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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 25 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 #1201)

  1. 1201Charles W. FairbanksCharles W. FairbanksIndiana senator who served as Theodore Roosevelt's vice president and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee again in 1916.🇺🇸American · Born May 11, 1852 · Died June 4, 1918View profile
  2. 1202Levi P. MortonLevi P. MortonServed as vice president under Benjamin Harrison, having earlier been governor of New York and minister to France.🇺🇸American · Born May 16, 1824 · Died May 16, 1920View profile
  3. 1203Mahinda RajapaksaMahinda RajapaksaSri Lankan president who oversaw the military defeat of the Tamil Tigers in 2009.Sri Lankan · Born November 18, 1945View profile
  4. 1204Andrej PlenkovićAndrej PlenkovićCroatian prime minister and HDZ leader who guided the country into the euro area and Schengen zone in 2023.🇭🇷Croatian · Born April 8, 1970View profile
  5. 1205Louis RielLouis RielMétis leader who led the Red River and North-West resistances and is regarded as a founder of Manitoba.🇨🇦Canadian · Born October 22, 1844 · Died November 16, 1885View profile
  6. 1206Elbridge GerryElbridge GerrySignatory of the Declaration of Independence who later served as James Madison's vice president, lending his name to the term gerrymandering.🇺🇸American · Born July 17, 1744 · Died November 23, 1814View profile
  7. 1207Bart De WeverBart De WeverFlemish nationalist who led the N-VA, served as mayor of Antwerp, and became Belgium's prime minister in 2025.🇧🇪Belgian · Born December 21, 1970View profile
  8. 1208Mateusz MorawieckiMateusz MorawieckiEconomist and former banker who led Poland's Law and Justice government as prime minister for six years until late 2023.🇵🇱Polish · Born June 20, 1968View profile
  9. 1209Karl NehammerKarl NehammerAustrian chancellor who led a coalition with the Greens, having earlier served as the country's interior minister.🇦🇹Austrian · Born October 18, 1972View profile
  10. 1210Horacio CartesHoracio CartesBusinessman who was Paraguay's president between 2013 and 2018 and now leads the Colorado Party.Paraguayan · Born July 5, 1956View profile
  11. 1211Karol NawrockiKarol NawrockiHistorian who headed the Institute of National Remembrance before winning Poland's presidency in 2025.🇵🇱Polish · Born March 3, 1983View profile
  12. 1212Harold HoltHarold HoltLiberal prime minister who succeeded Robert Menzies and vanished while swimming at Cheviot Beach in Victoria in December 1967.🇦🇺Australian · Born August 5, 1908 · Died December 19, 1967View profile
  13. 1213Richard Mentor JohnsonRichard Mentor JohnsonServed as ninth US vice president under Martin Van Buren, chosen by the Senate after failing to win an electoral majority outright.🇺🇸American · Born October 17, 1780 · Died November 19, 1850View profile
  14. 1214Ewa KopaczEwa KopaczBecame the first woman to serve as Marshal of the Sejm, and later led Poland's government as prime minister.🇵🇱Polish · Born December 3, 1956View profile
  15. 1215Stephen HarperStephen HarperLed the Conservative Party to power and served as Canada's 22nd prime minister for nearly a decade.🇨🇦Canadian · Born April 30, 1959View profile
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    Nguyễn Minh TriếtVietnam's seventh president, who earlier led the Communist Party organisation in Ho Chi Minh City.🇻🇳Vietnamese · Born October 8, 1942View profile
  17. 1217Paul MartinPaul MartinLiberal prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006, having earlier balanced the federal budget as finance minister.🇨🇦Canadian · Born August 28, 1938View profile
  18. 1218Yahya JammehYahya JammehRuled the Gambia as president for over two decades after seizing power in a 1994 military coup, until losing the 2016 election.Gambian · Born May 25, 1965View profile
  19. 1219Nikol PashinyanNikol PashinyanFormer journalist who led the 2018 Velvet Revolution and became prime minister of Armenia.Armenian · Born June 1, 1975View profile
  20. 1220Charles CurtisCharles CurtisVice president under Herbert Hoover and the first person of acknowledged Native American ancestry to hold that office.🇺🇸American · Born January 25, 1860 · Died February 8, 1936View profile
  21. 1221George M. DallasGeorge M. DallasVice president under James K. Polk, whose name is borne by the Texas city of Dallas.🇺🇸American · Born July 10, 1792 · Died December 31, 1864View profile
  22. 1222Pete ButtigiegPete ButtigiegFormer mayor of South Bend who ran for the 2020 Democratic nomination and later became transportation secretary under Joe Biden.🇺🇸American · Born January 19, 1982View profile
  23. 1223William Lyon Mackenzie KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie KingLiberal prime minister who held office for over two decades in total, longer than any other Canadian leader.🇨🇦Canadian · Born December 17, 1874 · Died July 22, 1950View profile
  24. 1224Hannibal HamlinHannibal HamlinMaine politician who served as Abraham Lincoln's first vice president, the first Republican to hold the office.🇺🇸American · Born August 27, 1809 · Died July 4, 1891View profile
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    Charan SinghChampion of India's farmers who served a brief spell as prime minister in 1979 and 1980.🇮🇳Indian · Born December 23, 1902 · Died May 29, 1987View profile
  26. 1226Egor GajdarEgor GajdarEconomist who launched Russia's shock-therapy reforms as acting prime minister in 1992.🇷🇺Russian · Born March 19, 1956 · Died December 16, 2009View profile
  27. 1227Branko CrvenkovskiBranko CrvenkovskiLed Macedonia as prime minister for most of the 1990s, then served as the country's president from 2004 to 2009.Macedonian · Born October 12, 1962View profile
  28. 1228Thomas A. HendricksThomas A. HendricksGovernor of Indiana who became vice president under Grover Cleveland but died in office after only eight months.🇺🇸American · Born September 7, 1819 · Died November 25, 1885View profile
  29. 1229Ingrid BetancourtIngrid BetancourtColombian presidential candidate kidnapped by FARC guerrillas in 2002 and held for six years until her rescue in 2008.🇨🇴Colombian · Born December 25, 1961View profile
  30. 1230Gabby GiffordsGabby GiffordsArizona congresswoman who survived a 2011 shooting and went on to found a leading gun violence prevention organisation.🇺🇸American · Born June 8, 1970View profile
  31. 1231Fredrik ReinfeldtFredrik ReinfeldtLeader of the Moderate Party who served eight years as Swedish Prime Minister, ending a long spell of Social Democratic dominance.🇸🇪Swedish · Born August 4, 1965View profile
  32. 1232Elihu RootElihu RootLawyer and statesman who served as Secretary of War and Secretary of State under Theodore Roosevelt, winning the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize.🇺🇸American · Born February 15, 1845 · Died February 7, 1937View profile
  33. 1233Joseph KabilaJoseph KabilaSucceeded his assassinated father in 2001 and led the Democratic Republic of the Congo for eighteen years.Congolese · Born June 4, 1971View profile
  34. 1234Trương Tấn SangTrương Tấn SangSenior Communist Party figure who served as Vietnam's president from 2011 to 2016 during a period of tension with China.🇻🇳Vietnamese · Born January 21, 1949View profile
  35. 1235Festus MogaeFestus MogaeEconomist who served as Botswana's third president for a decade, noted for his firm national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.Botswanan · Born August 21, 1939 · Died May 8, 2026View profile
  36. 1236Pierre NkurunzizaPierre NkurunzizaFormer rebel leader who became president of Burundi in 2005 and held the office for nearly fifteen years.Burundian · Born December 18, 1964 · Died June 8, 2020View profile
  37. 1237Halide Edib AdıvarHalide Edib AdıvarNovelist and nationalist who wrote "The Daughter of Smyrna" and "Sinekli Bakkal", and supported Turkey's war of independence.🇹🇷Turkish · Born June 11, 1884 · Died January 9, 1964View profile
  38. 1238Garret HobartGarret HobartVice president under William McKinley, who died in office in 1899 before completing his term.🇺🇸American · Born June 3, 1844 · Died November 21, 1899View profile
  39. 1239Ollanta HumalaOllanta HumalaFormer army officer who won Peru's presidency in 2011 as a leftist and governed for one five-year term.🇵🇪Peruvian · Born June 27, 1962View profile
  40. 1240Stevo PendarovskiStevo PendarovskiHeld the presidency of North Macedonia from 2019 to 2024, taking office shortly after the country adopted its new name.Macedonian · Born April 3, 1963View profile
  41. 1241Mulatu TeshomeMulatu TeshomeEthiopian politician and diplomat who served as the country's president, a largely ceremonial role, from 2013 to 2018.🇪🇹Ethiopian · Born January 29, 1957View profile
  42. 1242Joyce BandaJoyce BandaBecame Malawi's first female president in 2012 after the death of Bingu wa Mutharika, having been his vice president.Malawian · Born April 12, 1950View profile
  43. 1243John C. BreckinridgeJohn C. BreckinridgeYoungest vice president in US history, later a Confederate general and the Confederacy's secretary of war.🇺🇸American · Born January 16, 1821 · Died May 17, 1875View profile
  44. 1244Matteo RenziMatteo RenziFormer mayor of Florence who became Italy's youngest prime minister in 2014 and resigned after losing a constitutional referendum in 2016.🇮🇹Italian · Born January 11, 1975View profile
  45. 1245Lindsey GrahamLindsey GrahamRepresented South Carolina in the US Senate for over two decades, becoming a prominent Republican voice on foreign policy and judicial nominations.🇺🇸American · Born July 9, 1955 · Died July 11, 2026View profile
  46. 1246Bujar NishaniBujar NishaniServed as Albania's president from 2012 to 2017, having previously held the post of interior minister.Albanian · Born September 29, 1966 · Died May 28, 2022View profile
  47. 1247Bob DoleBob DoleKansas senator and Senate Republican leader who was the party's unsuccessful presidential nominee against Bill Clinton in 1996.🇺🇸American · Born July 22, 1923 · Died December 5, 2021View profile
  48. 1248Matti VanhanenMatti VanhanenCentre Party leader who served seven years as Finland's prime minister, then became Speaker of the Finnish Parliament.🇫🇮Finn · Born November 4, 1955View profile
  49. 1249Élisabeth BorneÉlisabeth BorneServed as Prime Minister of France from 2022 to 2024, only the second woman to hold the office.🇫🇷French · Born April 18, 1961View profile
  50. 1250James S. ShermanJames S. ShermanVice president under William Howard Taft, who died in office in 1912 shortly before that year's election.🇺🇸American · Born October 24, 1855 · Died October 30, 1912View 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.
  • Statistics: every figure on this page is calculated live from our database each time the page loads, so it changes as we add people.

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Last reviewed: October 2026

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