State

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

Agnes Smedley
Agnes Smedley
Great Britain
American journalist, writer, and activist for women's rights and Indian liberation.
Osvald Kublanov
Osvald Kublanov
Soviet, Latvian journalist and screenwriter
Natsagiin Bagabandi
Natsagiin Bagabandi
Mongolia
President of Mongolia from June 20, 1997 to June 24, 2005 from the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.
Hadiya Pendleton
Hadiya Pendleton
USA
American teenager, victim of shooting in Chicago
Dimitar Gichev
Dimitar Gichev
Bulgaria
Bulgarian politician
Oleg Orlov
Oleg Orlov
Russia
Head of the human rights center "Memorial"
Pedro Claver
Pedro Claver
Spain
Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, missionary and priest
Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani
Iraq
President of Iraq
Pier Pflimlen
Pier Pflimlen
France
French politician, Christian Democrat, and de facto last Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic.
Fedor Grinevskiy
Fedor Grinevskiy
Poland
Russian and Polish doctor, public figure.
Ioahim Florskiy
Ioahim Florskiy
Italy
Italian Cistercian monk, visionary-prophet, considered the founder of medieval chiliasm.
Iacob Persyanin
Iacob Persyanin
Christian saint, holy, great martyr
Dragan Dilas
Dragan Dilas
Serbia
Serbian politician
Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos
USA
American politician, businessman and philanthropist
Lado Ketshovely
Lado Ketshovely
Russia
Participant in the revolutionary movement in Transcaucasia.
Sergey Koleboshin
Sergey Koleboshin
Ukraine
Ukrainian civil servant, politician
Arkadiy Znamensky
Arkadiy Znamensky
Teacher, educator, local historian
Nabi Berry
Nabi Berry
Lebanon
Leader of the Lebanese Shiite movement "Amal".
Hippolyte Carnot
Hippolyte Carnot
France
French politician
Skye Woodward
Skye Woodward
Great Britain
British trick rider.
Magdalena Alvarez
Magdalena Alvarez
Italy
Spanish politician
Adam Garone
Adam Garone
Australia
One of the founders of the Movember organization
Winfield Dunn
Winfield Dunn
USA
American businessman, politician
Gregory Barker
Gregory Barker
Great Britain
British politician, member of the Conservative Party, openly gay
Zhambyn Batmunkh
Zhambyn Batmunkh
Mongolia
Political leader of Mongolia, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the MPRP
Cassy Fitch
Cassy Fitch
Great Britain
American accountant and rider whose horse kicked her in the face
Ivan Semenov
Ivan Semenov
Armenia
Soviet, Armenian and Russian public and scientific figure
Kazbek Tashuev
Kazbek Tashuev
One of the leaders of the religious-extremist and terrorist underground of Kabardino-Balkaria, a terrorist
Angelika Beer
Angelika Beer
Germany
German politician
Ruslan Bogdan
Ruslan Bogdan
Ukraine
Ukrainian politician
Armand Gensonne
Armand Gensonne
France
French politician
Theodore Kaczynski
Theodore Kaczynski
USA
American mathematician, social critic, terrorist, anarchist and neo-Luddite
Eino Osa
Eino Osa
Commander of the 32nd special purpose Ukhta company of the CHON
Milva Ekonomi
Milva Ekonomi
Albania
Albanian politician
Uldrikis Kapbergs
Uldrikis Kapbergs
Latvia
Livonian poet, patriot of the Livonian coast, self-proclaimed "King of the Livonians" Uldrikis I. His proclamation as king was widely supported by the Livonian population.
Abel Nguende Goumba
Abel Nguende Goumba
CAR
Central African politician
Nikolay Alexandrov
Nikolay Alexandrov
Horse breeding foreman in Stavropol Krai
Mahammed Dionne
Mahammed Dionne
Senegal
Senegalese statesman and politician
Cristobal Vaca de Castro
Cristobal Vaca de Castro
Spain
Spanish colonial official, governor of Peru.
Louis XIV de Bourbon
Louis XIV de Bourbon
France
French king from the Bourbon dynasty
Pan Gi Mun
Pan Gi Mun
South Korea
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea since 2004, new UN Secretary General
Zeev Boim
Zeev Boim
Israel
Israeli politician
Glafkos Klerides
Glafkos Klerides
Cyprus
President of Cyprus
Emilie Mehl
Emilie Mehl
Namibia
Norwegian politician and statesman
Henry Paulson
Henry Paulson
USA
US Treasury Secretary, head of the financial corporation Goldman Sachs
 Abdullah II
Abdullah II
Jordan
Reigning king of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Nathalie Appere
Nathalie Appere
France
French politician, Mayor of Rennes (since 2014)
Panah Hasanov
Panah Hasanov
Azerbaijan
Soviet Azerbaijani cotton grower
Gustav Rozenkampf
Gustav Rozenkampf
Russia
Lawyer
Shah Dost
Shah Dost
Afghanistan
Afghan statesman and diplomat.