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Anne, duc de Joyeuse was a French nobleman who became a leader of the Roman Catholic extremists opposing the Protestant......
Tim Kaine is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2012 and began representing......
Sheikh Hamidou Kane is a Senegalese writer best known for his autobiographical novel L’Aventure ambiguë (1961;......
John Kasich is an American Republican politician who served as a representative from Ohio in the U.S. House of......
Khuc Thua Du was a Vietnamese ruler in 906–907 whose rise to power, as a result of a successful rebellion in 906,......
Khālid al-Qasrī was a governor of Iraq under the Umayyad caliphate. Khālid began his official career in 710 as......
Angus King is an American politician who was elected as an Independent to the U.S. Senate in 2012 and began representing......
Néstor Kirchner was an Argentine lawyer and politician, who was president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. Kirchner......
Ram Nath Kovind is an Indian lawyer and politician who served as president of India (2017–22). He was the second......
Juscelino Kubitschek was the president of Brazil (1956–61) noted for his ambitious public works, especially the......
Robert M. La Follette was an American leader of the Progressive movement who, as governor of Wisconsin (1901–06)......
Charles La Tour was a French colonist and fur trader who served as governor of Acadia (region of the North American......
Alf Landon was the governor of Kansas (1933–37) and an unsuccessful U.S. Republican presidential candidate in 1936.......
John Langdon was a state legislator, governor, and U.S. senator during the Revolutionary and early national period......
Henry Lee was an American cavalry officer during the American Revolution. He was the father of Robert E. Lee and......
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther was a leading supporter of the Roman general Pompey the Great during the Civil......
Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, who with William Clark led the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the......
Li Keqiang was a Chinese politician and government official who served as premier of China from 2013 to 2023. Li......
Li Xiannian was a Chinese politician, one of the eight “revolutionary elders” and a leftist hard-liner who opposed......
William Livingston was the first Revolutionary governor of New Jersey. A graduate of Yale, Livingston was admitted......
Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch was a British soldier and administrator who served as high commissioner in......
Huey Long was a flamboyant and demagogic governor of Louisiana and U.S. senator whose social reforms and radical......
Frank Orren Lowden was an American lawyer and politician, governor of Illinois (1917–21), and a leading contender......
Sir Hudson Lowe was a British general, governor of St. Helena when Napoleon I was held captive there; he was widely......
Frederick Lugard was an administrator who played a major part in Britain’s colonial history between 1888 and 1945,......
Lysimachus was a Macedonian general, satrap (provincial governor), and king who, as one of the diadochoi (“successors”)......
Lachlan Macquarie was an early governor of New South Wales, Australia (1810–21), who expanded opportunities for......
Joe Manchin is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2010 and began representing......
William L. Marcy was a U.S. politician, governor, and Cabinet member, remembered primarily for his remark: “To......
Thomas R. Marshall was the 28th vice president of the United States (1913–21) in the Democratic administration......
György Martinuzzi was a Hungarian statesman and later cardinal who worked to restore and maintain the national......
Mausolus was a Persian satrap (governor), though virtually an independent ruler, of Caria, in southwestern Anatolia,......
George B. McClellan was a general who skillfully reorganized Union forces in the first year of the American Civil......
William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States (1897–1901). Under McKinley’s leadership, the United......
Pedro de Mendoza was a Spanish soldier and explorer, the first governor of the Río de la Plata region of Argentina......
Carlos Menem was a politician and lawyer who served as president of Argentina (1989–99)—the first Peronist to be......
Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, duke de Mercoeur was a prince who led the resistance in Brittany against King Henry......
Claudius Florimund, count von Mercy was an Austrian field marshal and military governor of the Banat of Temesvár,......
Charles T. Metcalfe was a British overseas administrator who, as acting governor-general of India, instituted in......
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio was a Roman politician, a leading supporter of his son-in-law Pompey the......
Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner was an able but inflexible British administrator whose pursuit of British suzerainty......
Peter Minuit was a Dutch colonial governor of New Amsterdam who is mainly remembered for his fabulous purchase......
James Monroe was the fifth president of the United States (1817–25), who issued an important contribution to U.S.......
In 2021, 43-year-old Wes Moore already had a long and eclectic resume: he was a troubled-student-turned-Rhodes......
Levi Morton was the 22nd vice president of the United States (1889–1893) in the Republican administration of Benjamin......
Oliver H. P. T. Morton was an American political leader and governor of Indiana during the American Civil War.......
William Moultrie was an American general who resisted British incursions into the South during the American Revolution......
Frank Murphy was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1940 until his death. He was......
James Murray was a British soldier who was military and civilian governor of Quebec in 1760–68. Murray joined the......
Edmund Muskie was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Maine (1955–59), U.S. senator (1959–80),......
Luis Muñoz Marín was a statesman who served four four-year terms as the elected governor of Puerto Rico. Early......
Sir Charles James Napier was a British general, who conquered (1843) Sind (now in Pakistan) and served as its governor......
Naṣr ibn Sayyār was the governor of Khorāsān (now part of Iran) and other eastern provinces from 738 to 748, under......
Necho I was the governor of Sais, a city of the Egyptian Nile delta, under the Assyrians and ancestor of the 26th......
Gavin Newsom is an American Democratic politician who is the governor of California (2019– ). He previously served......
Richard Nicolls was the first English governor of the province of New York in the American colonies. The son of......
Nogi Maresuke was a general in Meiji-period Japan. He served as governor of Taiwan (then occupied by Japan) and......
Septimius Odaenathus was a prince of the Roman colony of Palmyra (q.v.), in what is now Syria, who prevented the......
Richard James Oglesby was the governor of Illinois (1865–69, 1873, 1885–89) and a U.S. senator (1873–79). Oglesby,......
Juan de Oñate was a conquistador who established the colony of New Mexico for Spain. During his despotic governorship,......
Sarah Palin is an American politician who served as governor of Alaska (2006–09) and was selected by Sen. John......
William Paterson was an Irish-born American jurist, one of the framers of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. senator (1789–90),......
Pratibha Patil is an Indian lawyer and politician who was the first woman to serve as president of India (2007–12).......
Deval Patrick is an American politician, the first Black governor of Massachusetts, serving from 2007 to 2015,......
Tim Pawlenty is an American politician who served as governor of Minnesota (2003–11). He sought the Republican......
Mike Pence is the 48th vice president of the United States (2017–21) in the Republican administration of Pres.......
William Penn was an English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom, who oversaw the founding of the American......
Sir William Pepperrell, Baronet was a colonial American merchant, politician, and soldier who in 1745 commanded......
Pedro de Peralta was a Spanish colonial official who established Santa Fe as the capital of New Mexico. Peralta......
Rick Perry is an American politician who was the longest-serving governor of Texas (2000–15) and who later was......
Enrique Peña Nieto is a Mexican politician of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional;......
Arthur Phillip was a British admiral whose convict settlement established at Sydney in 1788 was the first permanent......
Phocion was an Athenian statesman and general, virtual ruler of Athens between 322 and 318. Formidable in the defense......
George Pigot, Baron Pigot was a British East India merchant and governor of the Madras Presidency who was arrested......
Pontius Pilate was a Roman prefect (governor) of Judaea (26–36 ce) under the emperor Tiberius who presided at the......
Gifford Pinchot was a pioneer of U.S. forestry and conservation and a public official. Pinchot graduated from Yale......
Charles Pinckney was an American Founding Father, political leader, and diplomat whose proposals for a new government—called......
Thomas Pinckney was an American soldier, politician, and diplomat who negotiated Pinckney’s Treaty (Oct. 27, 1795)......
Thomas Pitt was a British merchant whose involvement in the East India trade brought him into conflict with the......
James K. Polk was the 11th president of the United States (1845–49). Under his leadership, the United States fought......
Sir George Prevost, 1st Baronet was a soldier in the service of Great Britain, who was governor in chief (1811–15)......
Sterling Price was an antebellum governor of Missouri, and Confederate general during the U.S. Civil War. After......
Johan Björnsson Printz was a Swedish military officer and colonial governor of New Sweden on the Delaware River.......
J.B. Pritzker is an American Democratic politician and businessman who is governor of Illinois (2019– ). He is......
Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general of Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt (323–285 bce) and founder......
Jânio da Silva Quadros was a Brazilian politician who unexpectedly resigned the presidency after serving only seven......
Sir Stamford Raffles was a British East Indian administrator and founder of the port city of Singapore (1819),......
Edmund Jennings Randolph was a Virginia lawyer who played an important role in drafting and ratifying the U.S.......
P.V. Narasimha Rao was a leader of the Congress (I) Party faction of the Indian National Congress (Congress Party)......
Dixy Lee Ray was an American zoologist and government official who was a colourful and outspoken supporter of the......
Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States (1981–89), noted for his conservative Republicanism,......
Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga was the Spanish governor of the Netherlands during one phase (1573–76) of the Dutch......
Ann Richards was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A prominent......
Bill Richardson was an American politician, who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–97),......
Tom Ridge is an American politician who was governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001) and who later served as the first......
Anton Rintelen was a jurist and politician who was twice minister of public instruction in the first Austrian republic;......
Joseph Jenkins Roberts was an American-born individual who became the first president of Liberia (1848–56). A native......
Joseph T. Robinson was an American lawyer and legislator, a major figure in the enactment of New Deal legislation.......
Sir Hercules Robinson was a British colonial governor who was high commissioner in South Africa in 1880–89 and......
Nelson Rockefeller was the 41st vice president of the United States (1974–77) in the Republican administration......