1. Lorenzo de' Medici (1449)

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Lorenzo de' Medici is a famous World Leader, who was born on January 1, 1449 in Italy. Ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance who was a renowned...

2. Philip II of Spain (1527)

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Philip II of Spain is a famous World Leader, who was born on May 21, 1527 in Spain. Ruled as King of Spain from 1556 to 1598 and Portugal from...

3. Charles Grey (1764)

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British world leader who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1830 until 1834. He represented the Whig Party and was one...

4. José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766)

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José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia is a famous World Leader, who was born on January 6, 1766 in Paraguay. He was one of the first leaders of Paraguay after it...

5. José Matías Delgado (1767)

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José Matías Delgado is a famous World Leader, who was born on February 24, 1767 in El Salvador. Salvadoran independence leader often called “El Padre de la Patria Salvadoreña.” He...

6. José de San Martín (1778)

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José de San Martín is a famous World Leader, who was born on February 25, 1778 in Argentina. An Argentine Military Commander who ruled over all of southern South America...

7. Juan Pablo Duarte (1813)

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Juan Pablo Duarte is a famous World Leader, who was born on January 26, 1813 in Dominican Republic. Liberal thinker who liberated the Dominican Republic from Haitian rule in 1844...

8. Franz Joseph I (1830)

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Franz Joseph I is a famous World Leader, who was born on August 18, 1830 in Austria. Austrian political leader and royal. He served as Emperor of Austria and Apostolic...

9. Deodoro Da Fonseca (1827)

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Deodoro Da Fonseca is a famous World Leader, who was born on August 5, 1827 in Brazil. After overthrowing Emperor Pedro II in an 1889 coup, this military leader established...

10. Emiliano Chamorro (1871)

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Politician who was the Nicaraguan president from 1917 to 1921 and for part of 1926. Hisfirst political action was based in an unsuccessful revolution.

11. Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874)

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Juan Bautista Sacasa is a famous World Leader, who was born on December 21, 1874 in Nicaragua. A physician who went on to become the President of Nicaragua from 1933...

12. Victoria Kaiulani (1875)

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Crown Princess of the Kingdom of Hawaii who saw her parents overthrown by the U.S. in 1893, and protested the injustice eloquently stateside.

13. Syngman Rhee (1875)

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First president of South Korea who served three terms from 1948 to 1960. He notably guided his country through perilous Cold War years.

14. Leonardo Arguello Barreto (1875)

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Leonardo Arguello Barreto is a famous World Leader, who was born on August 29, 1875 in Nicaragua. The President of Nicaragua for a month in 1947, he assumed office in...

15. Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876)

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah is a famous World Leader, who was born on December 25, 1876 in Pakistan. Political leader of the All-India Muslim League who founded an independent majority-Muslim state,...

16. Eamon De Valera (1882)

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Eamon De Valera is a famous World Leader, who was born on October 14, 1882 in United States. Leader of the Irish independence movement who was the third President of...

17. Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882)

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Bidhan Chandra Roy is a famous World Leader, who was born on July 1, 1882 in India. Physician, freedom fighter, and politician who was the second Chief Minister of West...

18. Louis St. Laurent (1882)

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Louis St. Laurent is a famous World Leader, who was born on February 1, 1882 in Canada. Liberal politician who was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from 1948 to...

19. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (1980)

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Famous for his tenure as the eighth emir of Qatar, which began in June 2013. Upon his assumption of the throne in 2013, he became the youngest monarch in the...

20. Jose Laurel (1891)

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After serving in the Senate of the Philippines and holding office as both Commissioner of Justice and Commissioner of the Interior, this Filipino politician served a two-year term as President...

21. Mao Tse Tung (1893)

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Mao Tse Tung is a famous World Leader, who was born on December 26, 1893 in China. Chinese communist revolutionary who founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949 and...

22. Juan Domingo Perón (1895)

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President of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and then again from 1973 to 1974. He and his wife Eva Duarte, who was known as "Evita," are the subjects of a...

23. Morarji Desai (1896)

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From 1977 until 1979, this Indian National Congress-turned-Janata Party politician served as India's fifth Prime Minister. Previously, he had served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.

24. Ayatollah Khomeini (1902)

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Religious leader and politician who became the 1st Supreme Leader of Iran after he led the 1979 Revolution against the shah. He notably supported the Islamist students calling themselves Muslim...

25. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953)

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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is a famous World Leader, who was born on February 19, 1953 in Argentina. Justicialist politician who became the President of Argentina in 2007 after serving...

26. Muhammad Ali Bogra (1909)

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Muhammad Ali Bogra is a famous World Leader, who was born on October 19, 1909 in India. One of the founding fathers of modern Pakistan who was the country’s third...

27. Abdul Majid Kubar (1909)

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Abdul Majid Kubar is a famous World Leader, who was born on May 9, 1909 in Turkey. Politician who served as Prime Minister of Libya from 1957-1960. His predecessor in...

28. Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909)

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Mohammed Daoud Khan is a famous World Leader, who was born on July 18, 1909 in Afghanistan. Late politician who became the first President of Afghanistan after serving as the...

29. Talal Of Jordan (1909)

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Talal Of Jordan is a famous World Leader, who was born on February 26, 1909 in Jordan. King of Jordan from 1951 to 1952 who had to abdicate the throne...

30. Yusof Bin Ishak (1910)

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Yusof Bin Ishak is a famous World Leader, who was born on August 12, 1910 in Malaysia. From 1965 until his death in 1970, he served as the first President...

31. Juan Velasco Alvarado (1910)

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Juan Velasco Alvarado is a famous World Leader, who was born on June 16, 1910 in Peru. Leftist Peruvian General who organized as a successful Coup d’Etat against President Fernando...

32. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1911)

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Gustavo Díaz Ordaz is a famous World Leader, who was born on March 12, 1911 in Mexico. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, he held office as President of...

33. Augusto Pinochet (1915)

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Augusto Pinochet is a famous World Leader, who was born on November 25, 1915 in Chile. Leader of the military junta that overthrew Chile’s government in 1973 and came to...

34. Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918)

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Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is a famous World Leader, who was born on May 6, 1918 in United Arab Emirates. Ruler and first president of the United Arab Emirates....

35. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919)

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi is a famous World Leader, who was born on October 26, 1919 in Iran. The Shah of Iran, who ruled his country from 1941 until he was...

36. PV Narasimha Rao (1921)

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PV Narasimha Rao is a famous World Leader, who was born on June 28, 1921 in India. From 1991 until 1996, this member of the Indian National Congress Party served...

37. Francisco Morales Bermúdez (1921)

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Francisco Morales Bermúdez is a famous World Leader, who was born on October 4, 1921 in Peru. Peruvian General who became leader of Peru after his military coup in 1975...

38. Julius Malema (1981)

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Leader of the South African National Congress Youth League from 2008 to 2012. He is known for his polarizing views and has been convicted of hate speech multiple times.

39. Daniel Arap Moi (1924)

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Daniel Arap Moi is a famous World Leader, who was born on September 2, 1924 in Kenya. Politician who served as Kenyan President from 1978 to 2002. His administration was...

40. Jose Napoleon Duarte (1925)

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Jose Napoleon Duarte is a famous World Leader, who was born on November 23, 1925 in El Salvador. Member of the Christian Democratic Party who was the President of El...

41. Nguyen Khanh (1927)

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South Vietnamese military general who served as the President and Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam in the 60's. He was involved in the 1963 South Vietnamese military coup...

42. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928)

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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is a famous World Leader, who was born on January 5, 1928 in India. Pakistani politician who was the country’s ninth Prime Minister and fourth President. He...

43. Aung San Suu Kyi (1945)

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Aung San Suu Kyi is a famous World Leader, who was born on June 19, 1945 in Myanmar. Leader of the Burmese political party National League for Democracy who was...

44. Michal Kováč (1930)

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The first President of Slovakia who was in office from 1993 to 1998. He helped found the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia in 1991.

45. Mwai Kibaki (1931)

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Mwai Kibaki is a famous World Leader, who was born on November 15, 1931 in Kenya. Kenyan politician who was the 3rd President of Kenya from 2002 to 2013. He...

46. Abdul Kalam (1931)

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Indian scientist who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development...

47. Badruddoza Chowdhury (1932)

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Leader of the Grand Alliance and Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh who held office as the 12th President of Bangladesh from 2001 to 2002. He has also worked as an author and...

48. C Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933)

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C Odumegwu Ojukwu is a famous World Leader, who was born on November 4, 1933 in Nigeria. A military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria who led the Republic...

49. King Hussein of Jordan (1935)

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King Hussein of Jordan is a famous World Leader, who was born on November 14, 1935 in Jordan. Jordan’s ruler from 1953 to 1999 who is credited with modernizing his...

50. PJ Patterson (1935)

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After serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Defense, and Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica, this People's National Party Leader took office as sixth Prime Minister of Jamaica.