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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 15 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 #701)

  1. 701Guillermo LassoGuillermo LassoBanker who won Ecuador's presidency in 2021 after leading the CREO movement, and later dissolved the National Assembly.Ecuadoran · Born November 16, 1955View profile
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    Omar BongoHeld Gabon's presidency for more than four decades, from 1967 until his death, making him one of Africa's longest-serving leaders.Gabonese · Born December 30, 1935 · Died June 8, 2009View profile
  3. 703Juscelino KubitschekJuscelino KubitschekBrazilian president who oversaw the building of the new capital, Brasília, as the centrepiece of his rapid development programme.🇧🇷Brazilian · Born September 12, 1902 · Died August 22, 1976View profile
  4. 704Shigeru IshibaShigeru IshibaVeteran Liberal Democratic Party figure who became Japan's prime minister in 2024 and resigned the following year.🇯🇵Japanese · Born February 4, 1957View profile
  5. 705Michael BloombergMichael BloombergFounded the financial data company Bloomberg L.P. and served three terms as mayor of New York City.🇺🇸American · Born February 14, 1942View profile
  6. 706Kārlis UlmanisKārlis UlmanisSeized power in a 1934 coup and ruled Latvia as an authoritarian leader until the Soviet occupation.Latvian · Born September 4, 1877 · Died September 20, 1942View profile
  7. 707Nur Muhammad TarakiNur Muhammad TarakiCommunist who led Afghanistan after the 1978 Saur Revolution until he was killed in 1979.Afghan · Born July 15, 1917 · Died October 9, 1979View profile
  8. 708Chang MyonChang MyonPrime minister of South Korea's short-lived parliamentary Second Republic, which fell to a military coup in 1961.Korean Empire · Born August 28, 1899 · Died June 4, 1966View profile
  9. 709Viktor ZubkovViktor ZubkovHeaded the Russian government as prime minister for eight months in 2007 and 2008, between Mikhail Fradkov and Vladimir Putin.🇷🇺Russian · Born September 15, 1941View profile
  10. 710Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiCalifornian Democrat who became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the US House of Representatives, holding the post twice.🇺🇸American · Born March 26, 1940View profile
  11. 711Yanis VaroufakisYanis VaroufakisEconomist who clashed with creditors as Greek finance minister in 2015.🇬🇷Greek · Born March 24, 1961View profile
  12. 712Mariano RajoyMariano RajoyLeader of the People's Party who was Spain's prime minister through the eurozone debt crisis, until losing a no-confidence vote in 2018.🇪🇸Spanish · Born March 27, 1955View profile
  13. 713Karolos PapouliasKarolos PapouliasPASOK veteran who served as Greece's president through the financial crisis, after two spells as foreign minister.🇬🇷Greek · Born June 4, 1929 · Died December 26, 2021View profile
  14. 714Cevdet SunayCevdet SunayFormer chief of the General Staff who succeeded Cemal Gürsel and served as Turkey's president until 1973.🇹🇷Turkish · Born February 10, 1899 · Died May 22, 1982View profile
  15. 715Kaja KallasKaja KallasBecame Estonia's first female prime minister in 2021, then moved on to become the European Union's foreign policy chief.Estonian · Born June 18, 1977View profile
  16. 716Hjalmar BrantingHjalmar BrantingSocial Democratic leader who headed three Swedish governments and shared the 1921 Nobel Peace Prize.🇸🇪Swedish · Born November 23, 1860 · Died February 21, 1925View profile
  17. 717
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    François BayrouCentrist leader of the Democratic Movement who served briefly as France's prime minister from December 2024 until September 2025.🇫🇷French · Born May 25, 1951View profile
  18. 718Konstantinos KaramanlisKonstantinos KaramanlisLed Greece as prime minister and later president, overseeing the restoration of democracy after the junta fell in 1974.🇬🇷Greek · Born March 8, 1907 · Died April 23, 1998View profile
  19. 719Crazy HorseCrazy HorseOglala Lakota war leader who fought alongside Sitting Bull and helped defeat Custer's cavalry at Little Bighorn in 1876.Born December 4, 1849 · Died September 5, 1877View profile
  20. 720Gennady ZyuganovGennady ZyuganovHead of Russia's Communist Party since 1993 who nearly beat Boris Yeltsin in the 1996 election.🇷🇺Russian · Born June 26, 1944View profile
  21. 721Bolesław BierutBolesław BierutCommunist leader who headed Poland's Stalinist regime as president and then party chief during the years after the Second World War.Polish People's Republic · Born April 18, 1892 · Died March 12, 1956View profile
  22. 722Rajiv GandhiRajiv GandhiBecame India's youngest prime minister after his mother's assassination, then pursued economic liberalisation and a push to expand computing and telecommunications.🇮🇳Indian · Born August 20, 1944 · Died May 21, 1991View profile
  23. 723Cyril RamaphosaCyril RamaphosaFormer union leader and ANC negotiator who became South Africa's president in 2018 after Jacob Zuma resigned.🇿🇦South African · Born November 17, 1952View profile
  24. 724Sebastián PiñeraSebastián PiñeraBillionaire businessman who twice served as president of Chile, overseeing the 2010 rescue of thirty-three trapped miners during his first term.🇨🇱Chilean · Born December 1, 1949 · Died February 6, 2024View profile
  25. 725Alpha CondéAlpha CondéLong-time opposition figure who became Guinea's first democratically elected president in 2010, before being ousted in a 2021 coup.Guinean · Born March 4, 1938View profile
  26. 726Mykola AzarovMykola AzarovServed as Ukraine's prime minister from 2010 until resigning in 2014 amid the Euromaidan protests.🇷🇺Soviet · Born December 17, 1947View profile
  27. 727Yasuo FukudaYasuo FukudaJapanese prime minister who took office after Shinzo Abe's resignation and resigned himself after a year amid a divided parliament.🇯🇵Japanese · Born July 16, 1936View profile
  28. 728Sadi CarnotSadi CarnotPresident of France whose term was cut short when an Italian anarchist stabbed him to death in Lyon.🇫🇷French · Born August 11, 1837 · Died June 25, 1894View profile
  29. 729Jomo KenyattaJomo KenyattaLed Kenya to independence from Britain in 1963 and served as its first president until his death.🇰🇪Kenyan · Born October 20, 1893 · Died August 22, 1978View profile
  30. 730Houari BoumédièneHouari BoumédièneArmy commander who overthrew Ahmed Ben Bella in 1965 and ruled Algeria until his death.🇩🇿Algerian · Born August 23, 1927 · Died December 27, 1978View profile
  31. 731Joko WidodoJoko WidodoFormer Jakarta governor and furniture businessman who served two terms as Indonesia's president and launched plans to build a new capital, Nusantara.🇮🇩Indonesian · Born June 21, 1961View profile
  32. 732Sandro PertiniSandro PertiniAnti-fascist resistance veteran who served as Italy's seventh president, remembered for his popular, informal style during the late 1970s and early 1980s.🇮🇹Italian · Born September 25, 1896 · Died February 24, 1990View profile
  33. 733Milan KučanMilan KučanBecame the first President of Slovenia after independence, holding office from 1991 to 2002.Slovene · Born January 14, 1941View profile
  34. 734
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    Ram Nath KovindLawyer and Bharatiya Janata Party politician who served a five-year term as India's fourteenth president, having earlier governed the state of Bihar.🇮🇳Indian · Born October 1, 1945View profile
  35. 735Greg AbbottGreg AbbottFormer Texas attorney general who has served as the Republican governor of Texas since 2015.🇺🇸American · Born November 13, 1957View profile
  36. 736Abiy AhmedAbiy AhmedPrime minister of Ethiopia who led reforms and made peace with Eritrea, earning the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.🇪🇹Ethiopian · Born August 15, 1976View profile
  37. 737Plaek PhibunsongkhramPlaek PhibunsongkhramMilitary leader who served twice as Thai prime minister and renamed the country Thailand in 1939.🇹🇭Thai · Born July 14, 1897 · Died June 11, 1964View profile
  38. 738Joseph McCarthyJoseph McCarthyWisconsin senator whose anti-communist accusations in the early 1950s gave the name McCarthyism to political witch-hunts.🇺🇸American · Born November 14, 1908 · Died May 2, 1957View profile
  39. 739Eisaku SatōEisaku SatōJapan's longest continuous-serving prime minister, he negotiated the return of Okinawa from American control and won the 1974 Nobel Peace Prize.🇯🇵Japanese · Born March 27, 1901 · Died June 3, 1975View profile
  40. 740Nawal El SaadawiNawal El SaadawiCampaigned against female genital mutilation and wrote Woman at Point Zero, a landmark of Arab feminist literature.🇪🇬Egyptian · Born October 27, 1931 · Died March 21, 2021View profile
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    Abdul HamidFormer parliamentary speaker who became Bangladesh's longest-serving president, in a largely ceremonial role.Bangladeshi · Born January 1, 1944View profile
  42. 742Thomas BachThomas BachOlympic fencing champion who served as president of the International Olympic Committee.🇩🇪German · Born December 29, 1953View profile
  43. 743Pervez MusharrafPervez MusharrafArmy chief who took power in Pakistan in a 1999 coup and ruled until 2008.🇵🇰Pakistani · Born August 11, 1943 · Died February 5, 2023View profile
  44. 744Norman AngellNorman AngellWrote The Great Illusion, arguing that war between industrial powers was economically futile, and won the 1933 Nobel Peace Prize.🇬🇧British · Born December 26, 1872 · Died October 7, 1967View profile
  45. 745Alec Douglas-HomeAlec Douglas-HomeRenounced his peerage to succeed Harold Macmillan as Conservative prime minister in 1963.🇬🇧British · Born July 2, 1903 · Died October 9, 1995View profile
  46. 746Hilda HeineHilda HeineEducator who became the first woman to serve as president of the Marshall Islands, returning to office in 2024.Marshallese · Born April 6, 1951View profile
  47. 747Stanley BaldwinStanley BaldwinConservative statesman who served three times as British prime minister and steered the country through the 1936 abdication crisis.🇬🇧British · Born August 3, 1867 · Died December 14, 1947View profile
  48. 748Bülent EcevitBülent EcevitAs prime minister, ordered the 1974 Turkish military intervention in Cyprus and went on to lead four governments.🇹🇷Turkish · Born May 28, 1925 · Died November 5, 2006View profile
  49. 749Lee Teng-huiLee Teng-huiBecame the first Taiwanese-born president of the Republic of China and oversaw its democratisation, including the first direct presidential election in 1996.Taiwan · Born January 15, 1923 · Died July 30, 2020View profile
  50. 750Jacob ZumaJacob ZumaHeaded South Africa as its fourth post-apartheid president, resigning in 2018 amid corruption allegations that later led to a prison sentence.🇿🇦South African · Born April 12, 1942View 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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