Stamford Bridge
25. Mannerheim
24. Michael I of Romania
23. Zenobia
22. Olga of Kiev
21. Vera Atkins
20. Carolus Rex
19. Chiune Sugihara
18. Julie d'Aubigny
17. Phùng Thị Chính
16. Wojtek
15. Miyamoto Musashi
14. Bass Reeves
13. Exekias
12. Mary Elizabeth Bowser
11. Yi Sun-Shin
10. Tokugawa Ieyasu
9. Vasil Levski
8. Witold Pilecki
7. Benkei
6. Mariya Oktyabrskaya
5. Mad Jack Churchill
4. Lucrezia Tornabuoni
3. Bertha Benz
2. Ching Shih
1. Ada Lovelace
This should keep you busy for a while.
23. Zenobia 22. Olga of Kiev 14. Bass Reeves 5. Mad Jack Churchill 1. Ada Lovelace