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

Gene Baur
USA
USAAnimal rights activist, president and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary

Beatrix Luxemburg
Queen of Hungary, Croatia and Dalmatia.

Shukri Al-Quwatli
Syria
SyriaSyrian politician, former President of Syria

Rachel Corrie
USA
USAPeace activist, opponent of the war in Iraq and the occupation of Palestine

Karl Robin Bendetsen
USA
USAAn American military leader best known as the "architect" of the internment of Japanese-American citizens during World War II.

Nikolay Ignatov
Soviet statesman and party figure

Budegechi Budegechiev
Statesman, financier

Mishael Lobutov
Russia
RussiaChairman of the collective farm "Rodina"

Vladimir Osipo
Russia
RussiaPublicist, public figure, politician.

Johann Bretke
Lithuania
LithuaniaThe founder of Lithuanian literature

Anatoliy Lukyanov
Russia
RussiaFormer speaker of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Andrey Biletsky
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian political figure, leader of racist and neo-Nazi organizations

Thomas Bodley
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish diplomat and scholar, founder of the Bodleian Library in Oxford

Yuriy Glebovich
Lithuania
LithuaniaStatesman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Ivan Taubert
Russia
RussiaState Councilor, librarian and member of the board of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

Alicia Moreau de Justo
Great Britain
Great BritainArgentine doctor, political activist, pacifist and human rights activist

Philip Chesterfield
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish statesman and writer

Veselin Duranovic
Yugoslav Montenegrin politician

Hanke Bruins Slot
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch lawyer, military officer, politician and statesman

Marian Wright Edelman
USA
USAAmerican social activist, children's rights advocate, president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund

Francis Cowper
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish statesman.

Gagik Ginosyan
Armenia
ArmeniaPublic figure, cyberneticist

Pavel Kovanov
Soviet statesman and party figure

Kidin-Hutran
King of Elam

Ahmed Artegun
USA
USAFounder of the record label Atlantic Records

Dmitriy Gladkiy
Moldavian Soviet party and state figure

Henri Alexandre de Catt
Switzerland
SwitzerlandReader and private secretary to Frederick the Great

Dimitris Giotopoulos
Greece
GreeceGreek Trotskyist

Jordg Kerzon
Great Britain
Great BritainMarquess, British Foreign Secretary 1919-1924, English politician and diplomat

Wild Bill Hickok
USA
USASheriff, gunslinger, scout and professional poker player.

Jens Otto Krag
Denmark
DenmarkDanish statesman and politician

En Vang
USA
USAComputer engineer and inventor, founder of the computer company Wang Laboratories.

Nikolay Ladutko
Belarus
BelarusChairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee

Cheryl Crawford
USA
USAFamous person in the world of theater, cinema and show business

Abdel Rahman Al-Bazzaz
Iran
IranIraqi statesman and politician, Prime Minister of Iraq (1965-1966), acting President of Iraq (1966).

Ekaterina Tihonova
Germany
GermanyPublic figure

Indravarman II
King of the Khmer Empire

Zahar Belenky
Soviet statesman and public figure

Hans Scholl
Germany
GermanyGerman student, founder of the student anti-fascist organization "White Rose"

Engelbert Dollfuss
Austria
AustriaAustrian politician

Petr Ignatiev
Gun commander of the 130th Guards Artillery Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union

Ivan Nepliuev
Russia
RussiaStatesman

Pedro de Alvarado
Spain
SpainA prominent Spanish conquistador responsible for the conquest of Central America and the first governor of Guatemala.

Ernest Beaux
France
FranceRussian-French perfumer

Alistair Crooks
Great Britain
Great BritainPresident of The NetBSD Foundation.

Ildus Fayzov
Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Tatarstan

Sonny Reisner
USA
USABookmaker, sports betting enthusiast

Abraham Abulafia
Spain
SpainJewish thinker

Sergey Alexandrovskiy
Russia
RussiaGovernor of Penza in 1906-1907

Gratus
Italy
ItalyRoman politician and consul of the late 3rd century