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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 9 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 #401)

  1. 401Symon PetliuraSymon PetliuraLeader of the short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic, assassinated in Paris in 1926.🇷🇺Russian · Born May 22, 1879 · Died May 25, 1926View profile
  2. 402Mohamed NaguibMohamed NaguibCo-led the 1952 Egyptian revolution and served as the first president of Egypt before being ousted by Nasser.🇪🇬Egyptian · Born February 20, 1901 · Died August 28, 1984View profile
  3. 403Ali Abdullah SalehAli Abdullah SalehRuled North Yemen and then unified Yemen as its first president for over two decades, until stepping down after the 2011 uprising.Yemeni · Born March 21, 1947 · Died December 4, 2017View profile
  4. 404Ion IliescuIon IliescuEngineer and politician who became Romania's first post-communist president in 1990 and returned to the office for a further term from 2000.🇷🇴Romanian · Born March 3, 1930 · Died August 5, 2025View profile
  5. 405Edward Bulwer-LyttonEdward Bulwer-LyttonProlific novelist and member of Parliament who sat for both the Whigs and the Conservatives, and was later made a baron.🇬🇧British · Born May 23, 1803 · Died January 18, 1873View profile
  6. 406Klement GottwaldKlement GottwaldLed Czechoslovakia's Communist Party to power in the 1948 coup and became the country's first communist president.Czechoslovak · Born November 23, 1896 · Died March 14, 1953View profile
  7. 407Dzhokhar DudayevDzhokhar DudayevSoviet air force general who declared Chechnya's independence and led it in the first Chechen war.🇷🇺Soviet · Born February 15, 1944 · Died April 21, 1996View profile
  8. 408ShamilShamilImam who led Caucasus resistance against Russian conquest for 25 years.Ottoman · Born June 26, 1797 · Died February 4, 1871View profile
  9. 409Lou Henry HooverLou Henry HooverServed as first lady during Herbert Hoover's presidency and was a trained geologist who co-translated Agricola's De Re Metallica.🇺🇸American · Born March 29, 1874 · Died January 7, 1944View profile
  10. 410Tabaré VázquezTabaré VázquezTrained as an oncologist and became the first left-wing president of Uruguay, serving two separate terms for the Broad Front.🇺🇾Uruguayan · Born January 17, 1940 · Died December 6, 2020View profile
  11. 411Sergei KirovSergei KirovBolshevik leader who headed the Leningrad party organisation, his assassination in 1934 triggered Stalin's Great Purge.🇷🇺Soviet · Born March 15, 1886 · Died December 1, 1934View profile
  12. 412Bill NelsonBill NelsonFormer astronaut who flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1986 and later led NASA after years as a Florida senator.🇺🇸American · Born September 29, 1942View profile
  13. 413Georgy LvovGeorgy LvovHeaded the Russian Provisional Government as its first prime minister after Nicholas II abdicated in 1917.🇷🇺Russian · Born November 2, 1861 · Died March 7, 1925View profile
  14. 414Theodor HeussTheodor HeussLiberal politician who became the first president of West Germany.🇩🇪German · Born January 31, 1884 · Died December 12, 1963View profile
  15. 415Turgut ÖzalTurgut ÖzalPrime minister who liberalised the Turkish economy in the 1980s before becoming head of state.🇹🇷Turkish · Born October 13, 1927 · Died April 17, 1993View profile
  16. 416Marcelo Rebelo de SousaMarcelo Rebelo de SousaLaw professor and television commentator who served two terms as Portugal's president, known for his informal, highly visible style of office.🇵🇹Portuguese · Born December 12, 1948View profile
  17. 417Getúlio VargasGetúlio VargasRuled Brazil for fifteen years, building the Estado Novo regime, and later returned as elected president before his suicide in office.🇧🇷Brazilian · Born April 19, 1882 · Died August 24, 1954View profile
  18. 418P. V. Narasimha RaoP. V. Narasimha RaoLed India's government from 1991 and launched sweeping economic liberalisation, with Manmohan Singh as his finance minister.🇮🇳Indian · Born June 28, 1921 · Died December 23, 2004View profile
  19. 419Jean MonnetJean MonnetFrench planner regarded as a founding father of the European Union.🇫🇷French · Born November 9, 1888 · Died March 16, 1979View profile
  20. 420Millard FillmoreMillard FillmoreThirteenth American president who signed the Compromise of 1850 after taking office on the death of Zachary Taylor.🇺🇸American · Born January 7, 1800 · Died March 8, 1874View profile
  21. 421Michel AounMichel AounFormer army commander who became Lebanon's thirteenth president in 2016 and held the office until 2022.🇱🇧Lebanese · Born September 30, 1933View profile
  22. 422Engelbert DollfussEngelbert DollfussAustrian chancellor who suspended parliament in 1933 and ruled as an authoritarian until his assassination by Nazis in 1934.🇦🇹Austrian · Born October 4, 1892 · Died July 25, 1934View profile
  23. 423Iskandar Ali MirzaIskandar Ali MirzaArmy officer who became Pakistan's first president under the 1956 constitution, before declaring martial law and being ousted in 1958.🇵🇰Pakistani · Born November 13, 1899 · Died November 13, 1969View profile
  24. 424Khalifa bin Zayed Al NahyanKhalifa bin Zayed Al NahyanSucceeded his father Sheikh Zayed as president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi.Emirati · Born September 7, 1948 · Died May 13, 2022View profile
  25. 425Isaac ShamirIsaac ShamirFormer Lehi underground leader who served as Israel's seventh prime minister and attended the 1991 Madrid peace conference.🇮🇱Israeli · Born October 22, 1915 · Died June 30, 2012View profile
  26. 426Sandra MasonSandra MasonServed as the first president of Barbados after the island removed the British monarch as head of state in 2021.Barbadian · Born January 17, 1949View profile
  27. 427Soong Ching-lingSoong Ching-lingWidow of Sun Yat-sen, she became a prominent political figure and later served as a vice-president of the People's Republic of China.🇨🇳Chinese · Born January 27, 1893 · Died May 29, 1981View profile
  28. 428Lazare CarnotLazare CarnotMathematician known as the Organiser of Victory for building the revolutionary French army.🇫🇷French · Born May 13, 1753 · Died August 2, 1823View profile
  29. 429Ahmad ibn BillahAhmad ibn BillahLed Algeria's first government after independence from France, serving as its first elected president until a coup in 1965.🇩🇿Algerian · Born December 25, 1916 · Died April 11, 2012View profile
  30. 430Albert LebrunAlbert LebrunFinal president of France's Third Republic, in office when Germany invaded in 1940.🇫🇷French · Born August 29, 1871 · Died March 6, 1950View profile
  31. 431Minamoto no YoritomoMinamoto no YoritomoFounded the Kamakura shogunate and became its first shogun in 1192, establishing samurai government that lasted for centuries.🇯🇵Japanese · Born May 9, 1147 · Died February 9, 1199View profile
  32. 432David Lloyd GeorgeDavid Lloyd GeorgeLiberal prime minister who led Britain through the final years of the First World War.🇬🇧British · Born January 17, 1863 · Died March 26, 1945View profile
  33. 433Julius StreicherJulius StreicherPublisher of the virulently antisemitic newspaper Der Stürmer, he was hanged after being convicted at the Nuremberg trials.🇩🇪German · Born February 12, 1885 · Died October 16, 1946View profile
  34. 434Trygve LieTrygve LieNorwegian Labour politician who became the first UN Secretary-General.🇳🇴Norwegian · Born July 16, 1896 · Died December 30, 1968View profile
  35. 435Clement AttleeClement AttleeLabour prime minister whose postwar government created the National Health Service and nationalised major industries.🇬🇧British · Born January 3, 1883 · Died October 8, 1967View profile
  36. 436Jiang QingJiang QingWife of Mao Zedong and leading member of the Gang of Four during the Cultural Revolution.🇨🇳Chinese · Born March 5, 1914 · Died May 14, 1991View profile
  37. 437Urho KekkonenUrho KekkonenHeld Finland's presidency for twenty-six years, steering a cautious policy of neutrality alongside the Soviet Union.🇫🇮Finn · Born September 3, 1900 · Died August 31, 1986View profile
  38. 438Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de ConstantPaul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de ConstantShared the 1909 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting international arbitration and founding a conciliation group among European nations.🇫🇷French · Born January 22, 1852 · Died May 15, 1924View profile
  39. 439Hermann MüllerHermann MüllerSocial Democrat who headed Weimar Germany's grand coalition government as chancellor until its collapse in 1930.🇩🇪German · Born May 18, 1876 · Died March 20, 1931View profile
  40. 440Hasan NasrallahHasan NasrallahCleric who led the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah for three decades until he was killed in 2024.🇱🇧Lebanese · Born November 28, 1959 · Died September 27, 2024View profile
  41. 441Dolores IbárruriDolores IbárruriCommunist orator nicknamed Pasionaria, whose rallying cry of "No pasarán" became the emblem of Republican resistance in the Spanish Civil War.🇪🇸Spanish · Born December 9, 1895 · Died November 12, 1989View profile
  42. 442Václav KlausVáclav KlausCzech prime minister in the 1990s who championed voucher privatisation, later succeeding Václav Havel as president.🇨🇿Czech · Born June 19, 1941View profile
  43. 443Abdrabbuh Mansour HadiAbdrabbuh Mansour HadiSucceeded Ali Abdullah Saleh as Yemen's president in 2012, then lost control of the capital to the Houthis.Yemeni · Born September 1, 1945 · Died May 28, 2026View profile
  44. 444Andrei ZhdanovAndrei ZhdanovStalin's senior ideological enforcer, whose postwar doctrine, the Zhdanovshchina, imposed strict party control over Soviet literature, music and art.🇷🇺Soviet · Born February 14, 1896 · Died August 31, 1948View profile
  45. 445Jefferson DavisJefferson DavisServed as the sole president of the Confederate States throughout the American Civil War.🇺🇸American · Born June 3, 1808 · Died December 6, 1889View profile
  46. 446Sanae TakaichiSanae TakaichiBecame Japan's first female prime minister in October 2025 after winning the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party.🇯🇵Japanese · Born March 7, 1961View profile
  47. 447Rutherford B. HayesRutherford B. HayesNineteenth American president, whose disputed 1876 election victory led to the end of Reconstruction in the Southern states.🇺🇸American · Born October 4, 1822 · Died January 17, 1893View profile
  48. 448Galeazzo CianoGaleazzo CianoMussolini's son-in-law and foreign minister who signed the Pact of Steel, then voted against him in 1943 and was executed.🇮🇹Italian · Born March 18, 1903 · Died January 11, 1944View profile
  49. 449Zviad GamsakhurdiaZviad GamsakhurdiaDissident scholar who became the first president of post-Soviet Georgia in 1991 before being ousted in a coup.Georgian · Born March 31, 1939 · Died December 31, 1993View profile
  50. 450John TylerJohn TylerFirst vice president to inherit the presidency on a president's death, he later pushed through the annexation of Texas.🇺🇸American · Born March 29, 1790 · Died January 18, 1862View 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.
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Last reviewed: October 2026

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