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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 6 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 #251)

  1. 251Bongbong MarcosBongbong MarcosSon of the former dictator, he won the 2022 Philippine presidential election in a landslide, succeeding Rodrigo Duterte.🇵🇭Filipino · Born September 13, 1957View profile
  2. 252Yuan ShikaiYuan ShikaiGeneral who became the first president of the Chinese republic and tried to make himself emperor.🇨🇳Chinese · Born September 16, 1859 · Died June 6, 1916View profile
  3. 253Nadezhda KrupskayaNadezhda KrupskayaBolshevik revolutionary and wife of Lenin, who became a leading Soviet figure in education and library policy.🇷🇺Soviet · Born February 14, 1869 · Died February 27, 1939View profile
  4. 254Gough WhitlamGough WhitlamLabor leader who ended twenty-three years of conservative rule, introducing universal healthcare, before being dismissed by the governor-general in 1975.🇦🇺Australian · Born July 11, 1916 · Died October 21, 2014View profile
  5. 255Frank-Walter SteinmeierFrank-Walter SteinmeierSocial Democrat who twice served as German foreign minister before becoming the country's federal president in 2017.🇩🇪German · Born January 5, 1956View profile
  6. 256Fredrik BajerFredrik BajerDanish peace campaigner who shared the 1908 Nobel Peace Prize and helped found the International Peace Bureau.dane · Born April 21, 1837 · Died January 22, 1922View profile
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    Roh Moo-hyunFormer human rights lawyer who won South Korea's 2002 presidential election and pursued engagement with North Korea.🇰🇷South Korean · Born September 1, 1946 · Died May 23, 2009View profile
  8. 258Hans FrankHans FrankNazi governor of occupied Poland who was hanged after the Nuremberg trials.🇩🇪German · Born May 23, 1900 · Died October 16, 1946View profile
  9. 259Kurt WaldheimKurt WaldheimLed the United Nations as secretary-general for two terms, then won Austria's presidency despite controversy over his wartime record.🇦🇹Austrian · Born December 21, 1918 · Died June 14, 2007View profile
  10. 260Mary SimonMary SimonInuk leader who became the first Indigenous person to serve as Canada's governor general.🇨🇦Canadian · Born August 21, 1947View profile
  11. 261Daniel OrtegaDaniel OrtegaSandinista revolutionary who led Nicaragua after the 1979 overthrow of Somoza and returned to power in 2007.Nicaraguan · Born November 11, 1945View profile
  12. 262John Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy AdamsSixth American president, he earlier helped shape the Monroe Doctrine as secretary of state and later fought the gag rule in Congress.🇺🇸American · Born July 11, 1767 · Died February 23, 1848View profile
  13. 263R. VenkataramanR. VenkataramanLawyer and Congress politician who served as India's president from 1987 to 1992 after being vice president.🇮🇳Indian · Born December 4, 1910 · Died January 27, 2009View profile
  14. 264Martti AhtisaariMartti AhtisaariFinnish diplomat who served as president of Finland and later won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating conflict resolution around the world.🇫🇮Finnish · Born June 23, 1937 · Died October 16, 2023View profile
  15. 265Ante PavelićAnte PavelićLeader of the fascist Ustaše who headed the wartime Independent State of Croatia.Yugoslavia · Born July 14, 1889 · Died December 28, 1959View profile
  16. 266Walter UlbrichtWalter UlbrichtEast German communist leader who, as head of the ruling SED, oversaw the building of the Berlin Wall.East German · Born June 30, 1893 · Died August 1, 1973View profile
  17. 267Lutz Graf Schwerin von KrosigkLutz Graf Schwerin von KrosigkServed as Nazi Germany's finance minister for over a decade and briefly headed the Flensburg government in 1945.🇩🇪German · Born August 22, 1887 · Died March 4, 1977View profile
  18. 268Sergey LavrovSergey LavrovDiplomat who has been Russia's foreign minister since 2004, the longest-serving holder of that post since Tsarist times.🇷🇺Russian · Born March 21, 1950View profile
  19. 269Hamid KarzaiHamid KarzaiLed Afghanistan's interim administration after the Taliban's fall, then served as the country's first democratically elected president.Afghan · Born December 24, 1957View profile
  20. 270Ngô Đình DiệmNgô Đình DiệmFirst president of the Republic of Vietnam, ruling South Vietnam until a military coup overthrew and killed him.South Vietnam · Born July 27, 1897 · Died November 2, 1963View profile
  21. 271Yulia TymoshenkoYulia TymoshenkoBecame Ukraine's first female prime minister and was a leading figure of the Orange Revolution of 2004.🇺🇦Ukrainian · Born November 27, 1960View profile
  22. 272Karl LiebknechtKarl LiebknechtCo-founder of the Spartacus League, he voted against war credits in 1914 and helped lead the failed Spartacist uprising in Berlin.🇩🇪German · Born January 13, 1871 · Died January 15, 1919View profile
  23. 273Horace WalpoleHorace WalpoleBuilt Strawberry Hill and wrote The Castle of Otranto, widely regarded as the first Gothic novel.🇬🇧British · Born September 24, 1717 · Died March 2, 1797View profile
  24. 274Vigdís FinnbogadóttirVigdís FinnbogadóttirServed four terms as Iceland's president, becoming the world's first democratically elected female head of state in 1980.Iceland · Born April 15, 1930View profile
  25. 275Vidkun QuislingVidkun QuislingLed Norway's puppet government under German occupation, and his surname became a byword for traitor in many languages.🇳🇴Norwegian · Born July 18, 1887 · Died October 24, 1945View profile
  26. 276John A. MacdonaldJohn A. MacdonaldChief architect of Canadian Confederation, who became the country's first prime minister and drove the Canadian Pacific Railway.🇨🇦Canadian · Born January 11, 1815 · Died June 6, 1891View profile
  27. 277
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    Lee Myung-bakFormer Hyundai executive who, as mayor of Seoul, restored the Cheonggyecheon stream before serving as South Korea's president.🇰🇷South Korean · Born December 19, 1941View profile
  28. 278Zine El Abidine Ben AliZine El Abidine Ben AliRuled Tunisia as president for 23 years until the 2011 uprising that began the Arab Spring forced him into exile.🇹🇳Tunisian · Born September 3, 1936 · Died September 19, 2019View profile
  29. 279Felix DzerzhinskyFelix DzerzhinskyFounder of the Cheka, the Bolshevik secret police that became the KGB.🇷🇺Soviet · Born August 30, 1877 · Died July 20, 1926View profile
  30. 280Enver PashaEnver PashaYoung Turk leader who took the Ottoman Empire into the First World War.Ottoman · Born November 22, 1881 · Died August 4, 1922View profile
  31. 281
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    Park Geun-hyeBecame South Korea's first female president in 2013, and was removed from office in 2017 after a corruption scandal.🇰🇷South Korean · Born February 2, 1952View profile
  32. 282Randal CremerRandal CremerLiberal MP and founder of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, he won the 1903 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting international arbitration between nations.🇬🇧British · Born March 18, 1828 · Died July 22, 1908View profile
  33. 283Arthur Seyss-InquartArthur Seyss-InquartNazi collaborator who briefly served as Austrian chancellor in 1938 and later ruled the occupied Netherlands as Reich Commissioner.🇦🇹Austrian · Born July 22, 1892 · Died October 16, 1946View profile
  34. 284James BuchananJames BuchananFifteenth American president, whose single term before the Civil War saw seven Southern states secede.🇺🇸American · Born April 23, 1791 · Died June 1, 1868View profile
  35. 285Leonid KravchukLeonid KravchukServed as independent Ukraine's first president, overseeing the country's emergence from the Soviet Union after the 1991 referendum.Ukraine · Born January 10, 1934 · Died May 10, 2022View profile
  36. 286Jorge Rafael VidelaJorge Rafael VidelaGeneral who seized power in the 1976 coup against Isabel Perón and led Argentina's military junta during the Dirty War.🇦🇷Argentine · Born August 2, 1925 · Died May 17, 2013View profile
  37. 287İsmet İnönüİsmet İnönüTurkish general who won the battles of İnönü, negotiated the Treaty of Lausanne and succeeded Atatürk as the country's second president.🇹🇷Turkish · Born September 24, 1884 · Died December 25, 1973View profile
  38. 288Klas Pontus ArnoldsonKlas Pontus ArnoldsonSwedish pacifist who shared the 1908 Nobel Peace Prize with Fredrik Bajer for his work promoting arbitration between nations.🇸🇪Swedish · Born October 21, 1844 · Died February 20, 1916View profile
  39. 289Jerome PowellJerome PowellChaired the Federal Reserve through the pandemic emergency and the sharp interest rate rises that followed the inflation surge.🇺🇸American · Born February 4, 1953View profile
  40. 290Kliment VoroshilovKliment VoroshilovSoviet marshal and close ally of Stalin who served as People's Commissar for Defence and later as nominal head of state.🇷🇺Soviet · Born January 23, 1881 · Died December 2, 1969View profile
  41. 291Elena CeaușescuElena CeaușescuWife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, she held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Romania until the 1989 revolution.Kingdom of Romania · Born January 7, 1916 · Died December 25, 1989View profile
  42. 292Jerry BrownJerry BrownHeld California's governorship in two separate stretches decades apart, becoming the state's longest-serving governor.🇺🇸American · Born April 7, 1938View profile
  43. 293Calvin CoolidgeCalvin CoolidgeTook office after Warren Harding died in 1923, then won the 1924 election with a reputation for restraint and small government.🇺🇸American · Born July 4, 1872 · Died January 5, 1933View profile
  44. 294Wojciech JaruzelskiWojciech JaruzelskiPolish general who imposed martial law in 1981 against the Solidarity movement.🇵🇱Polish · Born July 6, 1923 · Died May 25, 2014View profile
  45. 295Anwar IbrahimAnwar IbrahimFormer deputy prime minister and long-time opposition leader who became Malaysia's tenth prime minister after a hung parliament in 2022.🇲🇾Malaysian · Born August 10, 1947View profile
  46. 296Maumoon Abdul GayoomMaumoon Abdul GayoomMaldivian statesman who held the presidency for three decades, as the country's third president, until multiparty elections ended his rule in 2008.Maldivian · Born December 29, 1937View profile
  47. 297Emmanuel MacronEmmanuel MacronFounder of the centrist movement En Marche, he became President of France in 2017 and won re-election in 2022.🇫🇷French · Born December 21, 1977View profile
  48. 298Abdullah GülAbdullah GülCo-founder of the AK Party who became Turkey's eleventh president, the first with an Islamist political background.🇹🇷Turkish · Born October 29, 1950View profile
  49. 299Giorgio NapolitanoGiorgio NapolitanoItaly's first president to be re-elected, he served nearly nine years and steered the country through the 2011 debt crisis.🇮🇹Italian · Born June 29, 1925 · Died September 22, 2023View profile
  50. 300Alexander Van der BellenAlexander Van der BellenEconomics professor and Greens leader who won Austria's presidency in a rerun election in 2016.🇦🇹Austrian · Born January 18, 1944View 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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