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Politician Biographies
Every archived life recorded as politician, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Gangalal Shrestha
1919 – January 25, 1941
Nepalese revolutionary
Modern era
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani
1838 – March 9, 1897
Political activist and Islamic ideologist (1838–1897)
Modern era
Mahmud Tarzi
August 23, 1865 – November 22, 1933
Afghan politician, secular activist and journalist (1865–1933)
Modern era
Soraya Tarzi
November 24, 1899 – April 20, 1968
Princess Consort (1919-1926), later Queen Consort of King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan (1926-1929)
Modern era
Abdul Hai Habibi
1910 – May 9, 1984
Afghan writer and historian (1910–1984)
Contemporary era
Abdul Ali Mazari
1946 – March 13, 1995
Hazara politician (1946-1995)
Medieval era
Catherine of Siena
March 25, 1347 – April 29, 1380
Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
Early Modern era
John Knox
1514 – November 24, 1572
Scottish clergyman, writer and historian (1514–1572)
Modern era
Brigham Young
June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877
American religious leader, second president of the LDS Church, and governor of Utah Territory (1801–1877)
Medieval era
Uthman ibn Affan
574 CE – June 17, 656 CE
Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate from 644 to 656
Ancient era
Cleisthenes
565 BCE – 492 BCE
Late 6th century Athenian politician and reformer
Ancient era
Alcibiades
450 BCE – 404 BCE
Athenian statesman
Ancient era
Epaminondas
418 BCE – 362 BCE
Theban general and statesman (419/411–362 BC)
Ancient era
Pyrrhus of Epirus
318 BCE – 272 BCE
King of Epirus from 307 to 302 and 297 to 272 BC
Ancient era
Artemisia I of Caria
c. 500 BCE – c. 500 BCE
5th century BC queen of Halicarnassus, Kos, Nisyros and Kalymnos
Ancient era
Tacitus
56 CE – 120 CE
Roman historian and senator (c. 56 – c. 120)
Ancient era
Marcus Agrippa
63 BCE – 12 BCE
Ancient Roman statesman and general
Ancient era
Livia Drusilla
59 BCE – 29 CE
First Roman empress as consort to Augustus, as well as mother of emperor Tiberius
Ancient era
Germanicus
15 BCE – October 10, 1919 CE
Nephew and adopted son of emperor Tiberius, heir apparent of the Roman Empire, and father of emperor Caligula
Ancient era
Agrippina the Younger
November 6, 1915 CE – March 17, 1959 CE
Roman empress and member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (AD 15–59)
Ancient era
Tiberius
42 BCE – March 16, 1937 CE
Second Roman Emperor from 14 to 37 AD
Ancient era
Vespasian
November 17, 1909 CE – June 4, 1979 CE
Ninth Roman Emperor and founder of the Flavian dynasty (69–79)
Ancient era
Titus
41 CE – September 13, 1981 CE
Tenth Roman Emperor (79–81)
Ancient era
Domitian
October 24, 1951 CE – September 18, 1996 CE
11th Roman Emperor (81–96)
Ancient era
Marcus Licinius Crassus
115 BCE – 53 BCE
Member of the First Triumvirate
Ancient era
Septimius Severus
146 CE – February 4, 211 CE
Roman emperor from 193 to 211
Ancient era
Julian the Apostate
November 17, 331 CE – June 26, 363 CE
Last Pagan Roman emperor, reigned 361 to 363
Ancient era
Theodosius I
January 11, 347 CE – January 17, 395 CE
Roman emperor from 379 to 395
Ancient era
Qu Yuan
343 BCE – 278 BCE
Chinese poet and politician (c.340–278 BC)
Ancient era
Cai Lun
48 CE – 121 CE
Chinese official credited with inventing paper (died 121)
Ancient era
Ban Zhao
45 CE – 116 CE
Late 1st/early 2nd century Chinese historian, philosopher and scholar
Ancient era
Herod the Great
74 BCE – 4 BCE
King of Judea from 37/6 BCE to 4/1 BCE
Ancient era
Pontius Pilate
b. 12 BCE
Fifth Prefect of the Roman province of Judaea, from AD 26–36
Medieval era
Heraclius
575 CE – February 11, 641 CE
Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641
Early Modern era
Boris Godunov
August 12, 1552 – April 23, 1605
Russian Tsar (1598–1605)
Medieval era
William Marshal
1146 – May 14, 1219
Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman (1146-1219)
Medieval era
Edward the Black Prince
June 15, 1330 – June 8, 1376
Prince of Wales (1330–1376)
Medieval era
Thomas Wolsey
1473 – November 29, 1530
English political figure, archbishop of York and cardinal-priest of Santa Cecilia (1473-1530)
Medieval era
Thomas Cromwell
1485 – July 28, 1540
English statesman and politician (1485–1540)
Early Modern era
Guy Fawkes
1570 – January 31, 1606
English member of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
Early Modern era
Charles I of England
November 19, 1600 – January 30, 1649
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 to 1649 (1600-1649)
Early Modern era
Charles II of England
May 29, 1630 – February 6, 1685
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1630-1685)
Early Modern era
William the Silent
April 24, 1533 – July 10, 1584
Dutch statesman and revolt leader (1533-1584)
Early Modern era
Cosimo de Medici
June 12, 1519 – April 21, 1574
Duke of Florence (1519-1574)
Medieval era
Lorenzo de Medici
January 1, 1449 – April 8, 1492
Italian politician, literary man and humanist
Medieval era
Girolamo Savonarola
September 21, 1452 – May 23, 1498
Italian Dominican friar and preacher (1452-1498)
Medieval era
Francis I of France
September 12, 1494 – March 31, 1547
King of France from 1515 to 1547 (1494-1547)
Early Modern era
Henry IV of France
December 13, 1553 – May 14, 1610
King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 (1553-1610)
Early Modern era
Cardinal Richelieu
September 9, 1585 – December 4, 1642
French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
Early Modern era
John III Sobieski
August 17, 1629 – June 17, 1696
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1629–1696)
Medieval era
Hayreddin Barbarossa
1478 – July 4, 1546
Turkish admiral (1478–1546)
Medieval era
Abd al-Rahman III
January 7, 891 CE – October 15, 961 CE
Final Emir of Córdoba (r. 912–929); founder and 1st Caliph of Córdoba (r. 929–961)
Early Modern era
Nader Shah
October 22, 1688 – June 19, 1747
Shah of Iran (r. 1736–47) and founder of the Afsharid dynasty
Early Modern era
Maharana Pratap
May 9, 1540 – January 19, 1597
16th century ruler of Mewar, India
Medieval era
Prithviraj Chauhan
1159 – 1192
12th century Indian king
Early Modern era
Tipu Sultan
November 20, 1751 – May 4, 1799
Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1782 to 1799
Modern era
Empress Dowager Cixi
November 29, 1835 – November 15, 1908
Chinese empress (1835–1908)
Medieval era
Minamoto no Yoritomo
May 9, 1147 – February 9, 1199
1st shogun of the Kamakura shogunate (1147–1199)
Early Modern era
James Monroe
April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831
President of the United States from 1817 to 1825 (1758–1831)
Early Modern era
John Quincy Adams
July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848
President of the United States from 1825 to 1829