Notable Politicians and Statespeople

This list is comprised of some of the most recognizable names from the world of politics and statesmanship.
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NameLifespanOther Names
Solon638-558 BC
Pericles495-429 BC(Perikles)
Demosthenes384-322 BC
Cato the Elder234-149 BC
Lucius Cornelius Sullac. 138-78 BC
Marcus Licinius Crassusc. 115-53 BC(Crassus)
Pompey the Great106-48 BC(Gnaeus)
Cicero106-43 BC(Marcus)
Gaius Julius Caesar100-44 BC
Cato the Younger95-46 BC(Marcus)
Marcus Aemilius Lepidusc. 88-c. 12 BC
Gaius Cassius Longinusc. 86-42 BC
Marcus Junius Brutus85-42 BC
Marcus Antonius83-30 BC(Mark)
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus81-43 BC
Calpurnia75-0xx BC
Gaius Cilnius Maecenas70-8 BC
Charles Martel?-741
John of Gaunt1340-1399
Lorenzo de' Medici1449-1492
Thomas Cromwellc. 1485-1540
Roxelanac. 1504-1558(Hürrem)
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey?-1530
Safiye Sultanc. 1550-c. 1619
Jacob Cats1577-1660
Cardinal Richelieu1585-1642(Armand, Jean)
Kösem Sultanc. 1589-1651
Cardinal Mazarin1602-1661(Giulio, Jules)
Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani1658-1725
Carl Adolph von Plessen1678-1758(Karl, Adolf)
Benjamin Franklin1706-1790(Ben)
George Clinton1739-1812
Elbridge Gerry1744-1814(Thomas)
Tadeusz Kościuszko1746-1817(Andrzej, Bonawentura)
Aaron Burr1756-1836
Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm1756-1813(Adolph)
Maximilien Robespierre1758-1794
Joséphine de Beauharnais1763-1814
Michał Kleofas Ogiński1765-1833
Klemens von Metternich1773-1859
Daniel D. Tompkins1774-1825
Richard Mentor Johnson1780-1850
John C. Calhoun1782-1850(Caldwell)
William R. King1786-1853(Rufus, DeVane)
Alphonse de Lamartine1790-1869
István Széchenyi1791-1860
George M. Dallas1792-1864(Mifflin)
Adolphe Crémieux1796-1880(Isaac, Jacob, Moïse)
Lajos Kossuth1802-1894
Ferenc Deák1803-1876(Franjo)
Eftimie Murgu1805-1870
Alexander von Schleinitz1807-1885(Gustav, Adolf)
Hannibal Hamlin1809-1891
Henry Wilson1812-1875(Jeremiah, Jones)
William A. Wheeler1819-1887(Almon)
Thomas A. Hendricks1819-1885(Andrews)
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius1819-1901
John C. Breckinridge1821-1875(Cabell)
Schuyler Colfax1823-1885
Levi P. Morton1824-1920(Parsons)
Algernon Paddock1830-1897
Benjamin Bristow1832-1896
Adlai Stevenson I1835-1914(Ewing)
Cixi1835-1908
William A. Clark Sr.1839-1925(Andrews)
Garret Hobart1844-1899(Augustus)
Joseph Pulitzer1847-1911
Charles W. Fairbanks1852-1918(Warren)
Thomas R. Marshall1854-1925(Riley)
James S. Sherman1855-1912(Schoolcraft)
Marthinus Theunis Steyn1857-1916
Dirk Fock1858-1941
Charles Curtis1860-1936
Simeon D. Fess1861-1936(Davison)
William Randolph Hearst1863-1951
Charles G. Dawes1865-1951(Gates)
Alikhan Bukeikhanov1866-1937
Gustav Adolf von Götzen1866-1910
John Nance Garner1868-1967
Brand Whitlock1869-1934(Joseph)
Aleksandra Kollontai1872-1952(Alexandra)
Alben W. Barkley1877-1956(William)
Alvan T. Fuller1878-1958(Tufts)
Kyrre Grepp1879-1922(Olav)
Leon Trotsky1879-1940
George C. Marshall1880-1959(Catlett)
Irakli Tsereteli1881-1959
Adolf Köster1883-1930(Carl, Heinrich, Alwin)
Adolph Joffe1883-1927(Adolf, Ioffe)
Henry A. Wallace1888-1965(Agard)
Adolf Grimme1889-1963(Berthold, Ludwig)
Vyacheslav Molotov1890-1986
Gerard van der Leeuw1890-1950(Gerardus)
Lavrenti Kartvelishvili1890-1938(Lavrenty)
Michael Collins1890-1922(Mícheál)
Rudolf Hess1894-1987
Eelco van Kleffens1894-1983(Nicolaas)
Dirk Stikker1897-1979(Uipko)
Wim Beyen1897-1976(Johan, Willem)
Lavrenti Beria1899-1953(Lavrentiy)
Lavrenti Tsanava1900-1955(Lavrentiy)
Hein Vos1903-1972(Hendrik)
Zerach Warhaftig1906-2002(Zorah)
Nelson Rockefeller1908-1979(Aldrich)
Sicco Mansholt1908-1995(Leendert)
Joseph McCarthy1908-1957
Barry Goldwater1909-1998(Morris)
Gaius de Gaay Fortman1911-1997(Wilhelm, Friedrich)
Hubert Humphrey1911-1978(Horatio)
Joseph Luns1911-2002(Maria, Antoine, Hubert)
Maan Sassen1911-1995(Emmanuel, Marie, Joseph, Antony)
Eva Braun1912-1945
Marga Klompé1912-1986(Margaretha, Albertina, Maria)
Haxhi Lleshi1913-1998
Hans de Koster1914-1992(Henri, Johan)
Moshe Dayan1915-1981
Elena Ceaușescu1916-1989(Lenuța)
Robert McNamara1916-2009
Bayken Ashimov1917-2010
Molly Geertsema1918-1991(Willem, Jacob)
Spiro Agnew1918-1996(Theodore)
Siddhi Savetsila1919-2015
Eva Perón1919-1952(Evita, María)
Vance Hartke1919-2003(Rupert)
Robert Boulin1920-1979
Norbert Schmelzer1921-2008(Wilhelm, Klaus)
Johan Witteveen1921-2019(Hendrikus, Johannes)
Janez Stanovnik1922-2020
Henry Kissinger1923-2023(Heinz, Alfred)
Bob Dole1923-2021(Robert, Joseph)
Demmus Hentze1923-2016
Max van der Stoel1924-2011(Maximilianus)
Pierre Lardinois1924-1987(Joseph)
Chris van der Klaauw1924-2005(Christoph, Albert)
Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan1924-2016
Henk Vredeling1924-2007(Hendrikus)
Til Gardeniers-Berendsen1925-2019(Mathilde, Hubertine, Maria, Francisca)
Wil Albeda1925-2014(Willem)
Robert F. Kennedy1925-1968(Francis)
Bé Udink1926-2016(Berend, Jan)
Amo Houghton1926-2020(Amory)
Jan de Koning1926-1994
Vedat Dalokay1927-1991
Šime Đodan1927-2007
Walter Mondale1928-2021(Fritz, Frederick)
Jean-Marie Le Pen1928-
Koos Andriessen1928-2019(Jacobus, Eije)
Shulamit Aloni1928-2014
Frans Andriessen1929-2019(Franciscus, Henricus, Johannes, Joseph)
Imelda Marcos1929-
Zdenko Škrabalo1929-2014
Gijs van Aardenne1930-1995(Gijsbert, Michiel)
Arie Pais1930-2022(Aäron)
Job de Ruiter1930-2015(Jacob)
Vlatko Pavletić1930-2007
Wim van Eekelen1931-(Willem, Frederik)
Frits Korthals Altes1931-(Frederik)
Hans Gruijters1931-2005(Johannes, Petrus, Adrianus)
Kees van Dijk1931-2008(Cornelis, Pieter)
Hans van Mierlo1931-2010(Henricus, Antonius, Franciscus, Maria, Oliva)
Ien Dales1931-1994(Catharina, Isabella)
Jan Terlouw1931-(Cornelis)
Els Borst1932-2014(Else)
Donald Rumsfeld1932-2021(Henry)
Frits Bolkestein1933-(Frederik)
Dianne Feinstein1933-2023(Emiel)
Peter Kooijmans1933-2013(Pieter, Hendrik)
Firuz Mustafayev1933-2018(Feyruz)
Michael Dukakis1933-(Stanley)
Piet Bukman1934-2022(Pieter)
Landelino Lavilla Alsina1934-2020
Ed van Thijn1934-2021(Eduard)
Pjetër Arbnori1935-2006(Filip)
Dick Dolman1935-2019(Dirk)
Wim Duisenberg1935-2005(Willem, Frederik)
Ron Paul1935-(Ronald, Ernest)
Rudolf de Korte1936-2020(Willem)
Seamus Mallon1936-2020(Frederick)
John McCain1936-2018(Sidney)
Hans van den Broek1936-(Henri)
Jos van Kemenade1937-2020(Josephus, Antonius)
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst1937-
Colin Powell1937-2021(Luther)
Madeleine Albright1937-2022
Hedy d'Ancona1937-(Hedwig)
Ben Bot1937-(Bernard, Rudolf)
Suhaila Seddiqi1938-2020
Betico Croes1938-1986(Gilberto, François)
Bram Peper1940-2022(Abraham)
Jan Pronk1940-(Johannes, Pieter)
Nancy Pelosi1940-(Patricia)
Alija Behmen1940-2018
Dick Cheney1941-(Richard, Bruce)
Yagub Mammadov1941-(Yaqub)
Hans Wiegel1941-
Neelie Kroes1941-
Bernie Sanders1941-(Bernard)
Vural Öger1942-
Mitch McConnell1942-(Addison, Mitchell)
Pieter Winsemius1942-
Bas van der Vlies1942-2021(Bastiaan, Johannis)
Fred Thompson1942-2015(Freddie, Dalton)
Hans Dijkstal1943-2010(Henri, Frans)
Erica Terpstra1943-(Georgina, Georgine)
Newt Gingrich1943-(Newton, Leroy)
Alun Michael1943-(Edward)
Saxby Chambliss1943-(Clarence)
Androulla Vassiliou1943-
John Kerry1943-(Forbes)
Hanja Maij-Weggen1943-(Johanna, Rika, Hermanna)
Zhiuli Shartava1944-1993
Matan Vilnai1944-
Eduard Bomhoff1944-(Jan)
Uri Rosenthal1945-(Uriël)
Tzvia Greenfeld1945-
Tedo Japaridze1946-
Dan Quayle1947-(James, Danforth)
Mitt Romney1947-(Willard)
Job Cohen1947-(Marius)
Hillary Clinton1947-
Kinga Göncz1947-
Bachir Gemayel1947-1982(Bashir, Pierre)
Jozias van Aartsen1947-(Johannes)
Pim Fortuyn1948-2002(Wilhelmus, Simon, Petrus)
Al Gore1948-(Albert, Arnold)
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer1948-(Jakob, Gijsbert)
Gerry Adams1948-(Gearóid, Gerard)
Piet Hein Donner1948-(Jan, Pieter, Hendrik)
Radimir Čačić1949-
Elizabeth Warren1949-(Ann)
Maria van der Hoeven1949-(Josephina, Arnoldina)
Leonida Lari1949-2011
John Boehner1949-(Andrew)
Ella Vogelaar1949-2019(Catharina, Pieternella)
Skënder Gjinushi1949-
Agnes van Ardenne1950-(Anna, Maria)
Jörg Haider1950-2008
Lucille George-Wout1950-(Andrea)
Rick Perry1950-(James, Richard)
Henk Krol1950-(Henricus, Cornelis, Maria)
Annemarie Jorritsma1950-
Ernst Hirsch Ballin1950-(Maurits, Henricus)
Gerdi Verbeet1951-(Gerardina, Alida)
Johan Remkes1951-(Johannes, Wijnandus)
Frits Goedgedrag1951-(Martinus)
Gerrit Zalm1952-
John Kasich1952-(Richard)
Mars Di Bartolomeo1952-
Henk Kamp1952-(Henricus, Gregorius, Jozeph)
Kastriot Islami1952-(Selman)
Jan Marijnissen1952-(Johannes, Guillaume, Christianus, Andreas)
Ali Masimli1953-(Əli)
Vesna Pusić1953-
Neven Mimica1953-
Condoleezza Rice1954-(Condi)
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu1954-2009
Miomir Žužul1955-
Eberhard van der Laan1955-2017(Edzard)
Lindsey Graham1955-(Olin)
Boris Dittrich1955-(Ottokar)
Željka Antunović1955-
Rita Verdonk1955-(Maria, Cornelia, Frederika)
Martin Schulz1955-
Christine Lagarde1956-
Artur Mas1956-
Ad Melkert1956-(Adrianus, Petrus, Wilhelmus)
David Sassoli1956-2022
Marianne Thyssen1956-(Leonie, Petrus)
Meg Whitman1956-(Margaret)
Maxime Verhagen1956-(Jacques, Marcel)
Jozo Radoš1956-
Entissar Amer1956-
Isa Gambar1957-
Ronald Plasterk1957-(Hans, Anton)
Lindsay Hoyle1957-(Harvey)
Thom de Graaf1957-(Thomas, Carolus)
Gerda Verburg1957-(Gerritje)
Bert Koenders1958-(Albert, Gerard)
Ursula von der Leyen1958-(Gertrud)
Zlatko Komadina1958-
Ab Klink1958-(Abraham)
Tomislav Karamarko1959-
Mike Pence1959-(Michael, Richard)
Crin Antonescu1959-(George, Laurențiu)
Mirando Mrsić1959-
Ferd Grapperhaus1959-(Ferdinand, Bernhard, Joseph)
Marthinus van Schalkwyk1959-(Christoffel, Johannes)
Robbert Dijkgraaf1960-(Robertus, Henricus)
Tineke Huizinga1960-(Johanna, Catharina)
Amy Klobuchar1960-(Jean)
Berislav Rončević1960-
Khadija Arib1960-
Zindzi Mandela1960-2020(Zindziswa)
Jet Bussemaker1961-(Mariëtte)
Armin Laschet1961-
Frans Timmermans1961-(Franciscus, Cornelis, Gerardus, Maria)
Marja van Bijsterveldt1961-(Janneke, Marlene)
Tonino Picula1961-
Sigrid Kaag1961-(Agnes, Maria)
Arie Slob1961-
Guido Westerwelle1961-2016
Davor Božinović1961-
André Rouvoet1962-
Ank Bijleveld1962-(Anna, Theodora, Bernardina)
Lilianne Ploumen1962-(Elisabeth, Maria, Josepha)
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer1962-
Emile Roemer1962-(Gerardus, Maria)
Ranko Ostojić1962-
Quim Torra1962-(Joaquim)
Carles Puigdemont1962-
Alessandra Mussolini1962-
Eric Wiebes1963-(Derk)
Marija Pejčinović Burić1963-
Darko Milinović1963-
Jolande Sap1963-(Johanna, Catharina, Maria)
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen1963-(Cornelia)
Bruno Bruins1963-(Johannes)
Marino Baldini1963-
Wouter Bos1963-(Jacob)
Geert Wilders1963-
Jozefina Topalli1963-
Anna-Maja Henriksson1964-(Kristina)
Sarah Palin1964-(Louise)
Nigel Farage1964-(Paul)
Branko Grčić1964-
Edith Schippers1964-(Ingeborg)
Cécile Kyenge1964-(Kashetu)
Kamala Harris1964-(Devi, Iyer)
Stef Blok1964-(Stephanus, Abraham)
Sybrand van Haersma Buma1965-
Alexander Pechtold1965-
Jeroen Dijsselbloem1966-(René, Victor, Anton)
Liesbeth Spies1966-(Jantje, Wilhelmina, Elisabeth)
Femke Halsema1966-
Ingrid van Engelshoven1966-(Katharina)
Liz Cheney1966-(Elizabeth, Lynne)
Blaženka Divjak1967-
Anouchka van Miltenburg1967-
Kajsa Ollongren1967-(Karin, Hildur)
Caroline van der Plas1967-(Carolina, Ann, Maria)
Gordan Jandroković1967-
Gavin Newsom1967-(Christopher)
Giorgi Baramidze1968-
Nika Rurua1968-2018(Nikoloz)
Milanka Opačić1968-
Marine Le Pen1968-
Kees van der Staaij1968-(Cornelis, Gerrit)
Karien van Gennip1968-(Catharina, Elisabeth, Godefrida)
Mona Keijzer1968-(Maria, Cornelia, Gezina)
Sandra Roelofs1968-(Elisabet, Elisabeth)
Halbe Zijlstra1969-
Jan Kees de Jager1969-(Cornelis)
Oriol Junqueras i Vies1969-
Mark Harbers1969-(Markus, Gerardus, Jozef)
Cory Booker1969-(Anthony)
Gert-Jan Segers1969-(Maarten)
Sajid Javid1969-
Paul Ryan1970-(Davis)
Zbigniew Ziobro1970-(Tadeusz)
Sadiq Khan1970-(Aman)
Ted Cruz1970-(Rafael, Edward)
Sylvana Simons1971-(Silvana, Hildegard)
Marco Rubio1971-(Antonio)
Vera Bergkamp1971-(Alida)
Diederik Samsom1971-(Maarten)
Mirela Holy1971-
Marianne Thieme1972-(Louise)
Jasen Mesić1972-
Manfred Weber1972-
Arsen Bauk1973-
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert1973-(Antoinette)
Laura Codruța Kövesi1973-
Federica Mogherini1973-
Camiel Eurlings1973-(Martinus, Petrus, Stephanus)
Stacey Abrams1973-(Yvonne)
Pieter Omtzigt1974-(Herman)
Tamara van Ark1974-
Lodewijk Asscher1974-(Frans)
Sander Dekker1975-
Wopke Hoekstra1975-(Bastiaan)
Esther Ouwehand1976-
Ludivine Dedonder1977-
Jenni Haukio1977-(Elina)
Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius1977-
Hugo de Jonge1977-(Mattheüs)
Carola Schouten1977-(Cornelia, Johanna)
Hanke Bruins Slot1977-(Gerdina, Johannette)
Ron DeSantis1978-(Ronald, Dion)
Nika Melia1979-(Nikanor)
Davor Bernardić1980-
Annalena Baerbock1980-
Klaas Dijkhoff1981-(Henricus, Dominicus, Maria)
Tulsi Gabbard1981-
Tunahan Kuzu1981-
Sjoerd Sjoerdsma1981-(Wiemer)
Gabrielius Landsbergis1982-
Pete Buttigieg1982-(Peter, Paul, Montgomery)
Pere Aragonès1982-
Thierry Baudet1983-(Henri, Philippe)
Femke Merel van Kooten-Arissen1983-
Maria Ohisalo1985-(Karoliina)
Nika Gvaramia1985-(Nikoloz)
Lilian Marijnissen1985-
Laurens Dassen1985-(Antonius, Josephus, Maria)
Jesse Klaver1986-(Feras)
Rob Jetten1987-(Arnoldus, Adrianus)
Li Andersson1987-(Sigrid)
Katri Kulmuni1987-(Briitta, Ilona)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez1989-