Artists & Writers
Painters, poets, and storytellers of the human soul.
records written
Modern era
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
February 2, 1926 – December 2, 2020
French official and politician (1926–2020)
Modern era
Agostinho Neto
September 17, 1922 – September 10, 1979
President of Angola (1975-1979)
Contemporary era
Levon Ter-Petrosyan
b. January 9, 1945
First President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998
Contemporary era
Malcolm Turnbull
b. October 24, 1954
Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018
Modern era
Leopold III of Belgium
November 3, 1901 – September 25, 1983
King of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)
Contemporary era
Carlos Mesa
b. August 12, 1953
Vice President of Bolivia from 2002 to 2003 and President of Bolivia from 2003 to 2005
Modern era
Michel Temer
b. September 23, 1940
24th Vice-President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 and 37th President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019
Modern era
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
b. June 18, 1931
President of Brazil from 1995 to 2003
Contemporary era
Georgi Parvanov
b. June 28, 1957
4th President of Bulgaria 2002-2012
Modern era
Zhelyu Zhelev
March 3, 1935 – January 30, 2015
President of Bulgaria (1935-2015)
Contemporary era
Chérif Sy
b. May 17, 1960
Burkinabé politician
Contemporary era
Jorge Carlos Fonseca
b. October 20, 1950
Cape Verdean politician and former president of Cape Verde
Contemporary era
Gualberto do Rosário
b. October 12, 1950
Cape Verdean politician and former prime minister of Cape Verde
Contemporary era
Iván Duque
b. August 1, 1976
33rd President of Colombia 2018–2022
Contemporary era
Juan Manuel Santos
b. August 10, 1951
President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018
Contemporary era
Álvaro Uribe Vélez
b. July 4, 1952
39.º President of Colombia from 2002 to 2010
Contemporary era
Andrés Pastrana Arango
b. August 17, 1954
President of Colombia from 1998 to 2002
Contemporary era
Carlos Alvarado Quesada
b. January 14, 1980
President of Costa Rica (2018-2022)
Contemporary era
Luis Guillermo Solís
b. April 25, 1958
Costa Rican 47th president
Modern era
Abel Pacheco
b. December 22, 1933
President of Costa Rica (2002-2006)
Contemporary era
Jadranka Kosor
b. July 1, 1953
Croatian politician
Contemporary era
Ivo Sanader
b. June 8, 1953
Croatian politician, former Prime Minister
Contemporary era
Petr Fiala
b. September 1, 1964
Czech politician and politologist
Modern era
Mobutu Sese Seko
October 14, 1930 – September 7, 1997
Congolese politician and military officer, the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997 (1930 – 1997)
Contemporary era
Leonel Fernández
b. December 26, 1953
Former president of the Dominican Republic
Modern era
Joaquín Balaguer
September 1, 1906 – July 14, 2002
President of the Dominican Republic (1906-2002)
Modern era
Salvador Jorge Blanco
July 5, 1926 – December 26, 2010
President of the Dominican Republic (1926-2010)
Contemporary era
Lenín Moreno
b. March 19, 1953
President of Ecuador (2017 - 2021)
Modern era
Hazem Al Beblawi
b. October 17, 1936
Former Egyptian Prime minister
Contemporary era
Mauricio Funes
October 18, 1959 – January 21, 2025
President of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014
Contemporary era
Antonio Saca
b. March 9, 1965
Salvadoran politician
Contemporary era
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
b. December 26, 1953
Estonian politician and diplomat, fourth president of Estonia (born 1953)
Modern era
Lennart Meri
March 29, 1929 – March 14, 2006
Estonian writer, filmmaker and politician; President of Estonia in 1992–2001 (1929-2006)
Modern era
Konstantin Päts
February 23, 1874 – January 18, 1956
Estonian politician (1874–1956)
Modern era
Negasso Gidada
September 3, 1943 – April 27, 2019
Ethiopian President (1943-2019)
Modern era
Urho Kekkonen
September 3, 1900 – August 31, 1986
Eighth President of Finland (1900–1986)
Modern era
Joachim Gauck
b. January 24, 1940
German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President of Germnay 2012–2017 (born 1940)
Modern era
Johannes Rau
January 16, 1931 – January 27, 2006
German politician (SPD), 8th president of Germany from 1999 until 2004 (1931–2006)
Modern era
Gerhard Schröder
b. April 7, 1944
Chancellor of West Germany (1998–2005)
Modern era
Helmut Schmidt
December 23, 1918 – November 10, 2015
Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)
Modern era
Alpha Condé
b. March 4, 1938
President of Guinea from 2010 to 2021
Contemporary era
David A. Granger
b. July 15, 1945
Guyanese politician
Modern era
Janet Jagan
October 20, 1920 – March 28, 2009
President of Guyana, prime minister of Guyana, nurse (1920-2009)
Contemporary era
Moses Nagamootoo
b. November 30, 1947
Guyanese politician and novelist
Contemporary era
Joseph Michel Martelly
b. February 12, 1961
Musician and former President of Haiti
Contemporary era
Ferenc Gyurcsány
b. June 4, 1961
Prime Minister of Hungary from 2004 to 2009
Contemporary era
Guðni Jóhannesson
b. June 26, 1968
President of Iceland (2016-2024)
Contemporary era
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
b. March 12, 1975
Prime minister of Iceland 2013 - 2016
Modern era
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
December 24, 1924 – August 16, 2018
Prime Minister of India (1996, 1988-2004)
Modern era
P. V. Narasimha Rao
June 28, 1921 – December 23, 2004
Prime Minister of India (1991-1996)
Modern era
Abdurrahman Wahid
September 7, 1940 – December 30, 2009
4th President of the Republic of Indonesia (1940–2009)
Contemporary era
Hassan Rouhani
b. November 12, 1948
President of Iran from 2013 to 2021
Modern era
Mohammad Khatami
b. October 14, 1943
President of Iran from 1997 to 2005
Contemporary era
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
b. July 5, 1967
Iraqi politician
Modern era
Michael D. Higgins
b. April 18, 1941
President of Ireland (2011–2018; 2018–2025)
Contemporary era
Mary McAleese
b. June 27, 1951
8th President of Ireland
Contemporary era
Yair Lapid
b. November 5, 1963
Leader of the Opposition in the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), Former Prime Minister of Israel in 2022 and Chairman of the Yesh Atid Party
Modern era
Giorgio Napolitano
June 29, 1925 – September 22, 2023
President of Italy from 2006 to 2015
Modern era
Sandro Pertini
September 25, 1896 – February 24, 1990
Italian journalist, resistance leader and politician, President of Italy from 1978 to 1985
Contemporary era
Paolo Gentiloni
b. November 22, 1954
Italian politician (born 1954)