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Politician Biographies
Every archived life recorded as politician, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Early Modern era
William Clark
August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838
American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor (1770-1838)
Early Modern era
Daniel Boone
November 2, 1734 – September 26, 1820
American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)
Early Modern era
Davy Crockett
August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
Modern era
Henry Morton Stanley
January 28, 1841 – May 10, 1904
British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)
Modern era
Florence Nightingale
May 12, 1820 – August 13, 1910
Founder of modern nursing and pioneer of medical statistics
Contemporary era
Yuri Gagarin
March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968
First human in space aboard Vostok 1
Modern era
Valentina Tereshkova
b. March 6, 1937
Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937)
Modern era
John Glenn
July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016
American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)
Modern era
Emmeline Pankhurst
July 15, 1858 – June 14, 1928
English suffragist
Modern era
Marcus Garvey
August 17, 1887 – June 10, 1940
Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur (1887-1940)
Modern era
Medgar Evers
July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963
African-American civil rights activist (1925-1963)
Modern era
Fannie Lou Hamer
October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977
American civil rights activist (1917–1977)
Modern era
Bayard Rustin
March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987
American civil rights activist (1912–1987)
Modern era
Cesar Chavez
March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993
Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist (1927–1993)
Early Modern era
William Wilberforce
August 24, 1759 – July 29, 1833
English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)
Modern era
Primo Levi
July 31, 1918 – April 11, 1987
Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)
Contemporary era
Steve Biko
December 18, 1946 – September 12, 1977
South African anti-apartheid activist (1946–1977)
Modern era
Wangari Maathai
April 1, 1940 – September 25, 2011
Kenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 (1940–2011)
Contemporary era
Rigoberta Menchu
b. January 9, 1959
Guatemalan human rights activist
Modern era
Harvey Milk
May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978
American politician and gay rights activist (1930–1978)
Modern era
Laurence Olivier
May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989
English actor and director (1907–1989)
Modern era
Ravi Shankar
April 7, 1920 – December 11, 2012
Indian sitar player (1920–2012)
Contemporary era
Manny Pacquiao
b. December 17, 1978
Filipino boxer, basketball player, singer, actor, politician and philanthropist
Contemporary era
Pelé
October 23, 1940 – December 29, 2022
Brazilian footballer, three-time World Cup winner, the game's first global king
Contemporary era
Sachin Tendulkar
b. April 24, 1973
Indian cricket player (born 1973)
Modern era
Henry Ford
July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947
American business magnate (1863–1947)
Contemporary era
Nawaz Sharif
b. December 25, 1949
Former prime minister of Pakistan
Contemporary era
Shehbaz Sharif
b. September 23, 1951
Prime Minister of Pakistan (2022–2023; 2024–present)
Contemporary era
Maryam Nawaz
b. October 28, 1973
Pakistani politician
Contemporary era
Asif Ali Zardari
b. July 26, 1955
President of Pakistan (2008–2013; since 2024)
Contemporary era
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
b. September 21, 1988
Pakistani politician
Modern era
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
January 5, 1928 – April 4, 1979
4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979)
Modern era
Pervez Musharraf
August 11, 1943 – February 5, 2023
Pakistani soldier and politician (1943-2023)
Modern era
Ayub Khan
May 14, 1907 – April 19, 1974
President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969
Modern era
Liaquat Ali Khan
October 1, 1895 – October 16, 1951
1st Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1947 to 1951
Modern era
Fatima Jinnah
July 31, 1893 – July 9, 1967
Pakistani dental surgeon, biographer and stateswoman (1893–1967)
Modern era
Abdul Hafeez Kardar
January 17, 1925 – April 21, 1996
Indian cricketer (1925-1996)
Modern era
Syed Babar Ali
b. June 30, 1926
Pakistani businessman, philanthropist and former Finance Minister of Pakistan
Modern era
Maulana Shaukat Ali
March 10, 1873 – November 26, 1938
Indian activist (1873–1939)
Modern era
Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
January 19, 1873 – 1956
Pakistani writer (1873–1956)
Modern era
Hasrat Mohani
January 1, 1875 – May 13, 1951
Indian independence activist and an Urdu language poet
Modern era
Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
November 16, 1897 – February 3, 1951
Pakistani politician (1897–1951)
Modern era
Khan Abdul Wali Khan
January 11, 1917 – January 26, 2006
Senior politician in Pakistan, President of Awami National Party (1917–2006)
Modern era
Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai
July 7, 1907 – December 2, 1973
Nationalist, political leader (1907–1973)
Modern era
A. K. Fazlul Huq
October 26, 1873 – April 27, 1962
Bengali-Pakistani statesman and jurist (1873–1962)
Modern era
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
September 8, 1892 – December 5, 1963
Bengali barrister and politician (1892–1963)
Modern era
Khawaja Nazimuddin
July 19, 1894 – October 22, 1964
Pakistani politician and statesman (1894–1964)
Modern era
Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
June 13, 1899 – February 14, 1958
Pakistani politician (1899–1958)
Modern era
Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan
February 13, 1905 – June 13, 1990
Pakistani diplomat (1905-1990)
Modern era
Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz
April 7, 1896 – 1979
Indian, afterwards Pakistani, politician
Modern era
I. I. Chundrigar
September 15, 1897 – September 26, 1960
Pakistani politician and diplomat (1897–1960)
Modern era
Feroz Khan Noon
June 18, 1893 – December 9, 1970
7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1893–1970)
Modern era
Muhammad Ali Bogra
October 19, 1909 – January 23, 1963
Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 to 1955
Modern era
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
July 15, 1905 – December 2, 1980
Politician and Prime minister of Pakistan (1905–1982)
Modern era
Sikandar Hayat Khan
June 5, 1892 – December 26, 1942
Punjabi politician and statesman during British Raj (1892–1942)
Modern era
G. M. Syed
January 17, 1904 – April 25, 1995
Political leader (1904-1995)
Modern era
Syed Ameer Ali
1849 – 1928
Indian Muslim jurist (1849-1928)
Modern era
Mohsin-ul-Mulk
December 9, 1837 – October 16, 1907
Indian Muslim politician
Modern era
Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk
March 24, 1841 – January 27, 1917
Politician for India's independence (1841–1917)
Modern era
Maulana Bhashani
December 12, 1880 – November 17, 1976
Bangladeshi political leader (1880–1976)