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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 18 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 #851)

  1. 851
    AW
    Abdoulaye WadeOpposition veteran and founder of the PDS who won Senegal's presidency in 2000, ending decades of Socialist rule.🇸🇳Senegalese · Born May 29, 1926View profile
  2. 852Yusuf Raza GilaniYusuf Raza GilaniPakistan's sixteenth prime minister, who led a Pakistan Peoples Party government until the Supreme Court disqualified him in 2012.🇵🇰Pakistani · Born June 9, 1952View profile
  3. 853Than ShweThan ShweGeneral who led Myanmar's military junta from 1992 to 2011.Burmese · Born February 2, 1933View profile
  4. 854Constantin FehrenbachConstantin FehrenbachCentre Party leader who headed the Weimar National Assembly and later served as Chancellor of Germany in 1920-21.🇩🇪German · Born January 11, 1852 · Died March 26, 1926View profile
  5. 855Anatoly LunacharskyAnatoly LunacharskyBolshevik who served as the first Soviet People's Commissar for Education, promoting literacy and the arts after the 1917 revolution.🇷🇺Soviet · Born November 11, 1875 · Died December 26, 1933View profile
  6. 856Luigi EinaudiLuigi EinaudiEconomist and banker who became the first elected president of the Italian Republic after the 1948 constitution.🇮🇹Italian · Born March 24, 1874 · Died October 30, 1961View profile
  7. 857Violeta ChamorroVioleta ChamorroDefeated Daniel Ortega in the 1990 election to become Nicaragua's first female president, ending the Sandinista government and the contra war.Nicaraguan · Born October 18, 1929 · Died June 14, 2025View profile
  8. 858Michelle ObamaMichelle ObamaFirst lady of the United States and author of the bestselling memoir Becoming.🇺🇸American · Born January 17, 1964View profile
  9. 859Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiMayor of New York City during the September 2001 attacks, having earlier made his name as a federal prosecutor.🇺🇸American · Born May 28, 1944View profile
  10. 860Bettino CraxiBettino CraxiSocialist leader who headed an unusually long-lasting Italian government in the 1980s before fleeing corruption charges to Tunisia.🇮🇹Italian · Born February 24, 1934 · Died January 19, 2000View profile
  11. 861Kevin McCarthyKevin McCarthyCalifornian Republican who became House speaker in 2023 and was the first holder of that office removed by a House vote.🇺🇸American · Born January 26, 1965View profile
  12. 862Najib MikatiNajib MikatiTelecoms entrepreneur who co-founded Investcom before leading Lebanon's government as prime minister three times, most recently through the country's severe financial collapse.🇱🇧Lebanese · Born November 24, 1955View profile
  13. 863Oscar Luigi ScalfaroOscar Luigi ScalfaroServed as Italy's head of state through the turbulent political upheaval of the 1990s, holding the presidency for a single seven-year term.🇮🇹Italian · Born September 9, 1918 · Died January 29, 2012View profile
  14. 864Paul KrugerPaul KrugerServed as State President of the Transvaal and led Boer resistance against British rule in the South African War.South African Republic · Born October 10, 1825 · Died July 14, 1904View profile
  15. 865Boris NemtsovBoris NemtsovLiberal Russian deputy prime minister turned Putin critic, shot dead near the Kremlin in 2015.🇷🇺Russian · Born October 9, 1959 · Died February 27, 2015View profile
  16. 866Ismail Omar GuellehIsmail Omar GuellehDjiboutian politician who succeeded his uncle Hassan Gouled Aptidon in 1999 and has won repeated elections as president.🇫🇷French · Born November 27, 1947View profile
  17. 867Michael CollinsMichael CollinsDirector of Intelligence for the IRA during the War of Independence, he also negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.🇬🇧British · Born October 16, 1890 · Died August 22, 1922View profile
  18. 868László SólyomLászló SólyomBecame the first president of Hungary's Constitutional Court in 1990, shaping its rulings, and later served as the country's head of state.🇭🇺Hungarian · Born January 3, 1942 · Died October 8, 2023View profile
  19. 869Rumen RadevRumen RadevFormer Air Force commander who won Bulgaria's presidency in 2017 and later returned to government as prime minister.🇧🇬Bulgarian · Born June 18, 1963View profile
  20. 870Kurmanbek BakiyevKurmanbek BakiyevBecame Kyrgyzstan's president after the 2005 Tulip Revolution, then was himself driven from power by the uprising of 2010.Kyrgyzstani · Born August 1, 1949View profile
  21. 871Enrico de NicolaEnrico de NicolaJurist who served as provisional head of state of Italy and then as the first president of the Italian Republic.🇮🇹Italian · Born November 9, 1877 · Died October 1, 1959View profile
  22. 872Susan WojcickiSusan WojcickiChief executive of YouTube for nine years, having earlier been an early Google employee who helped develop its advertising products.🇺🇸American · Born July 5, 1968 · Died August 9, 2024View profile
  23. 873Yukio HatoyamaYukio HatoyamaLed the Democratic Party of Japan to its 2009 election victory, ending decades of near-continuous Liberal Democratic rule.🇯🇵Japanese · Born February 11, 1947View profile
  24. 874Mohammad-Ali RajaiMohammad-Ali RajaiServed as Iran's president for only four weeks in 1981 before being killed in a bombing.🇮🇷Iranian · Born June 15, 1933 · Died August 30, 1981View profile
  25. 875Mathieu KérékouMathieu KérékouMilitary officer who seized power in Benin in a coup, ran a Marxist-Leninist state, and later returned as an elected democratic president.Beninese · Born September 2, 1933 · Died October 14, 2015View profile
  26. 876Nouri al-MalikiNouri al-MalikiServed as Iraq's prime minister from 2006 to 2014, leading the government through sectarian conflict and the rise of Islamic State.Iraqi · Born June 20, 1950View profile
  27. 877Brian CowenBrian CowenSucceeded Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach and led Ireland's government through the banking crash and the 2010 EU-IMF bailout.🇮🇪Irish · Born January 10, 1960View profile
  28. 878Donald RumsfeldDonald RumsfeldDefence secretary who served under Ford and George W. Bush, and oversaw the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.🇺🇸American · Born July 9, 1932 · Died June 29, 2021View profile
  29. 879Condoleezza RiceCondoleezza RicePolitical scientist who served as America's national security advisor, then secretary of state under George W. Bush.🇺🇸American · Born November 14, 1954View profile
  30. 880Yasuhiro NakasoneYasuhiro NakasoneJapanese prime minister who privatised national railways and telecommunications and forged a close partnership with US president Ronald Reagan.🇯🇵Japanese · Born May 27, 1918 · Died November 29, 2019View profile
  31. 881Hans-Dietrich GenscherHans-Dietrich GenscherLiberal foreign minister who served nearly two decades and helped negotiate German reunification in 1990.🇩🇪German · Born March 21, 1927 · Died March 31, 2016View profile
  32. 882Paolo GentiloniPaolo GentiloniBecame Italy's prime minister in 2016 after Matteo Renzi resigned, and later served as European Commissioner for Economy.🇮🇹Italian · Born November 22, 1954View profile
  33. 883Emilio AguinaldoEmilio AguinaldoRevolutionary leader who became the first president of the Philippines and led resistance against Spanish and then American rule.🇵🇭Filipino · Born March 22, 1869 · Died February 6, 1964View profile
  34. 884Ahmet DavutoğluAhmet DavutoğluAcademic turned foreign minister, then prime minister of Turkey, known for his 'strategic depth' foreign policy.🇹🇷Turkish · Born February 26, 1959View profile
  35. 885Pridi BanomyongPridi BanomyongLawyer and civilian leader of the 1932 revolution that ended absolute monarchy in Siam, later serving as regent and prime minister.🇹🇭Thai · Born May 11, 1900 · Died May 2, 1983View profile
  36. 886Moncef MarzoukiMoncef MarzoukiHuman rights activist and physician who became Tunisia's third president after the 2011 revolution, serving until 2014.🇹🇳Tunisian · Born July 7, 1945View profile
  37. 887Prokopis PavlopoulosProkopis PavlopoulosConstitutional lawyer and New Democracy politician who served as president of Greece from 2015 to 2020.🇬🇷Greek · Born July 10, 1950View profile
  38. 888Nguyễn Văn ThiệuNguyễn Văn ThiệuPresident of South Vietnam through the later war years, resigning shortly before Saigon fell in April 1975.🇺🇸American · Born April 5, 1923 · Died September 29, 2001View profile
  39. 889Modibo KeïtaModibo KeïtaBecame the first president of independent Mali in 1960 and pursued a programme of African socialism until a 1968 coup.Malian · Born June 4, 1915 · Died May 16, 1977View profile
  40. 890Salva Kiir MayarditSalva Kiir MayarditBecame the first president of South Sudan when it gained independence in July 2011, after leading the semi-autonomous southern government.South Sudanese · Born September 13, 1951View profile
  41. 891Bruno KreiskyBruno KreiskyLed Social Democratic governments with absolute majorities during thirteen years as Austrian chancellor, after earlier serving as the country's foreign minister.🇦🇹Austrian · Born January 22, 1911 · Died July 29, 1990View profile
  42. 892Juan Manuel de Rosas meowJuan Manuel de Rosas meowPowerful governor of Buenos Aires Province who dominated the Argentine Confederation for years under the title Restorer of the Laws.🇦🇷Argentine · Born March 30, 1793 · Died March 14, 1877View profile
  43. 893Ma Ying-jeouMa Ying-jeouKuomintang politician who served two terms as Taiwan's president and met Xi Jinping in Singapore in 2015.Taiwan · Born July 13, 1950View profile
  44. 894Carles PuigdemontCarles PuigdemontAs president of Catalonia, led the disputed 2017 independence referendum and then went into exile in Belgium.🇪🇸Spanish · Born December 29, 1962View profile
  45. 895Nguyễn Phú TrọngNguyễn Phú TrọngGeneral secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party who led a sweeping anti-corruption drive.🇻🇳Vietnamese · Born April 14, 1944 · Died July 19, 2024View profile
  46. 896Daniel Cohn-BenditDaniel Cohn-BenditStudent leader of the May 1968 protests in Paris who later became a Green MEP.🇫🇷French · Born April 4, 1945View profile
  47. 897
    AP
    Alain PoherLong-serving Senate president who twice stepped in as acting French head of state after de Gaulle's resignation and Pompidou's death.🇫🇷French · Born April 17, 1909 · Died December 9, 1996View profile
  48. 898Oleksandr TurchynovOleksandr TurchynovServed as Ukraine's acting president in 2014 after Viktor Yanukovych fled, later heading the National Security and Defence Council.Ukraine · Born March 31, 1964View profile
  49. 899William WilberforceWilliam WilberforceEvangelical MP who led the long parliamentary campaign that produced the Slave Trade Act of 1807 and paved the way for emancipation.🇬🇧British · Born August 24, 1759 · Died July 29, 1833View profile
  50. 900
    LJ
    Lionel JospinLed France's "plural left" government as prime minister under cohabitation with Jacques Chirac, introducing the 35-hour working week.🇫🇷French · Born July 12, 1937 · Died March 22, 2026View 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).
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Last reviewed: October 2026

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