Famous Politicians

The ranked list (from #551)

1. 551Roman HerzogFormer head of Germany's Federal Constitutional Court who became the first president elected after reunification, famous for his 1997 Ruck speech.🇩🇪German · Born April 5, 1934 · Died January 10, 2017
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   Pushpa Kamal DahalMaoist leader known as Prachanda who led Nepal's insurgency and later served as the country's prime minister.Nepali · Born December 11, 1954
3. 553Jóhanna SigurðardóttirBecame Iceland's first female prime minister, guiding the country's recovery after the 2008 banking collapse.Iceland · Born October 4, 1942
4. 554Kamala HarrisServed as the first female vice president of the United States under Joe Biden and ran as the Democratic nominee in 2024.🇺🇸American · Born October 20, 1964
5. 555Jens StoltenbergServed as NATO Secretary General for a decade, after leading Norway as prime minister.🇳🇴Norwegian · Born March 16, 1959
6. 556Carlos MenemFixed the Argentine peso to the dollar through the 1991 Convertibility Plan during two consecutive terms as president.🇦🇷Argentine · Born July 2, 1930 · Died February 14, 2021
7. 557Joseph EstradaServed as the thirteenth president of the Philippines, a former film star removed from office in 2001.🇵🇭Filipino · Born April 19, 1937
8. 558Tony Tan Keng YamFormer banker and deputy prime minister who narrowly won the 2011 election to become Singapore's seventh president.🇸🇬Singaporean · Born February 7, 1940
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   Kurt SchuschniggLed Austria as chancellor after Dollfuss's assassination and tried to resist Hitler until the 1938 Anschluss.🇺🇸American · Born December 14, 1897 · Died November 18, 1977
10. 560Yoshihide SugaSucceeded Shinzo Abe as Japanese prime minister in 2020 and oversaw the Tokyo Olympics held under pandemic restrictions.🇯🇵Japanese · Born December 6, 1948
11. 561Ninoy AquinoOpposition senator imprisoned under Marcos, whose 1983 assassination at Manila airport sparked the movement that toppled the dictator.🇵🇭Filipino · Born November 27, 1932 · Died August 21, 1983
12. 562Eduard LimonovProvocative writer whose autobiographical novel It's Me, Eddie drew on his life in New York, and who founded the National Bolshevik Party.🇷🇺Russian · Born February 22, 1943 · Died March 17, 2020
13. 563Heinrich BrüningCentre Party chancellor of Germany who governed by emergency decree during the Depression, before the Nazi rise.🇩🇪German · Born November 26, 1885 · Died March 30, 1970
14. 564Johannes RauSocial Democrat who led North Rhine-Westphalia for twenty years before serving as Germany's federal president.🇩🇪German · Born January 16, 1931 · Died January 27, 2006
15. 565Egon KrenzSucceeded Erich Honecker as East Germany's last communist leader, holding power for just weeks before the Berlin Wall opened.🇩🇪German · Born March 19, 1937
16. 566Hafizullah AminCommunist politician who briefly led Afghanistan in 1979 before being killed during the Soviet invasion of the country.Democratic Republic of Afghanistan · Born August 1, 1929 · Died December 27, 1979
17. 567Hans LutherFinance minister who helped end the 1923 hyperinflation by backing the new Rentenmark, then served briefly as German chancellor.🇩🇪German · Born March 10, 1879 · Died May 11, 1962
18. 568Karl RennerLed Austria's first republican government as chancellor, then returned as president of the Second Republic after the Second World War.🇦🇹Austrian · Born December 14, 1870 · Died December 31, 1950
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    Abdullah Yusuf AzzamIslamist cleric who recruited foreign fighters for Afghanistan and mentored Osama bin Laden.Palestinian · Born November 14, 1941 · Died November 24, 1989
20. 570Keir StarmerFormer Director of Public Prosecutions who led Labour to a landslide general election victory in 2024.🇬🇧British · Born September 2, 1962
21. 571Robert LeyHead of the Nazi German Labour Front, which replaced independent trade unions and ran the Strength Through Joy leisure programme.🇩🇪German · Born February 15, 1890 · Died October 25, 1945
22. 572Thongloun SisoulithCommunist party leader and president of Laos since 2021, a former prime minister.Laos · Born November 10, 1945
23. 573Bernhard von BülowImperial chancellor who promoted Germany's 'place in the sun' policy of overseas expansion under Kaiser Wilhelm II.🇩🇪German · Born May 3, 1849 · Died October 28, 1929
24. 574Ludvík SvobodaCzechoslovak general who led his army in the Second World War and became president in 1968.Czechoslovak · Born November 25, 1895 · Died September 20, 1979
25. 575Ahmet Necdet SezerFormer head of Turkey's Constitutional Court who served as the country's tenth president, from 2000 to 2007.🇹🇷Turkish · Born September 13, 1941
26. 576Néstor KirchnerPresident of Argentina who led the recovery from the 2001 economic crisis and was succeeded by his wife, Cristina.🇦🇷Argentine · Born February 25, 1950 · Died October 27, 2010
27. 577Prince Maximilian of BadenLast imperial chancellor of the German Empire, who sought armistice talks in 1918 and announced the Kaiser's abdication.🇩🇪German · Born July 10, 1867 · Died November 6, 1929
28. 578Tomislav NikolićCo-founder of the Serbian Progressive Party who defeated Boris Tadić in 2012 to become president of Serbia.🇷🇸Serbian · Born February 15, 1952
29. 579Ignacy Jan PaderewskiCelebrated concert pianist who also served briefly as prime minister of Poland in 1919.🇺🇸American · Born November 6, 1860 · Died June 29, 1941
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    Klaus IohannisServed as Romania's president for over a decade, having first won office in 2014 after previously being mayor of Sibiu.🇷🇴Romanian · Born June 13, 1959
31. 581Kenan EvrenArmy chief who led Turkey's 1980 coup, then served as president under the constitution adopted in 1982.🇹🇷Turkish · Born July 17, 1917 · Died May 9, 2015
32. 582Alexandre MillerandSocialist turned conservative who served as French prime minister and president.🇫🇷French · Born February 10, 1859 · Died April 6, 1943
33. 583Walter ScheelFree Democrat who served as West German foreign minister and then as federal president from 1974 to 1979.🇩🇪German · Born July 8, 1919 · Died August 24, 2016
34. 584Beji Caid EssebsiTunisia's first freely elected president, who founded the Nidaa Tounes party after the 2011 revolution.🇹🇳Tunisian · Born November 29, 1926 · Died July 25, 2019
35. 585Benazir BhuttoLed the Pakistan Peoples Party and became the first woman to lead a Muslim-majority democracy, serving twice as prime minister.🇵🇰Pakistani · Born June 21, 1953 · Died December 27, 2007
36. 586Rodion MalinovskySoviet marshal who commanded at Stalingrad and later served as defence minister.🇷🇺Soviet · Born November 10, 1898 · Died March 31, 1967
37. 587Mark RutteLong-serving Dutch prime minister who became Secretary General of NATO in 2024.🇳🇱Dutch · Born February 14, 1967
38. 588Pierre TrudeauLiberal prime minister of Canada who brought the Constitution home and introduced the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982.🇨🇦Canadian · Born October 18, 1919 · Died September 28, 2000
39. 589William Pitt the YoungerBritain's youngest prime minister at 24, he led the country against revolutionary France and carried the Act of Union with Ireland.🇬🇧British · Born May 28, 1759 · Died January 23, 1806
40. 590Yoweri MuseveniFormer guerrilla commander who has governed Uganda as president since 1986, after his rebel army took power in Kampala.Ugandan · Born September 15, 1944
41. 591Samia Suluhu HassanBecame Tanzania's first woman president in March 2021, after the death of John Magufuli, having previously served as vice-president.Tanzanian · Born January 27, 1960
42. 592Pyotr StolypinRussian prime minister who pursued land reforms for peasant farmers and was assassinated in Kyiv in 1911.🇷🇺Russian · Born April 14, 1862 · Died September 5, 1911
43. 593Romano ProdiItalian centre-left leader who twice served as prime minister and presided over the European Commission during the 2004 enlargement.🇮🇹Italian · Born August 9, 1939
44. 594Isma'il PashaKhedive of Egypt who oversaw the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and was deposed after the country's debts mounted.Ottoman · Born December 31, 1830 · Died March 2, 1895
45. 595João LourençoSucceeded José Eduardo dos Santos as Angola's president and launched a high-profile campaign against corruption.Angolan · Born March 5, 1954
46. 596Aleksandar VučićDominant figure in Serbian politics who served as prime minister before becoming president in 2017.🇷🇸Serbian · Born March 5, 1970
47. 597Mario MontiEconomist who led a technocratic government in Italy during the eurozone crisis.🇮🇹Italian · Born March 19, 1943
48. 598Karl CarstensChristian Democrat who held the largely ceremonial office of West German president between 1979 and 1984, and earlier presided over the Bundestag.🇩🇪German · Born December 14, 1914 · Died May 30, 1992
49. 599Ibrahim RugovaLed Kosovo's largely nonviolent Albanian resistance in the 1990s as president of the self-declared republic, and later became president of Kosovo.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Born December 2, 1944 · Died January 21, 2006
50. 600Jean JaurèsFounded the newspaper L'Humanité and led French socialists, campaigning against war until he was assassinated in Paris.🇫🇷French · Born September 3, 1859 · Died July 31, 1914