National Heroes for different countries are frequently appearing on Government and central Government exams.
| United States | George Washington |
| India | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Canada | Terry Fox |
| Pakistan | Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
| United Kingdom | Winston Churchill |
| Australia | Ned Kelly |
| Russia | Alexander Nevsky |
| Japan | Sakamoto Ryoma |
| Brazil | Tiradentes |
| China | Yue Fei |
| Mexico | Benito Juarez |
| South Africa | Nelson Mandela |
| Egypt | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Argentina | Jose de San Martin |
| France | Charles de Gaulle / Napoleon |
| Italy | Giuseppe Garibaldi |
| Thailand | King Naresuan |
| Germany | Martin Luther |
| Bangladesh | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Spain | El Cid |
| Turkey | Mustafa Kemal Ataturk |
| Indonesia | Sukarna |
| Philippines | Jose Rizal |
| New Ziland | Sir Edmund Hillary |
| Colombia | Simon BOlivar |
