SOURCES – 12 men history has remembered as icons of toughness

Annika Stepanov August 20, 2026

The following sources were consulted in the preparation of the article “12 men history has remembered as icons of toughness.”

Miyamoto Musashi
Beck Weathers
Audie Murphy
Ernest Shackleton
Adrian Carton de Wiart
Nelson Mandela
Muhammad Ali
Rocky Marciano
Aron Ralston
Joe Simpson (mountaineer)
Tenzing Norgay
Chuck Yeager

Annika Stepanov

Annika is passionate about personal finance and travel, pouring her extensive experience into her writing on these topics. She has a diploma in Creative English Writing and has been working in the industry since 2016.

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