Famous Politicians

The ranked list (from #101)

1. 101Ursula von der LeyenBecame the first woman to lead the European Commission, after serving as Germany's defence minister.🇩🇪German · Born October 8, 1958
2. 102Wangari Muta MaathaiFounder of the Green Belt Movement, she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.🇰🇪Kenyan · Born April 1, 1940 · Died September 25, 2011
3. 103Rudolf HessDeputy Führer of the Nazi Party who flew solo to Scotland in 1941 and later served a life sentence at Spandau.🇩🇪German · Born April 26, 1894 · Died August 17, 1987
4. 104Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaFormer metalworker and union leader who twice won Brazil's presidency, first in 2002 and again in 2022.🇧🇷Brazilian · Born October 27, 1945
5. 105Ali KhameneiSucceeded Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 and held Iran's highest office, supreme leader, for decades.🇮🇷Iranian · Born April 19, 1939 · Died February 28, 2026
6. 106Anwar SadatEgyptian president who made peace with Israel through the 1978 Camp David Accords and shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Menachem Begin.🇪🇬Egyptian · Born December 25, 1918 · Died October 6, 1981
7. 107Hu JintaoChinese leader from 2002 to 2012 who promoted the idea of a harmonious society.🇨🇳Chinese · Born December 21, 1942
8. 108Carl Gustaf Emil MannerheimFinnish field marshal who led the defence against the Soviet Union and became president.🇫🇮Finn · Born June 4, 1867 · Died January 27, 1951
9. 109Park Chung-heeSeized power in the 1961 coup and drove rapid industrialisation as South Korea's president until he was assassinated in 1979.🇰🇷South Korean · Born November 14, 1917 · Died October 26, 1979
10. 110François MitterrandSocialist who won the French presidency in 1981 and held office for fourteen years, the longest of any republican head of state.🇫🇷French · Born October 26, 1916 · Died January 8, 1996
11. 111Konstantin ChernenkoElderly Soviet leader who held power for barely a year before Gorbachev took over.🇷🇺Soviet · Born September 24, 1911 · Died March 10, 1985
12. 112Toyotomi HideyoshiRose from peasant stock to complete Japan's unification, ordering the land survey and sword hunt and invading Korea.🇯🇵Japanese · Born February 2, 1536 · Died September 18, 1598
13. 113Syngman RheeBecame South Korea's first president in 1948 and governed through the Korean War until protests forced him out.🇰🇷South Korean · Born March 26, 1875 · Died July 19, 1965
14. 114Salvador AllendeChile's first Marxist president elected through the ballot box, who died during the 1973 military coup led by Pinochet.🇨🇱Chilean · Born June 26, 1908 · Died September 11, 1973
15. 115SukarnoProclaimed Indonesian independence in 1945 and served as the country's first president, championing the nonaligned movement.🇮🇩Indonesian · Born June 6, 1901 · Died June 21, 1970
16. 116Philippe PétainFirst World War hero of Verdun who later led the collaborationist Vichy regime.🇫🇷French · Born April 24, 1856 · Died July 23, 1951
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    Droupadi MurmuBecame India's second female head of state after winning the 2022 presidential election, and the first president from a tribal community.🇮🇳Indian · Born June 20, 1958
18. 118Lavrentiy BeriaRan Stalin's secret police, the NKVD, through the Second World War and oversaw the Soviet atomic bomb project before his execution.🇷🇺Soviet · Born March 17, 1899 · Died June 26, 1953
19. 119Cardinal MazarinItalian-born cardinal who governed France as chief minister during the young Louis XIV's reign.🇫🇷French · Born July 14, 1602 · Died March 9, 1661
20. 120Oliver CromwellParliamentary general in the English Civil War who ruled as Lord Protector after Charles I's execution.🇬🇧British · Born April 25, 1599 · Died September 3, 1658
21. 121Helmut KohlChancellor who oversaw German reunification in 1990 and held office for sixteen years, the longest in modern German history.🇩🇪German · Born April 3, 1930 · Died June 16, 2017
22. 122Georgy ZhukovMarshal of the Soviet Union who commanded the defence of Moscow and the Red Army's capture of Berlin in 1945.🇷🇺Soviet · Born December 1, 1896 · Died June 18, 1974
23. 123Ariel SharonIsraeli general turned prime minister who ordered the 2005 withdrawal of settlers and troops from the Gaza Strip.🇮🇱Israeli · Born February 26, 1928 · Died January 11, 2014
24. 124Martin BormannHitler's private secretary who controlled access to the Nazi leader in the final war years.🇩🇪German · Born June 17, 1900 · Died May 2, 1945
25. 125Theodore RooseveltBuilt the Panama Canal and pursued trust-busting and conservation as the 26th president of the United States.🇺🇸American · Born October 27, 1858 · Died January 6, 1919
26. 126Mohammed bin Rashid Al MaktoumRuler of Dubai and UAE prime minister who drove the emirate's rapid growth.Emirati · Born July 15, 1949
27. 127Clara ZetkinGerman socialist who helped establish International Women's Day.🇩🇪German · Born July 5, 1857 · Died June 20, 1933
28. 128Edward HeathConservative prime minister who took Britain into the European Economic Community in 1973 and served as an MP for over fifty years.🇬🇧British · Born July 9, 1916 · Died July 17, 2005
29. 129François HollandeSocialist politician who won the 2012 election to become president of France, serving a single five-year term.🇫🇷French · Born August 12, 1954
30. 130Shimon PeresIsraeli statesman who served as prime minister twice and as president, and shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize.🇮🇱Israeli · Born August 2, 1923 · Died September 28, 2016
31. 131B. R. AmbedkarDalit leader and jurist who chaired the committee that drafted India's constitution.🇮🇳Indian · Born April 14, 1891 · Died December 6, 1956
32. 132Viktor YanukovychWon Ukraine's 2010 presidential election, then fled the country in 2014 after protests over his abandoned European Union agreement.🇺🇦Ukrainian · Born July 9, 1950
33. 133Klemens von MetternichSteered Austrian diplomacy as foreign minister and shaped the post-Napoleonic order at the 1815 Congress of Vienna.Roman · Born May 15, 1773 · Died June 11, 1859
34. 134Raúl CastroSucceeded his brother Fidel as President of Cuba in 2008 and later led the Communist Party until 2021.🇨🇺Cuban · Born June 3, 1931
35. 135Yitzhak RabinIsraeli general and prime minister who signed the Oslo Accords with the PLO and shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize.🇮🇱Israeli · Born March 1, 1922 · Died November 4, 1995
36. 136Rudolf HössSS officer who ran the Auschwitz concentration camp and was hanged there in 1947.🇩🇪German · Born November 25, 1900 · Died April 16, 1947
37. 137Vyacheslav MolotovSigned the 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact as Soviet foreign minister, serving under Stalin for over a decade.🇷🇺Soviet · Born March 9, 1890 · Died November 8, 1986
38. 138Olof PalmeLed Sweden's Social Democrats and twice served as prime minister, until his unsolved shooting in central Stockholm.🇸🇪Swedish · Born January 30, 1927 · Died February 28, 1986
39. 139Gerhard SchröderChancellor of Germany who introduced the Agenda 2010 labour and welfare reforms and opposed the Iraq War.🇩🇪German · Born April 7, 1944
40. 140Alexander DubčekCzechoslovak Communist leader whose Prague Spring reforms promised "socialism with a human face" before the 1968 Soviet invasion.Czechoslovak · Born November 27, 1921 · Died November 7, 1992
41. 141Joachim von RibbentropNazi foreign minister who signed the 1939 pact with the Soviet Union, and was hanged after the Nuremberg trials.🇩🇪German · Born April 30, 1893 · Died October 16, 1946
42. 142Sheikh HasinaBangladesh's longest-serving prime minister, who led the Awami League government until resigning in 2024 amid mass protests.Bangladeshi · Born September 28, 1947
43. 143William the SilentLed the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule and became the principal founding figure of the independent Dutch Republic as Prince of Orange.🇳🇱Dutch · Born April 24, 1533 · Died July 10, 1584
44. 144Woodrow WilsonAmerican president who led the United States through the First World War and championed the League of Nations at Versailles.🇺🇸American · Born December 28, 1856 · Died February 3, 1924
45. 145Sergio MattarellaItalian head of state since 2015, re-elected for a second term and now the republic's longest-serving president.🇮🇹Italian · Born July 23, 1941
46. 146Gerald FordBecame the 38th US president after Nixon's resignation, and granted Nixon a controversial pardon.🇺🇸American · Born July 14, 1913 · Died December 26, 2006
47. 147Mahmoud AbbasSucceeded Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestinian Authority and has served as its president since 2005.Palestinian · Born November 15, 1935
48. 148Georges PompidouSucceeded Charles de Gaulle as French president and championed modern art, giving his name to Paris's Centre Pompidou.🇫🇷French · Born July 5, 1911 · Died April 2, 1974
49. 149Lyndon B. JohnsonSigned the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and launched the Great Society programmes while serving as US president.🇺🇸American · Born August 27, 1908 · Died January 22, 1973
50. 150Eva PerónAs Argentina's First Lady she founded the Eva Perón Foundation and campaigned for women's suffrage, becoming a revered and divisive national figure.🇦🇷Argentine · Born May 7, 1919 · Died July 26, 1952