State
State: biographies of political and public figures, their careers, major decisions and influence on government, society and historical events.

Ann Richards
USA
USAAmerican politician from Texas

Milan Kuyundzhic
Serbia
SerbiaSerbian scientist and political figure.

Kellie Leitch
Canada
CanadaCanadian politician, surgeon

Maggie Kuhn
USA
USAAmerican activist

Mona Fortier
Canada
CanadaCanadian politician

Gloria Guinness
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSocialite, fashion diva and style icon

Pascal Payet
France
FranceFrench criminal who escaped from prison three times

Roy Sullivan
USA
USAAmerican, ranger of Shenandoah National Park

Vitaliy Malkin
Russia
RussiaSenator of Buryatia

Grimoald II
Duke of Benevento

Serikzhan Bilash
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakhstani public, political and human rights activist

Alexey Aristin
Grand Economist of the Church of Constantinople, Byzantine canonist

Iakov II Stuart
Great Britain
Great BritainKing of England and Scotland 1685-1688

Gudila
Belgium
BelgiumSaint of the Roman Catholic Church, patroness of Brussels.

Ivan Kurakin
Russian political figure

Mario Soares
Portugal
PortugalPortuguese socialist politician, twice Prime Minister of Portugal

Boris Tarasuk
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Ukrainian diplomatic worker.

Rostislav Vergeles
Ukraine
UkraineFormer head of the Interpol Bureau

Jacques Pierre Brissot
France
FranceFigure of the French Revolution.

David Vitter
USA
USAAmerican politician, junior senator from Louisiana

Dirk Niebel
Germany
GermanyGerman politician, since October 28, 2009 - Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany

Nikolay Ejov
Russia
RussiaPeople's Commissar of the NKVD

Rebecca Careswell
Great Britain
Great Britain96-year-old British woman whose wedding ring went missing in hospital before her death

Lucy Vallender
Former military, transsexual, Muslim

Solomon Shop
Romania
RomaniaVeteran, participant of the Great Patriotic War

Anna Liisa Kontula
Finland
FinlandFinnish politician and sociologist

John VI
Italy
ItalyPope from October 30, 701 to January 11, 705

Jack Wright
USA
USAAmerican, World War II veteran.

Yuriy Levchenko
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the Verkhovna Rada

Joseph Dowler
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish policeman and tug of war

Frederic Bonney
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish landowner and photographer

Tihon Nikanorov
Russia
RussiaArchbishop of Voronezh and Zadonsk. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

Juraj Dobrila
Croatia
CroatiaCroatian bishop, publisher and philanthropist

Marina Nikitina
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian lawyer, MP

Emilio Palma
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine citizen

Vardan Vardanyan
Armenia
ArmeniaPolitical and statesman of Armenia.

Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch politician and statesman

Georg Leets
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian military figure and historian.

Wat Tyler
Great Britain
Great BritainLeader of the largest peasant uprising in medieval England in 1381.

Michael Robert Ryan
Great Britain
Great BritainMass killer

Louise Stewart-Scott
Great Britain
Great Britain14-year-old British woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and scoliosis

Vaino Valjas
Poland
PolandPolitical figure of the Estonian SSR and Soviet diplomat

Sizwe Kupelo
South Africa
South AfricaBuried alive

Roman Dmowski
Poland
PolandPolish politician and publicist

Vaira Vike-Freiberga
Latvia
LatviaPresident of the Republic of Latvia

Giuseppe Mazzini
Italy
ItalyItalian nationalist

Heinrich Sachs
Germany
GermanyGerman engraver

Giovanna Melandri
Italy
ItalyItalian female politician and economist

Linda Lanzillotta
Italy
ItalyMinister for Regional and Autonomous Affairs

Andrzej Zamoyski
Poland
PolandPolish statesman from the Zamoyski family.