My list of iron men doesn't include them, it comprises of
Peter the great ( father of modern Russia)
Fredrick the great ( father of Prussia)
otto van Bismarck ( father of moderm Germany)
sulaiman the magnificient ( great ottoman sultan)
Mustafa kemal ( father of modern turkey )
mao zedong ( father of People's Republic of china)
deng xiapeng (father of modern china)
lee kuan yuo (father of singapore)
dr mahatir mohammad ( chief architect of modern malaysia) and many others they all were iron men for their nations during their reforms they were unpopular among masses becoz their thinking was far ahead of their iliterate countrymen bt they built new nations to rule the contemporary world. We can choose anyone like them.