Famous Politicians

The ranked list (from #901)

1. 901Halimah YacobFormer Speaker of Parliament who became Singapore's first woman president after being declared elected uncontested in 2017.🇸🇬Singaporean · Born August 23, 1954
2. 902Vahagn KhachatryanEconomist elected by parliament to the largely ceremonial presidency of Armenia in 2022.Armenian · Born April 22, 1959
3. 903Amadou Toumani TouréSoldier known as ATT who led Mali's democratic transition and later served as president.Malian · Born November 4, 1948 · Died November 9, 2020
4. 904Charles G. DawesShared the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for the Dawes Plan on German reparations while serving as Coolidge's vice president.🇺🇸American · Born August 27, 1865 · Died April 23, 1951
5. 905Joseph WirthCentre Party chancellor of Germany who signed the 1922 Treaty of Rapallo with Soviet Russia.Republic of Baden · Born September 6, 1879 · Died January 3, 1956
6. 906Giuliano AmatoTwice led Italy's government, and later sat on the country's Constitutional Court, serving as its president in 2022.🇮🇹Italian · Born May 13, 1938
7. 907Stanislaw ShushkievichFirst leader of independent Belarus who signed the agreement ending the Soviet Union.Belarusian · Born December 15, 1934 · Died May 3, 2022
8. 908William PennQuaker leader who founded the Province of Pennsylvania as a colony offering religious freedom, with Philadelphia as its main city.🇬🇧English · Born October 14, 1644 · Died July 30, 1718
9. 909Bill de BlasioMayor of New York City for two terms who introduced universal pre-kindergarten for the city's four-year-olds.🇺🇸American · Born May 8, 1961
10. 910Binali YıldırımLast prime minister of Turkey before the office was abolished in favour of an executive presidency, and a former transport minister.🇹🇷Turkish · Born December 20, 1955
11. 911Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahKuwait's emir for fourteen years, earlier its long-serving foreign minister, known for regional mediation efforts.Kuwaiti · Born June 16, 1929 · Died September 29, 2020
12. 912János ÁderServed two terms as Hungary's head of state, succeeding Pál Schmitt, after earlier leading Fidesz in parliament.🇭🇺Hungarian · Born May 9, 1959
13. 913Ferdinand BuissonWon the 1927 Nobel Peace Prize for pacifist work, and shaped France's secular state schooling as a senior education official.🇫🇷French · Born December 20, 1841 · Died February 16, 1932
14. 914Étienne Gnassingbé EyadémaRuled Togo for almost four decades as president after seizing power in a military coup, making him one of Africa's longest-serving rulers.Togolese · Born December 26, 1935 · Died February 5, 2005
15. 915H. H. AsquithLiberal prime minister who led Britain into the First World War and passed the Parliament Act of 1911 limiting the Lords' powers.🇬🇧British · Born September 12, 1852 · Died February 15, 1928
16. 916Nicolae TimoftiJudge who ended Moldova's long presidential deadlock when parliament elected him head of state in 2012.Moldavian · Born December 22, 1948
17. 917Álvaro ObregónRevolutionary general who served as Mexico's president from 1920 to 1924 and was assassinated after winning re-election in 1928.🇲🇽Mexican · Born February 17, 1880 · Died July 17, 1928
18. 918Hipólito YrigoyenRadical Civic Union leader who became Argentina's first president elected under universal male suffrage.🇦🇷Argentine · Born July 13, 1850 · Died July 3, 1933
19. 919Carlos Saavedra LamasWon the 1936 Nobel Peace Prize for mediating an end to the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay.🇦🇷Argentine · Born November 1, 1878 · Died May 5, 1959
20. 920Christian MichelsenShipping magnate who headed Norway's first government after the peaceful dissolution of its union with Sweden in 1905.🇳🇴Norwegian · Born March 15, 1857 · Died June 29, 1925
21. 921Gustavo PetroFormer guerrilla and Bogotá mayor who became Colombia's first left-wing president and founded the Historic Pact coalition.🇨🇴Colombian · Born April 19, 1960
22. 922Tassos PapadopoulosAs president of Cyprus, he led the campaign against the 2004 UN reunification plan just before the island joined the European Union.Cypriot · Born January 7, 1934 · Died December 12, 2008
23. 923Ségolène RoyalFirst woman to reach the French presidential run-off, losing to Nicolas Sarkozy as the Socialist candidate in 2007.🇫🇷French · Born September 22, 1953
24. 924Éamon de ValeraDominated Irish politics for decades, drafting the 1937 constitution as head of government before becoming the country's third president.🇺🇸American · Born October 14, 1882 · Died August 29, 1975
25. 925Dmitriy UstinovSoviet defence minister who oversaw the arms build-up and the invasion of Afghanistan.🇷🇺Soviet · Born October 17, 1908 · Died December 20, 1984
26. 926Sveinn BjörnssonBecame the first president of Iceland when the republic was founded in 1944, serving until his death.Iceland · Born February 27, 1881 · Died January 25, 1952
27. 927John MagufuliTanzanian president nicknamed "the Bulldozer", known for large infrastructure projects, anti-corruption drives and a contested response to the Covid-19 pandemic.Tanzanian · Born October 29, 1959 · Died March 17, 2021
28. 928Vojislav ŠešeljFounded the Serbian Radical Party and was tried by the international tribunal in The Hague on war crimes charges.🇷🇸Serbian · Born October 11, 1954
29. 929P. W. BothaDefended apartheid as South Africa's last prime minister, then became its first executive state president under a new constitution.🇿🇦South African · Born January 12, 1916 · Died October 31, 2006
30. 930Lee Jae MyungFormer mayor of Seongnam and governor of Gyeonggi Province who led the Democratic Party to win South Korea's presidency in 2025.🇰🇷South Korean · Born December 8, 1963
31. 931Rafael del RiegoArmy officer whose 1820 revolt forced the Spanish king to restore the constitution.🇪🇸Spanish · Born April 7, 1784 · Died November 7, 1823
32. 932Roza OtunbayevaLed Kyrgyzstan as interim president after the 2010 uprising, becoming Central Asia's first female head of state.Kyrgyzstani · Born August 23, 1950
33. 933Gitanas NausėdaLithuanian economist and banker who was elected president in 2019 after a career at SEB bank.Lithuanian · Born May 19, 1964
34. 934Ahmadou AhidjoLed Cameroon to independence and served as its first president for more than two decades.Cameroonian · Born August 24, 1924 · Died November 30, 1989
35. 935Robert PeelPrime minister who founded the Metropolitan Police and repealed the Corn Laws.🇬🇧British · Born February 5, 1788 · Died July 2, 1850
36. 936Charles MichelBelgian prime minister who went on to chair summits of EU leaders as president of the European Council.🇧🇪Belgian · Born December 21, 1975
37. 937Jean-Claude DuvalierKnown as Baby Doc, he inherited Haiti's presidency for life from his father François and was ousted in 1986.Haitian · Born July 3, 1951 · Died October 4, 2014
38. 938Ekrem İmamoğluOpposition politician who won Istanbul's mayoralty in 2019, ending decades of control by Erdoğan's allies in Turkey's largest city.🇹🇷Turkish · Born June 4, 1970
39. 939Pedro Pablo KuczynskiEconomist and former finance minister who served as Peru's president before resigning amid corruption allegations.🇵🇪Peruvian · Born October 3, 1938
40. 940Julia GillardBecame Australia's first female prime minister in 2010, leading a minority Labor government and introducing a carbon pricing scheme.🇦🇺Australian · Born September 29, 1961
41. 941Abdel Fattah al-BurhanArmy general who chairs Sudan's Sovereignty Council and commands the military in its war with the Rapid Support Forces.Sudanese · Born July 11, 1960
42. 942Asif Ali ZardariWidower of Benazir Bhutto and co-chair of the Pakistan Peoples Party, he has held Pakistan's presidency in two separate spells.🇵🇰Pakistani · Born July 26, 1955
43. 943Nikolai PatrushevHeaded Russia's Federal Security Service before spending sixteen years as secretary of the Security Council, close to Vladimir Putin.🇷🇺Russian · Born July 11, 1951
44. 944Borut PahorServed as Slovenia's president for two terms, becoming known for his active social media presence and as a former prime minister.Slovene · Born November 2, 1963
45. 945Janet YellenEconomist who chaired the Federal Reserve, then became the first woman to serve as United States Treasury Secretary.🇺🇸American · Born August 13, 1946
46. 946Andrej BabišBillionaire businessman who founded the ANO movement and has served as Czech prime minister, first from 2017 to 2021.Slovak · Born September 2, 1954
47. 947Mitt RomneyRepublican nominee in the 2012 presidential election, who also served as governor of Massachusetts and senator for Utah.🇺🇸American · Born March 12, 1947
48. 948Abdou DioufSucceeded Léopold Senghor as Senegal's president and later led the International Organisation of the Francophonie.🇸🇳Senegalese · Born September 7, 1935
49. 949Giovanni GiolittiDominated Italian politics before the First World War, serving five times as prime minister and extending the vote to most men.🇮🇹Italian · Born October 27, 1842 · Died July 17, 1928
50. 950Mauricio MacriBusinessman and former mayor of Buenos Aires who founded the Republican Proposal party and served as Argentina's president from 2015.🇦🇷Argentine · Born February 8, 1959