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The best-known political leaders in our archive, ranked by historical popularity.

1,471 politicians in our database, ranked by historical popularity. Page 10 of 30.

Most famous politician

Donald Trump

Highest historical popularity score (HPI 99.3)

Most common birth month

October

136 of 1,471 were born in October

Living vs deceased

684 / 787

46% are still living

Most common nationality

American

177 people, 12% of the list

Editor-written profiles

295

20% have a full original profile so far

The ranked list (from #451)

  1. 451Makarios IIIMakarios IIIOrthodox archbishop who became the first president of independent Cyprus.Cypriot · Born August 13, 1913 · Died August 3, 1977View profile
  2. 452Mohammad ShahabuddinMohammad ShahabuddinFormer judge who was elected unopposed as president of Bangladesh in 2023 as the Awami League's nominee.Bangladeshi · Born December 10, 1949View profile
  3. 453Eleftherios VenizelosEleftherios VenizelosGreek statesman who served several terms as prime minister and led the expansion of Greece's territory after the Balkan Wars.🇬🇷Greek · Born August 23, 1864 · Died March 18, 1936View profile
  4. 454Alexei RykovAlexei RykovBolshevik who succeeded Lenin as chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, later executed after being tried in Stalin's purges.🇷🇺Soviet · Born February 13, 1881 · Died March 15, 1938View profile
  5. 455Manuel NoriegaManuel NoriegaMilitary strongman who ruled Panama until the 1989 United States invasion, and was later jailed for drug trafficking and money laundering.Panamanian · Born February 11, 1934 · Died May 29, 2017View profile
  6. 456Fritz SauckelFritz SauckelNazi official who, as plenipotentiary for labour deployment, organised forced labour across occupied Europe and was hanged after the Nuremberg trials.🇩🇪German · Born October 27, 1894 · Died October 16, 1946View profile
  7. 457John McCainJohn McCainArizona senator and former prisoner of war in Vietnam who won the 2008 Republican presidential nomination before losing to Barack Obama.🇺🇸American · Born August 29, 1936 · Died August 25, 2018View profile
  8. 458Stjepan MesićStjepan MesićServed two terms as president of Croatia, steering the country towards European Union membership after the Tuđman era.🇭🇷Croatian · Born December 24, 1934View profile
  9. 459Jean-Claude JunckerJean-Claude JunckerLed the European Commission as president after nearly two decades as prime minister of Luxembourg.🇱🇺Luxembourgish · Born December 9, 1954View profile
  10. 460Rafiq HaririRafiq HaririBusinessman who became Lebanese prime minister and led the postwar rebuilding of Beirut before his assassination in 2005.🇱🇧Lebanese · Born November 1, 1944 · Died February 14, 2005View profile
  11. 461F. W. de KlerkF. W. de KlerkReleased Nelson Mandela and negotiated the end of apartheid, sharing the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with him.🇿🇦South African · Born March 18, 1936 · Died November 11, 2021View profile
  12. 462Ehud OlmertEhud OlmertFormer mayor of Jerusalem who became prime minister in 2006 and later served prison time following a corruption conviction.🇮🇱Israeli · Born September 30, 1945View profile
  13. 463Manuel L. QuezonManuel L. QuezonLawyer and statesman who led the Philippine Commonwealth as its second president, steering the country towards eventual independence.🇵🇭Filipino · Born August 19, 1878 · Died August 1, 1944View profile
  14. 464Ehud BarakEhud BarakIsrael's most decorated soldier became prime minister in 1999, withdrew troops from southern Lebanon and led the failed Camp David talks.🇮🇱Israeli · Born February 12, 1942View profile
  15. 465Nigel FarageNigel FarageLongtime Eurosceptic campaigner who led UKIP to Brexit success and later headed Reform UK, winning the Clacton seat in 2024.🇬🇧British · Born April 3, 1964View profile
  16. 466Emomali RahmonEmomali RahmonHas led Tajikistan since 1992 and served as its president since 1994, following the country's civil war.Tajikistani · Born October 5, 1952View profile
  17. 467Manuel AzañaManuel AzañaLed the Popular Front coalition and became the final president of the Second Spanish Republic during the Civil War.🇪🇸Spanish · Born January 10, 1880 · Died November 3, 1940View profile
  18. 468Arnold RüütelArnold RüütelEstonian politician who was president of the restored republic, having earlier led the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR during independence moves.Estonian · Born May 10, 1928 · Died December 31, 2024View profile
  19. 469Jim MattisJim MattisRetired Marine general who served as US Defense Secretary during Donald Trump's first term.🇺🇸American · Born September 8, 1950View profile
  20. 470Abdelmadjid TebbouneAbdelmadjid TebbouneFormer prime minister elected Algeria's president in December 2019, following the Hirak protest movement.🇩🇿Algerian · Born November 17, 1945View profile
  21. 471Ernst ThälmannErnst ThälmannChaired the Communist Party of Germany through the late Weimar years and stood against Hindenburg and Hitler in the 1932 presidential election.🇩🇪German · Born April 16, 1886 · Died August 18, 1944View profile
  22. 472Hassan Sheikh MohamudHassan Sheikh MohamudAcademic turned politician who has twice been elected president of Somalia, first in 2012 and again in 2022.Somali · Born November 29, 1955View profile
  23. 473Christine LagardeChristine LagardeFirst woman to head the European Central Bank, having previously led the International Monetary Fund.🇫🇷French · Born January 1, 1956View profile
  24. 474Anastas MikoyanAnastas MikoyanSoviet survivor of every leader from Lenin to Brezhnev, key to talks in the Cuban Missile Crisis.🇷🇺Soviet · Born November 13, 1895 · Died October 21, 1978View profile
  25. 475Paul BiyaPaul BiyaHas led Cameroon since 1982, succeeding Ahmadou Ahidjo, and is among the world's longest-serving heads of state.Cameroonian · Born February 13, 1933View profile
  26. 476Camille DesmoulinsCamille DesmoulinsJournalist whose speech at the Palais-Royal helped start the storming of the Bastille.🇫🇷French · Born March 2, 1760 · Died April 5, 1794View profile
  27. 477Teodoro ObiangTeodoro ObiangSeized power in a 1979 coup and has since governed Equatorial Guinea, making him one of the world's longest-serving heads of state.Equatorial Guinean · Born June 5, 1942View profile
  28. 478
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    Gotabaya RajapaksaFormer defence secretary who became Sri Lanka's president, then resigned after mass protests over the country's economic collapse.Sri Lankan · Born June 20, 1949View profile
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    Liz TrussServed as prime minister for just fifty days in 2022, the shortest tenure in British history.🇬🇧British · Born July 26, 1975View profile
  30. 480Babrak KarmalBabrak KarmalCommunist leader installed in Afghanistan by the Soviet invasion of 1979.Kingdom of Afghanistan · Born January 6, 1929 · Died December 3, 1996View profile
  31. 481Reuven RivlinReuven RivlinLikud politician and former Knesset speaker who served as Israel's tenth president, holding the largely ceremonial office for a single seven-year term.🇮🇱Israeli · Born September 9, 1939View profile
  32. 482Horst KöhlerHorst KöhlerFormer head of the International Monetary Fund who later became German president, resigning unexpectedly in 2010.🇵🇱Polish · Born February 22, 1943 · Died February 1, 2025View profile
  33. 483Moshe KatsavMoshe KatsavLikud politician who served as Israel's eighth president from 2000 to 2007, later convicted of rape.🇮🇱Israeli · Born December 5, 1945View profile
  34. 484Ellen Johnson SirleafEllen Johnson SirleafServed as president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018, becoming Africa's first elected female head of state.Liberian · Born October 29, 1938View profile
  35. 485Moshe SharettMoshe SharettIsrael's second prime minister, serving from 1954 to 1955, and its first foreign minister after independence.🇮🇱Israeli · Born October 15, 1894 · Died June 7, 1965View profile
  36. 486Jacques NeckerJacques NeckerSwiss-born banker who directed French finances under Louis XVI, and whose dismissal in July 1789 helped spark the storming of the Bastille.🇫🇷French · Born September 30, 1732 · Died April 9, 1804View profile
  37. 487Abdelkader El DjezairiAbdelkader El DjezairiEmir who led Algerian resistance to French conquest and later saved Christians in Damascus.Born September 6, 1808 · Died May 26, 1883View profile
  38. 488Kurt Georg KiesingerKurt Georg KiesingerHeaded West Germany's grand coalition of Christian Democrats and Social Democrats as chancellor from 1966 to 1969.🇩🇪German · Born April 6, 1904 · Died March 9, 1988View profile
  39. 489Mohammed Bin Zayed Al NahyanMohammed Bin Zayed Al NahyanBecame president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi in 2022, after years as de facto leader.Emirati · Born March 11, 1961View profile
  40. 490Frances ClevelandFrances ClevelandYoungest first lady in US history, who married Grover Cleveland in the White House.🇺🇸American · Born July 21, 1864 · Died October 29, 1947View profile
  41. 491Michel TemerMichel TemerLawyer and politician who became Brazil's 37th president in 2016 after Dilma Rousseff was removed by impeachment.🇧🇷Brazilian · Born September 23, 1940View profile
  42. 492Dick CheneyDick CheneyVice president under George W. Bush who was a leading architect of the Iraq War and the post-9/11 security response.🇺🇸American · Born January 30, 1941 · Died November 3, 2025View profile
  43. 493Richard von WeizsäckerRichard von WeizsäckerWest German president who delivered a celebrated 1985 speech calling the end of the Second World War a day of liberation.🇩🇪German · Born April 15, 1920 · Died January 31, 2015View profile
  44. 494Mátyás RákosiMátyás RákosiStalinist dictator of Hungary in the years before the 1956 uprising.🇭🇺Hungarian · Born March 9, 1892 · Died February 5, 1971View profile
  45. 495Michelle BacheletMichelle BacheletPhysician who became Chile's first woman president, serving two terms, and later led the UN human rights office as High Commissioner.🇨🇱Chilean · Born September 29, 1951View profile
  46. 496Sauli NiinistöSauli NiinistöServed two terms as Finland's president, guiding the country into NATO membership in 2023 after decades of military non-alignment.🇫🇮Finnish · Born August 24, 1948View profile
  47. 497Levi EshkolLevi EshkolLed Israel as prime minister during the Six-Day War of 1967, after succeeding David Ben-Gurion in the post.🇮🇱Israeli · Born October 25, 1895 · Died February 26, 1969View profile
  48. 498Masoud BarzaniMasoud BarzaniLong-time head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party who served as the first president of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.Iraqi · Born August 16, 1946View profile
  49. 499Abdul Latif RashidAbdul Latif RashidKurdish politician and former water resources minister who became Iraq's president in 2022.Iraqi · Born August 10, 1944View profile
  50. 500Léon BlumLéon BlumHeaded the Popular Front government of 1936, which introduced paid holidays and the forty-hour working week in France.🇫🇷French · Born April 9, 1872 · Died March 30, 1950View profile

How we rank and select

  • Ranking: people are ordered by their Historical Popularity Index (HPI) from Pantheon. HPI combines how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about a person, how many page views those articles get, how evenly the views are spread across languages and how long ago the person lived. People Pantheon does not yet cover are listed after them, ordered by our own popularity score (the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about them).
  • Membership: each person appears in one occupation list only, based on their primary occupation as classified by Pantheon (for example, a queen who wrote poetry is listed as royalty, not as a writer). Kings, queens, emperors, sultans and royal consorts are not listed as politicians or writers: anyone who held a monarch's office on Wikidata, and never served as a president or head of government, counts as royalty. For the few people Pantheon does not cover, we use the primary field recorded in our database.
  • One-line summaries: each summary is an original line written for this site with AI assistance under our editorial rules, then checked against the Wikipedia introduction so no wording is copied.
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Last reviewed: October 2026

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