Famous Politicians

The ranked list (from #1001)

1. 1001Ameenah Gurib-FakimBiodiversity scientist who became president of Mauritius in 2015.Mauritian · Born October 17, 1959
2. 1002Nataša Pirc MusarLawyer and former information commissioner who became Slovenia's first female president in December 2022.Slovene · Born May 9, 1968
3. 1003Yury LuzhkovLong-serving mayor of Moscow who oversaw the city's rebuilding and rapid growth through the 1990s and 2000s.🇷🇺Russian · Born September 21, 1936 · Died December 10, 2019
4. 1004Carl BildtLed Sweden's Moderate Party as prime minister, and later served as international High Representative for Bosnia after the Dayton Accords.🇸🇪Swedish · Born July 15, 1949
5. 1005Pedro SánchezSocialist leader who became Spain's prime minister after winning a no-confidence vote against Mariano Rajoy in 2018.🇪🇸Spanish · Born February 29, 1972
6. 1006Alexander StubbFormer prime minister from the National Coalition Party who became Finland's president in 2024.🇫🇮Finn · Born April 1, 1968
7. 1007Tomiichi MurayamaSocialist prime minister who issued the 1995 statement apologising for Japan's wartime aggression and colonial rule.🇯🇵Japanese · Born March 3, 1924 · Died October 17, 2025
8. 1008Michel SuleimanFormer head of the Lebanese Armed Forces who became Lebanon's twelfth president, serving from 2008 to 2014.🇱🇧Lebanese · Born November 21, 1948
9. 1009Pranab MukherjeeVeteran Congress politician and finance minister who served as president of India from 2012 to 2017.🇮🇳Indian · Born December 11, 1935 · Died August 31, 2020
10. 1010Domingo Faustino SarmientoArgentine president and writer who expanded public schooling and wrote the influential book Facundo.🇦🇷Argentine · Born February 15, 1811 · Died September 11, 1888
11. 1011Paul RyanRepublican from Wisconsin who served as Speaker of the House and was Mitt Romney's 2012 vice-presidential running mate.🇺🇸American · Born January 29, 1970
12. 1012Christian WulffGerman president who resigned in 2012 amid a scandal over favours and loans, having earlier led Lower Saxony.🇩🇪German · Born June 19, 1959
13. 1013Danilo TürkInternational law expert and former United Nations official who served a single term as Slovenia's president, leaving office in 2012.Slovene · Born February 19, 1952
14. 1014Yair LapidTV anchor turned politician who served as prime minister of Israel in 2022.🇮🇱Israeli · Born November 5, 1963
15. 1015Mohamed Ould Abdel AzizArmy officer who took power in a 2008 coup and then served as Mauritania's elected president from 2009 to 2019.Mauritanian · Born December 20, 1956
16. 1016Alben W. BarkleyKentucky politician who served as Harry Truman's vice president and popularised the nickname "Veep".🇺🇸American · Born November 24, 1877 · Died April 30, 1956
17. 1017Hastings BandaLed Malawi from independence in 1964, ruling as president for life until losing power in 1994.Malawian · Born February 15, 1898 · Died November 25, 1997
18. 1018Janez JanšaSlovenian conservative leader who has repeatedly returned as prime minister, first taking the post in 2004.Slovene · Born September 17, 1958
19. 1019Walter MondaleCarter's vice president who chose Geraldine Ferraro as running mate in his 1984 defeat by Ronald Reagan.🇺🇸American · Born January 5, 1928 · Died April 19, 2021
20. 1020Ivo JosipovićComposer and law professor who served as Croatia's president from 2010 to 2015.🇭🇷Croatian · Born August 28, 1957
21. 1021Pierre MauroySocialist prime minister under François Mitterrand who led the first government of the 1980s, and long-serving mayor of Lille.🇫🇷French · Born July 5, 1928 · Died June 7, 2013
22. 1022Faustin-Archange TouadéraA mathematician who became president of the Central African Republic in 2016, after earlier serving as its prime minister.Central African · Born April 21, 1957
23. 1023John Russell, 1st Earl RussellHe led two Liberal governments as prime minister and introduced the Great Reform Act of 1832 in the Commons.🇬🇧British · Born August 18, 1792 · Died May 28, 1878
24. 1024Mamnoon HussainBusinessman from Karachi who served as Pakistan's 12th president, holding the largely ceremonial office for a full five-year term.🇵🇰Pakistani · Born December 23, 1940 · Died July 14, 2021
25. 1025Ingvar CarlssonSocial Democratic leader who twice served as Sweden's prime minister, succeeding the assassinated Olof Palme in 1986.🇸🇪Swedish · Born November 9, 1934
26. 1026Kakuei TanakaJapanese prime minister who normalised relations with China in 1972 and was later disgraced by the Lockheed bribery scandal.🇯🇵Japanese · Born May 4, 1918 · Died December 16, 1993
27. 1027František PalackýHistorian called the Father of the Nation for his history of the Czech people.🇦🇹Austrian · Born June 14, 1798 · Died May 26, 1876
28. 1028Najib RazakMalaysia's sixth prime minister, later jailed over the 1MDB financial scandal after his 2018 election defeat.🇲🇾Malaysian · Born July 23, 1953
29. 1029Andrus AnsipEstonian prime minister for nine years who later served as a European Commission vice-president.Estonian · Born October 1, 1956
30. 1030Andrius KubiliusTwice prime minister of Lithuania who now serves as the European Union's first Commissioner for Defence and Space.Lithuanian · Born December 8, 1956
31. 1031Ian Douglas SmithAs Rhodesian prime minister, he issued the 1965 Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain to preserve white minority rule.Zimbabwean · Born April 8, 1919 · Died November 20, 2007
32. 1032Guðni JóhannessonHistorian elected Iceland's president in 2016, after teaching at the University of Iceland and writing on the Cod Wars.Iceland · Born June 26, 1968
33. 1033William Lamb, 2nd Viscount MelbourneWhig prime minister who mentored the young Queen Victoria in the early years of her reign.🇬🇧British · Born March 15, 1779 · Died November 24, 1848
34. 1034Georgi ParvanovServed two terms as Bulgarian president after unseating Petar Stoyanov in the 2001 election, having been a historian and Socialist Party leader.🇧🇬Bulgarian · Born June 28, 1957
35. 1035Willem DreesDutch Labour prime minister who led postwar reconstruction and introduced the state old-age pension in 1957.🇳🇱Dutch · Born July 5, 1886 · Died May 14, 1988
36. 1036John Foster DullesSecretary of state under Eisenhower who shaped Cold War American policy, notably through a strategy of containment backed by alliances.🇺🇸American · Born February 25, 1888 · Died May 24, 1959
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    Milo ĐukanovićDominated Montenegrin politics for decades, serving as president twice and leading the country to independence from Serbia in 2006 and into NATO.Montenegrin · Born February 15, 1962
38. 1038Chen Shui-bianFirst Taiwanese president from the Democratic Progressive Party, ending decades of Kuomintang rule when elected in 2000.taiwanese · Born October 12, 1950
39. 1039Ahmed al-SharaaFormer rebel commander who became Syria's president in 2025 after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.Syrian · Born October 29, 1982
40. 1040Anne HidalgoSocialist who became the first woman Mayor of Paris, pushing cycle lanes and car restrictions in the city.🇪🇸Spanish · Born June 19, 1959
41. 1041Álvaro Uribe VélezColombian president for two terms who pursued a hardline military campaign against the FARC guerrillas under his Democratic Security policy.🇨🇴Colombian · Born July 4, 1952
42. 1042Valentina MatviyenkoChair of Russia's Federation Council, and earlier the first woman to govern Saint Petersburg.🇷🇺Russian · Born April 7, 1949
43. 1043Giuseppe SaragatFounder of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party who became the fifth President of the Italian Republic.🇮🇹Italian · Born September 19, 1898 · Died June 11, 1988
44. 1044Tô LâmFormer public security minister who became general secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party.🇻🇳Vietnamese · Born July 10, 1957
45. 1045

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    Roberta MetsolaMaltese centre-right politician elected president of the European Parliament in 2022, becoming its youngest holder of the post.Maltese · Born January 18, 1979
46. 1046Göran PerssonLed Sweden's Social Democrats and government for a decade, overseeing the country's entry into the European Union's wider enlargement era.🇸🇪Swedish · Born January 20, 1949
47. 1047Egils LevitsLawyer and former European Court judge who served as president of Latvia.Latvian · Born June 30, 1955
48. 1048Valdis ZatlersFormer orthopaedic surgeon who as Latvian president called a 2011 referendum that dissolved parliament.Latvian · Born March 22, 1955
49. 1049Li QiangBecame China's premier in 2023, having previously led Shanghai as its Communist Party secretary during the 2022 lockdown.🇨🇳Chinese · Born July 23, 1959
50. 1050Fatmir SejdiuBecame the first president of Kosovo after its declaration of independence in 2008, while leading the Democratic League of Kosovo.Kosovan · Born October 23, 1951