Most Famous Politicians in the World

There are 28,620 notable politicians in the dataset, with the most coming from United States and Germany. Barack Obama holds the top rank. Based on a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 notable people throughout history.

Top Ranked

  1. Barack Obama — American Politician (Born 1961) , ranked #1
  2. Adolf Hitler — Austrian Politician (1889–1945) , ranked #4
  3. Winston Churchill — British Politician (1874–1965) , ranked #7
  4. Napoleon — French Politician (1769–1821) , ranked #9
  5. Mahatma Gandhi — Indian Politician (1869–1948) , ranked #11
  6. Nelson Mandela — South African Politician (1918–2013) , ranked #15
  7. Abraham Lincoln — American Politician (1809–1865) , ranked #19
  8. Che Guevara — Argentine Politician (1928–1967) , ranked #24
  9. Hillary Clinton — American Politician (Born 1947) , ranked #25
  10. Vladimir Lenin — Russian Politician (1870–1924) , ranked #30
  11. Joseph Stalin — Russian Politician (1879–1953) , ranked #30
  12. George W. Bush — American Politician (Born 1946) , ranked #32
  13. John F. Kennedy — American Politician (1917–1963) , ranked #43
  14. Franklin D. Roosevelt — American Statesman (1882–1945) , ranked #45
  15. Bill Clinton — American Politician (Born 1946) , ranked #46
  16. Fidel Castro — Cuban Politician (1926–2016) , ranked #50
  17. Benito Mussolini — Italian Politician (1883–1945) , ranked #62
  18. Mao Zedong — Chinese Politician (1893–1976) , ranked #70
  19. Theodore Roosevelt — American Statesman (1858–1919) , ranked #75
  20. Julius Caesar — Roman Politician (-100–-44) , ranked #78