| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Gamal Abdel-Nasser |
Head of State |
15-Jan-1918 |
28-Sep-1970 |
President of Egypt, 1956-70 |
| Jaber III al-Sabah |
Royalty |
29-Jun-1926 |
15-Jan-2006 |
Emir of Kuwait, 1977-2006 |
| Tsar Alexander II |
Royalty |
17-Apr-1818 |
13-Mar-1881 |
Tsar of Russia, 1855-81 |
| Alfonso XII |
Royalty |
28-Nov-1857 |
25-Nov-1885 |
King of Spain, 1874-85 |
| Alfonso XIII |
Royalty |
17-May-1886 |
28-Feb-1941 |
King of Spain, 1902-31 |
| Iyad Allawi |
Head of State |
1945 |
|
Iraqi Prime Minister, 2004-05 |
| Hafizullah Amin |
Head of State |
1-Aug-1929 |
27-Dec-1979 |
President of Afghanistan, 1979 |
| Jean-Bertrand Aristide |
Head of State |
15-Jul-1953 |
|
Twice overthrown president of Haiti |
| Almazbek Atambayev |
Head of State |
17-Sep-1956 |
|
Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan |
| Kemal Ataturk |
Head of State |
12-Mar-1881 |
10-Nov-1938 |
President of Turkey 1923-38 |
| Caesar Augustus |
Royalty |
23-Sep-63 BC |
19-Aug-14 AD |
Roman Emperor, 23 BC to 14 AD |
| Shaukat Aziz |
Head of State |
6-Mar-1949 |
|
Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Tariq Aziz |
Government |
1936 |
|
Ex-Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister |
| Massoud Barzani |
Head of State |
16-Aug-1946 |
|
President of Iraqi Kurdistan |
| Boris Berezovsky |
Business |
23-Jan-1946 |
|
Russian oligarch, now in Israel |
| Benazir Bhutto |
Head of State |
21-Jun-1953 |
27-Dec-2007 |
Former prime minister of Pakistan |
| Emperor Bokassa I |
Royalty |
22-Feb-1921 |
3-Nov-1996 |
Central African Emperor |
| Simón Bolívar |
Military |
24-Jul-1783 |
17-Dec-1830 |
El Libertador |
| Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
Head of State |
2-Mar-1937 |
|
President of Algeria |
| François Bozizé |
Government |
14-Oct-1946 |
|
President, Central African Republic |
| Buddha |
Religion |
563 BC |
477 BC |
Enlightened One |
| George H.W. Bush |
Head of State |
12-Jun-1924 |
|
41st US President, 1989-93 |
| George W. Bush |
Head of State |
6-Jul-1946 |
|
43rd US President |
| Bill The Butcher |
Boxing |
Jul-1821 |
8-Mar-1855 |
Inspired Gangs of New York |
| Arsenio Martinez Campos |
Head of State |
14-Dec-1831 |
23-Sep-1900 |
Spanish Governor of Cuba |
| Venustiano Carranza |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1859 |
21-May-1920 |
President of Mexico, 1917-20 |
| Fidel Castro |
Head of State |
13-Aug-1926 |
|
Dictator of Cuba for almost fifty years |
| Ahmed Chalabi |
Government |
30-Oct-1944 |
|
Prominent on the Iraqi Provisional Council |
| Jacques Chirac |
Head of State |
29-Nov-1932 |
|
President of France, 1995-2007 |
| Anatoly Chubais |
Government |
16-Jun-1955 |
|
Oligarch, heads Russian electric utility |
| Cicero |
Author |
Jan-106 BC |
7-Dec-43 BC |
Roman orator and rhetorician |
| Clarence 13X |
Religion |
21-Feb-1928 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Nation of Gods and Earths |
| Cassius Marcellus Clay |
Politician |
19-Oct-1810 |
22-Jul-1903 |
Kentucky anti-slavery advocate |
| Voltairine de Cleyre |
Anarchist |
17-Nov-1866 |
20-Jun-1912 |
Anarchist without an adjective |
| Bill Clinton |
Head of State |
19-Aug-1946 |
|
42nd US President, 1993-2001 |
| Commodus |
Royalty |
31-Aug-161 AD |
31-Dec-192 AD |
Roman Emperor, 177-192 AD |
| Francesco Crispi |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1819 |
12-Aug-1901 |
Sicilian patriot, Italian premier |
| Kim Dae-Jung |
Head of State |
3-Dec-1925 |
|
South Korean President, 1998-2003 |
| Suleyman Demirel |
Head of State |
1-Nov-1924 |
|
President of Turkey, 1993-2000 |
| Bernadette Devlin |
Politician |
23-Apr-1947 |
|
Northern Ireland nationalist |
| Engelbert Dollfuss |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1892 |
25-Jul-1934 |
Austrian Chancellor murdered by Nazis |
| Wyatt Earp |
Government |
19-Mar-1848 |
13-Jan-1929 |
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| Isabelle Eberhardt |
Author |
17-Feb-1877 |
21-Oct-1904 |
Transvestite Muslim author |
| King Edward VII |
Royalty |
9-Nov-1841 |
6-May-1910 |
King of England, 1901-1910 |
| Hermann Eilts |
Diplomat |
23-Mar-1922 |
12-Oct-2006 |
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1973-79 |
| Daniel Ellsberg |
Government |
7-Apr-1931 |
|
Pentagon Papers source |
| Franz Ferdinand |
Royalty |
18-Dec-1863 |
28-Jun-1914 |
Assassination touched off WWI |
| Larry Flynt |
Business |
1-Nov-1942 |
|
Publisher of HUSTLER |
| Gerald Ford |
Head of State |
14-Jul-1913 |
26-Dec-2006 |
38th US President, 1974-77 |
| Brigitte Gabriel |
Activist |
1965 |
|
American Congress for Truth |
| Mahatma Gandhi |
Activist |
2-Oct-1869 |
30-Jan-1948 |
Proselytizer of nonviolence |
| Charles de Gaulle |
Head of State |
22-Nov-1890 |
9-Nov-1970 |
President of France 1958-69 |
| William Jay Gaynor |
Politician |
1849 |
10-Sep-1913 |
NYC mayor, shot in throat |
| Pierre Gemayel |
Politician |
6-Nov-1905 |
29-Aug-1984 |
Founder of the Kataeb/Phalange |
| Charles Guiteau |
Assassin |
8-Sep-1841 |
30-Jun-1882 |
Assassin of President Garfield |
| Ismail Haniyeh |
Activist |
1962 |
|
Prime Minister of Palestine, 2006-07 |
| Park Chung Hee |
Head of State |
30-Sep-1917 |
26-Oct-1979 |
President of South Korea, 1961-79 |
| Gulbuddin Hekmatyar |
Head of State |
1947 |
|
Prime Minister of Afghanistan |
| King Henry IV |
Royalty |
3-Apr-1367 |
20-Mar-1413 |
King of England 1399-1413 |
| Adolf Hitler |
Head of State |
20-Apr-1889 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Chancellor of Germany, 1933-45 |
| José Ramos Horta |
Politician |
26-Dec-1949 |
|
President of East Timor, Nobel laureate |
| John Hume |
Politician |
18-Jan-1937 |
|
Northern Ireland pol, Nobel recipient |
| King Hussein I |
Royalty |
14-Nov-1935 |
7-Feb-1999 |
King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
| Saddam Hussein |
Head of State |
28-Apr-1937 |
30-Dec-2006 |
Former despot, spider hole resident |
| Uday Hussein |
Royalty |
18-Jun-1964 |
22-Jul-2003 |
Saddam Hussein's barbarous eldest son |
| Chun Doo Hwan |
Head of State |
18-Jan-1931 |
|
President of South Korea, 1980-88 |
| Andrew Jackson |
Head of State |
15-Mar-1767 |
8-Jun-1845 |
7th US President, 1829-37 |
| King James I |
Royalty |
19-Jun-1566 |
27-Mar-1625 |
King of England |
| King James II |
Royalty |
14-Oct-1633 |
16-Sep-1701 |
King of England 1685-88 |
| Pope John Paul II |
Religion |
18-May-1920 |
2-Apr-2005 |
Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1978-2005 |
| U. Alexis Johnson |
Diplomat |
17-Oct-1908 |
24-Mar-1997 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Vernon Jordan |
Business |
15-Aug-1935 |
|
Advisor to Bill Clinton |
| Hamid Karzai |
Head of State |
24-Dec-1957 |
|
President of Afghanistan |
| Ayub Khan |
Head of State |
14-May-1907 |
19-Apr-1974 |
President of Pakistan, 1958-69 |
| Martin Luther King |
Activist |
15-Jan-1929 |
4-Apr-1968 |
Pacifist civil rights activist |
| José P. Laurel |
Head of State |
9-Mar-1891 |
6-Nov-1959 |
3rd President of the Philippines |
| Pierre Laval |
Head of State |
28-Jun-1883 |
15-Oct-1945 |
Prime Minister of Vichy France |
| Lenin |
Head of State |
4-May-1870 |
21-Jan-1924 |
Russian leader's body on permanent exhibition |
| Pope Leo X |
Religion |
11-Dec-1475 |
1-Dec-1521 |
Excommunicated Martin Luther |
| Leopold II |
Royalty |
9-Apr-1835 |
17-Dec-1909 |
King of Belgium 1865-1909 |
| Abraham Lincoln |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1809 |
15-Apr-1865 |
16th US President, 1861-65 |
| Louis XV |
Royalty |
15-Feb-1710 |
10-May-1774 |
King of France, 1715-74 |
| Ricardo Flores Magón |
Anarchist |
16-Sep-1873 |
21-Nov-1922 |
Agitator behind Mexican revolution |
| Malcolm X |
Activist |
19-May-1925 |
21-Feb-1965 |
Nation of Islam |
| Imelda Marcos |
First Lady |
2-Jul-1929 |
|
Former First Lady of the Philippines |
| Georgi Markov |
Victim |
1-Mar-1929 |
11-Sep-1978 |
Killed with a ricin-tipped umbrella |
| Bob Marley |
Singer/Songwriter |
6-Feb-1945 |
11-May-1981 |
No Woman No Cry |
| Thomas R. Marshall |
Politician |
14-Mar-1854 |
1-Jun-1925 |
Vice President under Wilson |
| Khaled Mashaal |
Activist |
1956 |
|
Hamas bureau chief in Damascus |
| Joe Masseria |
Criminal |
1879 |
15-Apr-1931 |
NY mobster, killed by Luciano |
| Lorenzo de Medici |
Government |
1-Jan-1449 |
8-Apr-1492 |
Ruler of Florence, patron of the arts |
| François Mitterrand |
Head of State |
26-Oct-1916 |
8-Jan-1996 |
President of France, 1981-95 |
| Hosni Mubarak |
Head of State |
4-May-1928 |
|
President of Egypt |
| Pervez Musharraf |
Head of State |
11-Aug-1943 |
|
President of Pakistan |
| Benito Mussolini |
Head of State |
29-Jul-1883 |
28-Apr-1945 |
Fascist Dictator of Italy |
| Napoleon III |
Royalty |
20-Apr-1808 |
9-Jan-1873 |
Emperor of France 1852-70 |
| Eliot Ness |
Government |
19-Apr-1903 |
16-May-1957 |
Treasury Agent, The Untouchables |
| Richard Neville |
Military |
22-Nov-1428 |
14-Apr-1471 |
Earl of Warwick |
| Tsar Nicholas II |
Royalty |
18-May-1868 |
17-Jul-1918 |
Last of the Russian Tsars |
| Richard M. Nixon |
Head of State |
9-Jan-1913 |
22-Apr-1994 |
37th US President, 1969-74 |
| Kwame Nkrumah |
Head of State |
21-Sep-1909 |
27-Apr-1972 |
First President of Ghana |
| Milton Obote |
Head of State |
28-Dec-1924 |
10-Oct-2005 |
Two-time President of Uganda |
| A. Mitchell Palmer |
Government |
4-May-1872 |
11-May-1936 |
US Attorney General, Palmer Raids |
| Pope Paul VI |
Religion |
26-Sep-1897 |
6-Aug-1978 |
The pilgrim pope |
| Evita Peron |
First Lady |
7-May-1919 |
26-Jul-1952 |
Don't cry for her |
| Augusto Pinochet |
Head of State |
25-Nov-1915 |
10-Dec-2006 |
Overthrew Chile with CIA's help |
| Pope Pius IV |
Religion |
31-Mar-1499 |
9-Dec-1565 |
Roman Catholic Pope 1560-65 |
| Jerzy Popieluszko |
Activist |
23-Sep-1947 |
19-Oct-1984 |
Priest murdered by Polish government |
| Romano Prodi |
Politician |
9-Aug-1939 |
|
Prime Minister of Italy, 2006-07 |
| Vladimir Putin |
Head of State |
7-Oct-1952 |
|
President of Russia, ex-KGB |
| Anthony Quainton |
Diplomat |
4-Apr-1934 |
|
US Ambassador to Peru, 1989-92 |
| Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
Head of State |
25-Aug-1934 |
|
President of Iran, 1989-97 |
| Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh |
Religion |
11-Dec-1931 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces |
| Ronald Reagan |
Head of State |
6-Feb-1911 |
5-Jun-2004 |
40th US President, 1981-89 |
| Walter Reuther |
Labor Leader |
1-Sep-1907 |
9-May-1970 |
UAW and CIO labor leader |
| Paul Robeson |
Singer |
9-Apr-1898 |
23-Jan-1976 |
20th Century renaissance man |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Head of State |
30-Jan-1882 |
12-Apr-1945 |
US President during WWII |
| Theodore Roosevelt |
Head of State |
27-Oct-1858 |
6-Jan-1919 |
26th US President, 1901-09 |
| William A. Rugh |
Diplomat |
10-May-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to Yemen, 1984-87 |
| Ibrahim Rugova |
Government |
2-Dec-1944 |
21-Jan-2006 |
President of Kosovo |
| Mikhail Saakashvili |
Head of State |
21-Dec-1967 |
|
President of Georgia |
| Saladin |
Royalty |
c. 1137 |
4-Mar-1193 |
Retook Jerusalem in 1187 |
| Paolo Sarpi |
Activist |
14-Aug-1552 |
14-Jan-1623 |
Venetian patriot, church reformer |
| King Ibn Saud |
Head of State |
1876 |
9-Nov-1953 |
Founder of Saudi Arabia |
| Jonas Savimbi |
Military |
3-Aug-1934 |
22-Feb-2002 |
Angolan UNITA rebel |
| Wolfgang Schäuble |
Politician |
18-Sep-1942 |
|
CDU Chairman, 1998-2000 |
| Philipp Scheidemann |
Head of State |
26-Jul-1865 |
29-Nov-1939 |
German Chancellor 1919 |
| William Henry Seward |
Politician |
16-May-1801 |
10-Oct-1872 |
Mastermind behind Seward's Folly |
| Eduard Shevardnadze |
Head of State |
25-Jan-1928 |
|
President of Georgia, 1995-2003 |
| Chen Shui-bian |
Head of State |
18-Feb-1950 |
|
President of Taiwan |
| George Shultz |
Government |
13-Dec-1920 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1982-89 |
| Bugsy Siegel |
Criminal |
28-Feb-1906 |
20-Jun-1947 |
Brought the mob to Las Vegas |
| Alfredo Stroessner |
Head of State |
3-Nov-1912 |
16-Aug-2006 |
Dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89 |
| Sukarno |
Head of State |
6-Jun-1901 |
21-Jun-1970 |
President of Indonesia, 1945-67 |
| Emory C. Swank |
Diplomat |
29-Jan-1922 |
|
US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1970-73 |
| Margaret Thatcher |
Head of State |
13-Oct-1925 |
|
UK Prime Minister, 1979-90 |
| Leon Trotsky |
Activist |
26-Oct-1879 |
21-Aug-1940 |
Bolshevik exile murdered by Stalin |
| Harry S. Truman |
Head of State |
8-May-1884 |
26-Dec-1972 |
33rd US President, 1945-53 |
| Ernest van den Haag |
Scholar |
15-Sep-1914 |
21-Mar-2002 |
Punishing Criminals |
| Franz von Papen |
Diplomat |
29-Oct-1879 |
2-May-1969 |
Nazi ambassador |
| Edwin A. Walker |
Military |
10-Nov-1909 |
31-Oct-1993 |
Ultraconservative activist |
| George Wallace |
Politician |
25-Aug-1919 |
13-Sep-1998 |
Governor of Alabama crippled by assassin |
| Alexander F. Watson |
Diplomat |
8-Aug-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to Peru, 1986-89 |
| Simon Wiesenthal |
Activist |
31-Dec-1908 |
20-Sep-2005 |
Nazi hunter |
| Sheikh Ahmed Yassin |
Religion |
18-Dec-1936 |
21-Mar-2004 |
Hamas spiritual leader |
| Viktor Yushchenko |
Head of State |
23-Feb-1954 |
|
President of Ukraine |
| Mahmoud Zahar |
Activist |
1945 |
|
Hamas co-founder, spokesman |
| King Zog |
Royalty |
8-Oct-1895 |
9-Apr-1961 |
King of Albania |
