Famous Politicians

The ranked list (from #1101)

1. 1101Mikhail FradkovServed as Russian Prime Minister from 2004 to 2007, then spent nearly a decade directing the Foreign Intelligence Service.🇷🇺Russian · Born September 1, 1950
2. 1102Harvey MilkBecame the first openly gay man elected to public office in California, serving on San Francisco's Board of Supervisors.🇺🇸American · Born May 22, 1930 · Died November 27, 1978
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   Goh Chok TongSucceeded Lee Kuan Yew as Singapore's prime minister, guiding the country's economy through the Asian financial crisis.🇸🇬Singaporean · Born May 20, 1941
4. 1104Prayut ChanochaArmy chief who led the 2014 coup and then served as Thailand's prime minister until 2023.🇹🇭Thai · Born March 21, 1954
5. 1105Jean-Marc AyraultPrime Minister under François Hollande, having previously spent many years as mayor of Nantes.🇫🇷French · Born January 25, 1950
6. 1106George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of AberdeenPrime Minister who headed a coalition government that took Britain into the Crimean War and fell in 1855.🇬🇧British · Born January 28, 1784 · Died December 14, 1860
7. 1107Barham SalihKurdish politician who served as Iraq's president and later became the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.Iraqi · Born September 12, 1960
8. 1108Ōkuma ShigenobuMeiji-era statesman who twice served as prime minister and founded Waseda University in Tokyo.🇯🇵Japanese · Born March 11, 1838 · Died January 10, 1922
9. 1109Joseph AounFormer commander of the Lebanese army who was elected president in 2025, ending a long presidential vacancy.🇱🇧Lebanese · Born January 10, 1964
10. 1110Catherine AshtonBecame the first holder of the EU's High Representative post created by the Lisbon Treaty and helped lead nuclear talks with Iran.🇬🇧British · Born March 20, 1956
11. 1111Kiichi MiyazawaLiberal Democratic Party prime minister whose government's fall in 1993 ended the party's long unbroken hold on power.🇯🇵Japanese · Born October 8, 1919 · Died June 28, 2007
12. 1112Morihiro HosokawaHeaded an eight-party coalition as Japan's prime minister, ending the Liberal Democratic Party's uninterrupted rule since 1955.🇯🇵Japanese · Born January 14, 1938
13. 1113Daniel arap MoiKenya's longest-serving president, who succeeded Jomo Kenyatta in 1978 and ruled for twenty-four years.🇰🇪Kenyan · Born September 2, 1924 · Died February 4, 2020
14. 1114Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los CastillejosSpanish general and prime minister who led the 1868 Glorious Revolution and was assassinated in 1870.🇪🇸Spanish · Born December 6, 1814 · Died December 30, 1870
15. 1115Meles ZenawiFormer rebel commander who led Ethiopia as president, then as prime minister from 1995 until he died in office.🇪🇹Ethiopian · Born May 8, 1955 · Died August 20, 2012
16. 1116Joschka FischerGreen Party figure who served as Germany's foreign minister and vice chancellor in Gerhard Schröder's coalition government.🇩🇪German · Born April 12, 1948
17. 1117Luis ArceEconomist who oversaw Bolivia's economy as finance minister under Evo Morales, then won the presidency in 2020.Bolivian · Born September 28, 1963
18. 1118Elpidio QuirinoSixth president of the Philippines, who took office in 1948 on the death of Manuel Roxas and served until 1953.🇵🇭Filipino · Born November 16, 1890 · Died February 29, 1956
19. 1119Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-TyneWhig statesman whose long career in government included a spell as Prime Minister during the Seven Years' War.🇬🇧British · Born July 21, 1693 · Died November 17, 1768
20. 1120Nicos ChristodoulidesFormer foreign minister who became the eighth president of Cyprus after winning the 2023 election.Cypriot · Born December 6, 1973
21. 1121Enrico LettaLed a grand coalition as Italian prime minister from 2013 to 2014 and later headed the Democratic Party.🇮🇹Italian · Born August 20, 1966
22. 1122Denys ShmyhalUkraine's prime minister through the first years of the full-scale Russian invasion, holding the office for five years.Ukraine · Born October 15, 1975
23. 1123Peter PellegriniFormer prime minister who won Slovakia's 2024 presidential election, having previously served as speaker of parliament.Slovak · Born October 6, 1975
24. 1124Sergei BagapshLed the breakaway region of Abkhazia as its second president, after earlier serving as its prime minister.Abkhazian · Born March 4, 1949 · Died May 29, 2011
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    Ram Baran YadavPhysician turned politician who became the first president of Nepal after the monarchy was abolished, holding the post for over seven years.Nepali · Born February 4, 1948
26. 1126Jerry RawlingsSeized power in Ghana through coups, then won the presidential elections of 1992 and 1996 under a new constitution.🇬🇭Ghanaian · Born June 22, 1947 · Died November 12, 2020
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    V. V. GiriBecame India's president after winning a closely contested 1969 election as an independent-backed candidate.🇮🇳Indian · Born August 10, 1894 · Died June 23, 1980
28. 1128Ivo SanaderCroatian prime minister who led the country's European Union accession talks and later was convicted of corruption.🇭🇷Croatian · Born June 8, 1953
29. 1129Thomas R. MarshallServed two terms as Woodrow Wilson's vice president, remembered for the quip that the country needed a good five-cent cigar.🇺🇸American · Born March 14, 1854 · Died June 1, 1925
30. 1130Jerzy BuzekLed Poland's government as it joined NATO in 1999, and later presided over the European Parliament.🇵🇱Polish · Born July 3, 1940
31. 1131Lars Løkke RasmussenServed as Denmark's prime minister on two occasions and later founded the Moderates party, going on to become foreign minister.🇩🇰Danish · Born May 15, 1964
32. 1132Avigdor LiebermanFounder of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, who later served Israel as foreign minister and as defence minister.🇮🇱Israeli · Born July 5, 1958
33. 1133Alexis TsiprasLed the left-wing Syriza party to power and governed Greece as prime minister through the bailout referendum and its debt crisis.🇬🇷Greek · Born July 28, 1974
34. 1134Horst SeehoferChristian Social Union leader who was Angela Merkel's interior minister and earlier Minister-President of Bavaria.🇩🇪German · Born July 4, 1949
35. 1135Zillur RahmanAwami League veteran who served as President of Bangladesh until his death in office in 2013.Bangladeshi · Born March 9, 1929 · Died March 20, 2013
36. 1136Annegret Kramp-KarrenbauerSucceeded Angela Merkel as CDU leader in 2018 and later served as Germany's defence minister.🇩🇪German · Born August 9, 1962
37. 1137Dan QuayleIndiana senator who served as vice president under George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993.🇺🇸American · Born February 4, 1947
38. 1138David SassoliJournalist turned politician who presided over the European Parliament from 2019 until his death.🇮🇹Italian · Born May 30, 1956 · Died January 11, 2022
39. 1139Mark CarneyFormer governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England who became Canada's 24th prime minister in 2025.🇨🇦Canadian · Born March 16, 1965
40. 1140Major Dhyan Chand SinghHockey forward who won Olympic gold with India in 1928, 1932 and 1936.🇮🇳Indian · Born August 29, 1905 · Died December 3, 1979
41. 1141Patrice TalonWealthy cotton businessman who became Benin's president in 2016 and later took the new post of Senate president.Beninese · Born May 1, 1958
42. 1142William H. SewardSecretary of State who negotiated the 1867 purchase of Alaska from Russia and survived an assassination attempt.🇺🇸American · Born May 16, 1801 · Died October 10, 1872
43. 1143Sahra WagenknechtProminent left-wing German politician who left Die Linke to found her own party, the BSW, in 2024.🇩🇪German · Born July 16, 1969
44. 1144Adolfo Rodríguez SaáGovernor of San Luis Province who briefly served as Argentina's interim president for a week in December 2001.🇦🇷Argentine · Born July 25, 1947
45. 1145Sam HoustonCommanded the Texan army to victory at San Jacinto and later served as president of the Republic of Texas.🇺🇸American · Born March 2, 1793 · Died July 26, 1863
46. 1146Ron PaulTexas congressman and libertarian standard-bearer whose campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2012 drew a devoted grassroots following.🇺🇸American · Born August 20, 1935
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    Kim Yo-jongRose as a close aide and spokesperson for her brother, North Korea's leader, and attended the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.North Korean · Born September 26, 1987
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    Gulzarilal NandaTwice served as India's interim prime minister, after the deaths of Nehru and Shastri, each time for thirteen days.🇮🇳Indian · Born July 4, 1898 · Died January 15, 1998
49. 1149Massimo D'AlemaFormer Communist who became Italy's prime minister in 1998, leading a centre-left government, and later served as foreign minister under Romano Prodi.🇮🇹Italian · Born April 20, 1949
50. 1150Jorge Carlos FonsecaLawyer and academic who served two terms as Cape Verde's president and earlier held the foreign affairs portfolio in the early 1990s.Cabo Verdean · Born October 20, 1950