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Politician Biographies
Every archived life recorded as politician, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
March 17, 1920 – August 15, 1975
President of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh and the 2nd Prime Minister and first President of Bangladesh
Modern era
Benigno Aquino Jr.
November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983
Filipino senator and governor of Tarlac (1932–1983)
Early Modern era
Pierre-Simon Laplace
March 23, 1749 – March 5, 1827
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)
Early Modern era
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
January 25, 1736 – April 10, 1813
Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)
Modern era
Irene Joliot-Curie
September 12, 1897 – March 17, 1956
French chemist and physicist (1897–1956)
Modern era
Rita Levi-Montalcini
April 22, 1909 – December 30, 2012
Italian neurologist (1909–2012)
Modern era
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892
British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)
Modern era
George Bernard Shaw
July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
Modern era
Mario Vargas Llosa
March 28, 1936 – April 13, 2025
Peruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer (1936–2025)
Modern era
R. K. Narayan
October 10, 1906 – May 13, 2001
Indian English-language writer (1906–2001)
Modern era
John Rawls
February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002
American philosopher, philosophy teacher
Modern era
Antonio Gramsci
January 22, 1891 – April 27, 1937
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
Modern era
Claude Levi-Strauss
November 28, 1908 – October 30, 2009
French anthropologist and ethnologist (1908–2009)
Early Modern era
Jacques-Louis David
August 30, 1748 – December 29, 1825
French painter (1748–1825)
Early Modern era
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
August 29, 1780 – January 14, 1867
French painter (1780–1867)
Modern era
Qi Baishi
January 1, 1864 – September 16, 1957
Chinese painter (1864-1957)
Modern era
Benjamin Britten
November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976
English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976)
Medieval era
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
1475 – January 12, 1519
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
Modern era
Reinhold Messner
b. September 17, 1944
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
Modern era
Millicent Fawcett
June 11, 1847 – August 5, 1929
English politician, writer, and activist (1847–1929)
Early Modern era
Elizabeth Fry
May 21, 1780 – October 12, 1845
Social reformer from England (1780-1845)
Modern era
Thurgood Marshall
July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 to 1991 (1908–1993)
Modern era
Coretta Scott King
April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006
American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Modern era
Jesse Jackson
October 8, 1941 – February 17, 2026
American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (1941–2026)
Modern era
Winnie Mandela
September 26, 1936 – April 2, 2018
South African activist and politician (1936-2018)
Modern era
Chico Mendes
December 15, 1944 – December 22, 1988
Brazilian trade union leader and environmentalist (1944–1988)
Modern era
Vasily Arkhipov
March 26, 1908 – August 14, 1943
Soviet politician
Modern era
Andrei Sakharov
May 21, 1921 – December 14, 1989
Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist (1921–1989)
Contemporary era
Alexei Navalny
June 4, 1976 – February 16, 2024
Russian jurist and opposition leader (1976-2024)
Modern era
Andres Bonifacio
November 30, 1863 – May 10, 1897
Filipino nationalist and revolutionary hero (1863–1897)
Contemporary era
Bong Joon-ho
b. September 14, 1969
South Korean filmmaker (born 1969)
Contemporary era
Arnold Schwarzenegger
b. July 30, 1947
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)