State

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

Vitautas Landsbergis
Vitautas Landsbergis
Lithuania
Lithuanian politician
Dmitriy Kuleba
Dmitriy Kuleba
Ukraine
Ukrainian statesman
Jim Doyle
Jim Doyle
USA
American politician, 44th Governor of Wisconsin
Henry Grattan
Henry Grattan
Ireland
Irish politician during the English Raj
Joaquim Chissano
Joaquim Chissano
Mozambique
President of Mozambique
Arkady Gukasyan
Arkady Gukasyan
Armenia
President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Dragoliub Oydanich
Dragoliub Oydanich
Minister of Defense of Yugoslavia
Antoinette Bourignon
Antoinette Bourignon
Belgium
Founder of the Bourignonist sect
Alex Lanchester
Alex Lanchester
Great Britain
British woman who was abandoned by her fiancé
Vlodzimezh Chimoshevich
Vlodzimezh Chimoshevich
Poland
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
Henry Phipps
Henry Phipps
Great Britain
British politician and military officer
Peter-Alexis Albrecht
Peter-Alexis Albrecht
Germany
German lawyer and criminologist
Victoria Woodhull
Victoria Woodhull
USA
American social activist, suffragist
Anna and Lucy DeCinque
Anna and Lucy DeCinque
Australia
Identical Australian twins
Vladimir Berezovsky
Vladimir Berezovsky
Ukraine
Ukrainian politician
Fransisco Morasan
Fransisco Morasan
Honduras
Central American statesman and military leader
Abe Masahiro
Abe Masahiro
Japan
Japanese politician and statesman of the Edo period.
Varlaam Lenitskiy
Varlaam Lenitskiy
Russia
Archbishop, Bishop of Suzdal and Yuryev, Bishop of Kolomensk and Kashira, Bishop of Astrakhan and Stavropol
 Rabia and Rukia
Rabia and Rukia
Bangladesh
Bangladeshi Siamese twins conjoined at the head
 Patrik
Patrik
Ireland
In the 5th century, St. Patrick brought the Irish to Christianity...
Kerry Kennedy
Kerry Kennedy
USA
Activist and writer, seventh of eleven children of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy
Baltramiejus Vilentas
Baltramiejus Vilentas
Pastor, Lithuanian writer, translator, composer of religious hymns.
Teresa Kerry
Teresa Kerry
South Africa
One of the richest women in America
Mishel Bryun
Mishel Bryun
France
French aviation expert
Raphael Castillo
Raphael Castillo
USA
17-year-old gamer who was the victim of a joke
Said Zaharyan
Said Zaharyan
Armenia
Armenian politician and statesman, younger brother of Yervand Zakharyan.
Svante Grande
Svante Grande
Switzerland
Swedish revolutionary internationalist
Amelie Oudea-Castera
Amelie Oudea-Castera
France
French tennis player and politician
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald
USA
The only official suspect in the Kennedy assassination.
Gary Hart
Gary Hart
USA
American politician, former US Senator from Colorado
Mohamed Ghannouchi
Mohamed Ghannouchi
Tunisia
Tunisian politician
Patrick Priebe
Patrick Priebe
Germany
The amateur developer who created Spider-Man's gauntlet
Idriss Debi
Idriss Debi
President of Chad
Chrystal Macmillan
Chrystal Macmillan
Great Britain
Suffragette, peace activist, lawyer
Kate Horman
Kate Horman
Australia
Australian, lawyer and blogger, victim of anorexia.
Viktor Hrapunov
Viktor Hrapunov
Kazakhstan
Statesman of Kazakhstan, akim of Almaty, akim of the East Kazakhstan region of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
USA
American politician
Fiqirete Shehu
Fiqirete Shehu
Albania
Albanian communist, wife of Mehmet Shehu
Ian Douglas Smith
Ian Douglas Smith
Zimbabwe
Prime Minister of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
A Syrian king of the Seleucid dynasty, son of Antiochus III the Great
Roman Gruber
Roman Gruber
Russian musicologist
Michael Green
Michael Green
Great Britain
British theologian, Anglican priest, Christian apologist
Agilmund
Agilmund
1st historical king of the Lombards
Khatia Dekanoidze
Khatia Dekanoidze
Georgia
Georgian and Ukrainian statesman and political figure
Yahya Azimov
Yahya Azimov
Tajikistan
Tajik statesman.
Cercidas Megalopolskiy
Cercidas Megalopolskiy
Greece
Ancient Greek statesman, Cynic philosopher, poet.
Kenneth Robinson
Kenneth Robinson
Great Britain
English educator
Muhammad Abduh
Muhammad Abduh
Egypt
An Egyptian public and religious figure, a liberal reformer, considered the founder of Islamic modernism.
Valerie Jarrett
Valerie Jarrett
USA
Principal Advisor and Assistant to the President of the United States for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Affairs
Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz
Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz
Poland
Minister of Defence of Poland from 13 December 2023