Ultimate Wishlist for potential Civ6 leaders

[Zatsukino]

hmm no Elam civ in wishlist ? had quite big and long history and was fighting with assyrians over babylon

I think Elam is a great civilization, but not to add in the game.

Hittites, Assyria, Babylon are already missing, and Persia and Sumeria are still connected to Elam. We don't need much mesopotamian civilizations.

The middle-eastern civilizations I want to see are :

Phoenicia : Economic focused
Palmyra : Culture focused
Hittites : Military focused
Kingdom of Sheba : Science focused
Kingdom of Israel : Faith focused

 

[halfhalfharp]

Leaders of Never Before Seen Civs (Feel free to criticise me for calling certain non-agricultural/non-city building groups "Civs" ):
Afghanistan (currently Kabul CS) (currently on my wishlist, either one of the leaders below would be fine with me)
Ahmad Shah Durrani
Mirwais Hotak

Ainu
Shakushain

Akkad
Naram-Sin
Sargon

Albania
Skanderbeg

Algeria
Abdelkader
Ahmed Ben Bella
Oruc Reis

Angola (it's on my list as Ndongo)
Anna Nzinga

Anishinaabe
Beautifying Bird
Black Partridge
Cobmoosa
Egushawa
Hole in the Day
Kechewaishke
Kineubenae
Main Poc
Menominee
Pontiac
Shabbona
Shingwauk
Waubonsie

Apache
Cochise
Geronimo
Loco
Lozen
Mangas Coloradas
Naiche
Nana
Taza
Victorio

Aragon
Ferdinand II
James I

Arawak/Taino (on my wishlist, Anacaona is my pick for leader)
Agueybana I
Agueybana II
Anacaona
Enriquillo
Hatuey
Jumacao

Argentina (currently Buenos Aires CS)
Carlos Pellegrini
Eva Peron
Jose de San Martin
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Peron
Julio Argentino Roca

Armenia (currently Yerevan CS) (on my wishlist, either it or Georgia should represent the Caucasus region, my pick for leader is Tigranes II)
Erato
Leo I
Tigranes II
Tiridates III
Vramshapuh

Ashanti (currently Kumasi CS) (on my wishlist, my pick for leader is Yaa Asantewaa)
Osei Kofi Tutu I
Prempeh I
Yaa Asantewaa

Axum
Ezana
Kaleb

Aymara
Bartolina Sisa
Tupac Katari

Azerbaijan
Rasulzade

Bactria
Demetrius I
Eucratides I
Menander I

Belgium (currently Brussels CS)
Albert I
Ambiorix
Charles Rogier
Leopold II (might be too controversial )

Benin (on my wishlist, my pick for leader is Idia, though Ewuare is fine as well)
Ewuare
Idia
Ozolua

Beothuk (a very unlikely choice)
Nonosbawsut

Berbers
Dihya
Kusaila
Tacfarinas

Bhutan
Jigme Wangchuck
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
Ugyen Wangchuck

Blackfoot
Aatsista-Mahkan
Crowfoot
Running Eagle

Boers
Andries Pretorius
Hendrik Potgieter
Louis Botha
Paul Kruger
Piet Joubert
Piet Retief
Sarel Cilliers

Bolivia
Belzu

Bosnia
Kulin
Tvrtko I

Brittany
Anne
Nominoe

Brunei (currently Bandar Brunei CS)
Bolkiah

Buganda
Muteesa I
Mwanga II

Bulgaria (currently Preslav CS) (on my wishlist, my pick for leader is Simeon)
Asparukh
Ferdinand I
Ivan Asen II
Krum
Peter IV
Samuel
Simeon
Vasil Levski

Burgundy
Charles the Bold
Philip the Good

Burundi
Cambarantama

Calusa (highly unlikely, due to lack of language attestation)
Caalus

Canada (currently Toronto CS)
Jacques Cartier
John A. Macdonald
John Diefenbaker
Lester B. Pearson
Pierre Trudeau
Samuel de Champlain
Wilfrid Laurier
William Lyon Mackenzie King

Champa
Bhadravarman I
Che Bong Nga
Jaya Indravarman IV

Cherokee
Attakullakulla
Black Fox
Doublehead
Dragging Canoe
John Ross
Oconostota
Ostenaco
Stand Watie
The Bowl
Yonaguska

Cheyenne
Black Kettle
Hook Nose
Little Wolf
Morning Star
Owl Woman
Two Moons

Chile
Bernardo O'Higgins

Chimu (on my wishlist, very unlikely choice due to lack of info on their leaders, language is also not as well documented as say Quechua)
Minchacaman
Nancen-pinco
Tacaynamo

Chinook
Comcomly

Choctaw (on my wishlist, Pushmataha is my leader choice)
Apuckshunubbee
Mushulatubbee
Pushmataha
Red Shoes

Chola
Kulottunga I
Raja Raja Chola I
Rajadhiraja Chola
Rajendra Chola I

Chukchi
Eyhell

Chumash
Pacomio
Rafael Solares

Colombia
Rafael Nunez

Comanche
Big Red Meat
Buffalo Hump
Horseback
Iron Jacket
Isatai'i
Mow-way
Quanah Parker
Ten Bears

Cordoba (currently Granada CS)
Abd-ar-Rahman III
Almanzor

Cornwall
Michael an Gof

Corsica
Pasquale Paoli

Cree
Big Bear
Piapot
Poundmaker

Creek/Muscogee (on my wishlist, either they or Choctaw representing the natives of the American Southeast is fine by me)
Alexander McGillivray
Chitto Harjo
Isparhecher
Menawa
Opothleyahola
Osceola
Red Eagle
Tomochichi
William McIntosh

Croatia
Peter Kresimir IV
Tomislav

Cuba
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Jose Marti

Cumans
Konchak

Czechia/Bohemia (on my wishlist, my pick for leader is either Ottokar II or Charles IV)
Charles IV
John the Blind
Ottokar I
Ottokar II
Tomas Garrigue Masaryk
Vaclav Havel
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia
Wenceslaus II

Dacia
Burebista
Decebalus

Dahomey (on my wishlist, either it, Benin or Ashanti could represent the West African coast, my pick for their leader is Ghezo)
Agaja
Behanzin
Ghezo

Dene
Thanadelthur

Elam
Kutik-Inshushinak
Shutruk-Nakhunte
Untash-Napirisha

Eora
Bennelong
Pemulwuy

Etruscans
Tyrrhenus

Evenks
Bombogor

Fiji
Seru Epenisa Cakobau

Finland
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Urho Kekkonen

Flanders
Robert III

Galicia
Rechila

Georgia (on my wishlist, and Tamar should definitely be the leader )
Bagrat III
David IV
George III
George V
Tamar

Goths
Alaric I
Liuvigild
Theoderic

Gran Colombia
Simon Bolivar

Great Moravia
Rastislav
Svatopluk I

Greenland
Erik the Red

Guanche
Tinerfe

Haida (on my wishlist as a possible PNW civ, seems unlikely due to lack of info on their leaders)
Koyah

Haiti
Toussaint Louverture

Hausa (on my wishlist, Amina would be the leader)
Amina

Hawaii (on my wishlist, as a possible alternative to Polynesia)
Kalakaua
Kamehameha I
Kamehameha II
Kamehameha III
Kamehameha IV
Kamehameha V
Liliuokalani
Lunalilo

Hungary (on my wishlist, my pick for leader is Matthias Corvinus)
Almos
Andrew III of Hungary
Arpad
Bela IV
Charles I of Hungary
Geza I
Imre Nagy
Istvan Tisza
Janos Kadar
John Hunyadi
Ladislaus I of Hungary
Lajos Kossuth
Louis I
Matthias Corvinus
Miklos Horthy
Stephen I

Iberia
Indibilis

Iceland
Ingolfr Arnarson

Igbo
Eri
Eze Ukwu
Igwe Iwuchukwu Ezeifekaibeya
Igwe Orizu I

Inuit
Ekeuhnick

Iraq
Faisal I

Ireland (currently Armagh CS) (on my wishlist, my pick for leader is Brian Boru)
Brian Boru
Malachy II
Michael Collins

Isle of Man
Illiam Dhone
Orry

Israel (currently Jerusalem CS)
David
Hezekiah
Salome Alexandra
Solomon
Yitzhak Rabin

Italy (on my wishlist, my pick for leader is Lorenzo de Medici)
Caterina Sforza
Enrico Dandolo
Federico da Montefeltro
Ferdinand I
Francesco I Sforza
Francesco Crispi
Gian Galeazzo Visconti
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Gregory XIII
Innocent III
Lorenzo de Medici
Ludovico Sforza
Matilda of Tuscany
Pius IX
Pope Alexander VI
Simone Boccanegra
Victor Emmanuel II
Victor Emmanuel III

Jerusalem (Crusader Kingdom)
Alice of Champagne
Baldwin IV
Peter I

Kanem-Bornu
Dunama Dabbalemi
Idris Alooma

Kazakhs
Ablai Khan

Khazaria
Aaron II
Bulan
Joseph

Kimberley
Jandamarra

Kulin
William Barak

Kurds
Barzanji

Kushan
Kanishka

Latvia
Janis Cakste

Lithuania (currently Vilnius CS)
Gediminas
Mindaugas
Vytautas

Livonia
Albert of Riga

Lombards
Liutprand
Theodelinda

Luxembourg
Ermesinde

Lydia
Croesus

Maasai
Mbatian

Madagascar (currently Antananarivo CS) (on my wishlist, Ranavalona I is my pick for leader )
Andriamanelo
Andriamasinavalona
Andrianampoinimerina
Andrianjaka
Radama I
Ralambo
Ranavalona I

Malaysia
Abu Bakar of Johor
Parameswara

Maldives
Khadijah

Manchu
Hong Taiji
Nurhaci

Mandan
Four Bears

Maori (on my wishlist as an alternative to Polynesia, Hongi Hika is my pick for leader)
Hongi Hika
Te Atairangikaahu
Te Rauparaha

Mapuche (on my wishlist, Lautaro is my pick for leader)
Caupolican
Janequeo
Lautaro

Mexico
Benito Juarez
Emiliano Zapata
Guadalupe Victoria
Porfirio Diaz

Micronesia (currently Nan Madol CS)
Olosohpa

Mississippians
Casqui
Great Sun
Tuskaloosa

Mitanni
Parshatatar

Mon/Hanthawaddy
Razadarit
Shin Sawbu

Montenegro
Petar II

Mossi
Yennenga

Muisca (on my wishlist, Nemequene is my pick for leader)
Hunzahua
Nemequene
Saguamanchica

Murri
Gambu Ganuurru

Myanmar (on my wishlist, Bayinnaung is my pick for leader)
Alaungpaya
Anawrahta
Aung San
Bayinnaung
Hsinbyushin
Kyansittha
Swa Saw Ke
Tabinshwehti
Thado Minbya
Thihathu

Mysore
Tipu Sultan

Nabataea
Aretas

Navajo
Manuelito
Narbona

Nenets
Vavlyo/Vaulli Piettomin

Nepal
Pratap Malla
Prithvi Narayan Shah

New Zealand (currently Auckland CS)
Michael Joseph Savage
Richard Seddon

Nez Perce
Chief Joseph

Nigeria
Obafemi Awolowo

Noongar (on my wishlist )
Midgegooroo
Yagan

Numidia
Masinissa

Nuuchahnulth/Nootka (on my wishlist, as a possible PNW Civ)
Maquinna
Wickaninnish

Omagua
Conori
Payoreva

Omaha
Blackbird

Oman (currently Muscat CS)
Saif Bin Sultan

Oyo
Oranyan
Orompoto

Palestine
Yasser Arafat

Palmyra
Zenobia

Paraguay
Gaspar Rodriguez

Pergamon
Attalus I

Peru
Ramon Castilla

Philippines (on my wishlist, my pick for leader is Dayang Kalangitan)
Corazon Aquino
Dayang Kalangitan
Emilio Aguinaldo
Jose Rizal
Lakandula
Lapu-Lapu
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel Roxas
Muhammad Kudarat

Phoenicia
Hiram I
Ithobaal I
Pygmalion

Powhatan (on my wishlist as an alternative to the Iroquois, Powhatan is my leader pick)
Cockacoeske
Opchanacanough
Powhatan

Puebloans
Luis Tupatu
Popay
Tuba

Rapa Nui
Hotu Matu'a

Romania (on my wishlist, Vlad III is my pick for leader )
Alexandru Ioan Cuza
Basarab I of Wallachia
Bogdan I of Moldavia
Carol I
Ferdinand I of Romania
Ion Antonescu
Ion I. C. Bratianu
Michael the Brave
Mircea the Elder
Stephen III of Moldavia
Vlad III

Rwanda
Rwabugiri

Ryukyu
Sho Hashi

Saba
Makeda
Samahu Ali

Salish
Chief Seattle

Samoa
Salamasina

Scotland (on my wishlist, my pick for leader is Robert the Bruce)
Aedan
Calgacus
James VI
Oengus I
Robert the Bruce
William Wallace

Seleucids
Seleucus

Seljuks
Alp Arslan

Seminole
Micanopy
Osceola

Senegal
Ama Joof

Serbia
Karadorde
Lazar
Peter I
Stefan Dusan
Stefan Nemanja
Stefan Uros I
Vlastimir
Vukan

Shawnee (on my wishlist, Tecumseh is my pick for leader)
Blue Jacket
Cornstalk
Nonhelema
Tecumseh
Tenskwatawa

Sibir
Kuchum Khan

Sicily
Roger II

Sikhs
Ranjit Singh

Slavs
Niklot
Samo

Sogdiana
Gurak

Somalia (on my wishlist)
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan

South Africa
Nelson Mandela

Sri Lanka (currently Kandy CS) (on my wishlist, Parakramabahu I is my pick for leader)
Lilavati
Parakramabahu I

Sudan
Amara Dunqas

Swahili (currently Zanzibar CS) (on my wishlist, but I might consider removing them)
Al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman
Ali ibn al-Hassan

Switzerland (currently Geneva CS)
Alfred Escher
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Henri Guisan

Taiwan
Koxinga

Tatars
Tugay Bey

Teotihuacan
Spearthrower Owl

Thrace
Sitalces

Tibet
Songtsen Gampo

Timurids
Timur

Tlingit (on my wishlist as a possible PNW civ)
Sheiyksh I

Tonga
'Aho'eitu
Tu'i-ta-tui

Tupi (on my wishlist)
Arariboia
Cunhambebe

Ukraine
Bohdan Khmelnytsky

United Arab Emirates
Sheikh Zayed

Urartu
Argishti

Uyghurs
Bayanchur Khan

Uzbeks
Muhammad Shaybani

Vandals
Genseric

Vanuatu
Roy Mata

Vietnam (on my wishlist, my pick for leader is Le Lei)
An Duong Vuong
Gia Long
Ho Chi Minh
Le Duan
Le Loi
Le Thanh Tong
Ly Nam De
Ly Nhan Tong
Ly Thai Tong
Mac Thai To
Minh Mang
Ngo Quyen
Nguyen Hue
Tran Anh Tong
Tran Thanh Tong
Trinh Kiem
Trung Sisters

Vijayanagara
Deva Raya II

Wabanaki
Henri Membertou

Wales
Llywelyn

Wiradjuri
Windradyne

Xiongnu
Modu Chanyu

Yakuts
Tygyn Darkhan

Yemen (on my wishlist, Arwa al-Sulayhi is my pick for leader)
Arwa al-Sulayhi
Asma bint Shihab
Dhu Nuwas

Yolngu
Wonggu

Yugoslavia
Tito

Zapotecs
Cosijoeza

Zimbabwe (on my wishlist, though lack of info on their leader is a problem)
Nehanda Nyakasikana
Matope Nyanhehwe Nebedza
Nyatsimba Mutota

I proudly present you my version of Assyria's Semiramis/Shammuramat. See if it fits?

 

[Guandao]

Congratulations to the Cree for graduating from the Never Before seen Civs list! I've move them to the first list.

 

[Kimiimaro]

Coloman the Learned should be added as a leader of Hungary.

 

[luigilime]

Other alternate leaders for Italy:
Queen Margherita, Battista Sforza,

 

[TahamiTsunami]

I found out about some more leaders for the Haida like Chief Edenshaw (not sure if this info is as accurate since the death dates are different), Chief Wiah/Weah, and Chief Skidegate. I found more on Edenshaw than the other two but hopefully more can be found out later (there's gotta be more info on Skidegate the Great and why he was great).

 

[Phrozen]

If you add the Salish you can use Chief Seattle (Chief Si'ahl or Chief Sealth)

Edit: And I see you did now.

 

[Guandao]

I found out about some more leaders for the Haida like Chief Edenshaw (not sure if this info is as accurate since the death dates are different), Chief Wiah/Weah, and Chief Skidegate. I found more on Edenshaw than the other two but hopefully more can be found out later (there's gotta be more info on Skidegate the Great and why he was great).

I added them to the list, but it's a shame we don't know more about them. Why are the Pacific Northwest Chiefs less documented than those of say the Sioux? Because that region was colonized later by Canadians?

 

[God of Kings]

If Firaxis were to do PNW civs, they would have to contract their leaders for the rights to use their people anyways.

 

[Guandao]

If Firaxis were to do PNW civs, they would have to contract their leaders for the rights to use their people anyways.

That shouldn't really discourage Firaxis from attempting to put a PNW Civ in the game. Just contact the appropriate First Nation governments and see if they agree to their leader/ancestor and language being featured in a game.

 

[Phrozen]

I added them to the list, but it's a shame we don't know more about them. Why are the Pacific Northwest Chiefs less documented than those of say the Sioux? Because that region was colonized later by Canadians?

There wasn't quite as much war between the natives and the settlers in the PNW at least in the US. I believe Canada banned the potlach ceremony for quite a while but the tribes did it anyway quietly. The PNW tribes also got better lands for their reservations than many other tribes.

 

[linaker]

I'm glad the leaders are becoming more diverse. I'd like to see Martin Luther King for America and Mary, Queen of Scots for the Celts.

 

[God of Kings]

I'm glad the leaders are becoming more diverse. I'd like to see Martin Luther King for America and Mary, Queen of Scots for the Celts.

I have a dream.

A dream to see Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lead the United States!

After all, Gandhi led India for six straight numbered Civ titles and King was influenced by Gandhi.

 

[Guandao]

Hmm, not sure about adding Martin Luther King to the List for America....

 

[linaker]

Hmm, not sure about adding Martin Luther King to the List for America....

Why? He was American, a great leader and is famous throughout the world. Gandhi was never Prime Minister or President of India.

 

[Guandao]

Why? He was American, a great leader and is famous throughout the world. Gandhi was never Prime Minister or President of India.

Firaxis has never put a non-President as the leader of America in their games. That could change in the future, but MLK wasn't even a politician, just a Civil Rights activist/Reverend.

 

[God of Kings]

Firaxis has never put a non-President as the leader of America in their games. That could change in the future, but MLK wasn't even a politician, just a Civil Rights activist/Reverend.

Who knows if a future Civ title would have Benjamin Franklin?

 

[Morningcalm]

Firaxis has never put a non-President as the leader of America in their games. That could change in the future, but MLK wasn't even a politician, just a Civil Rights activist/Reverend.

Furthermore, Gandhi was involved with Indian politics on a national and international scale, even if he was never the national leader of India. Also, he arguably held more influence and/or power than Nehru (India's leader at the time). MLK is even less fitting as a leader choice than Gandhi (I'll be glad to see Gandhi replaced as India's representative in future Civ entries).

 

[linaker]

These objections seem to be based on a narrow definition of Leadership. Surely it's about the ability to inspire people to follow you. Julius Caesar, Boudicca, Hannibal and probably others I've forgotten were generals not kings or presidents. Martin Luther King certainly inspired people to participate in sometimes dangerous battles and who knows what would have happened if he hadn't been assassinated.

 

[Guandao]

These objections seem to be based on a narrow definition of Leadership. Surely it's about the ability to inspire people to follow you. Julius Caesar, Boudicca, Hannibal and probably others I've forgotten were generals not kings or presidents. Martin Luther King certainly inspired people to participate in sometimes dangerous battles and who knows what would have happened if he hadn't been assassinated.

I'll agree that MLK was an influential leader, just not the political kind. I just can't see Firaxis seriously considering using him as an American leader in their games. So far, nearly every American leader has been a President, except for Eleanor Roosevelt in Civ2.

PS: Julius Caesar and Hannibal held political offices (Dictator, and Shofet respectively) before their deaths, Boudicca was the wife of a Britonic King.