George W. Bush, Jr.
43rd President of the United States from 2001-2009, politician aka Temporary
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi living
President of Egypt since 2014
1954- (70)
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Ahmed Chalabi
Founder of Iraqi National Congress, lobbyist, politician, deputy oil minister during the Bush administration
Al Gore living
activist investor, co-chairman of Generation Investment Management (GIM), politician, VP of the United States from 1993-2001 for Bill Clinton, philanthropist, environmentalist, documentary filmmaker of Inconvenient Truth, founder of Current TV (sold it to Al Jazeera), climate change activist, founder of Climate TRACE, co-founder of Gore and Blood carbon trading firm
1948- (76)
Alexander Lukashenko living
Ali Khamenei
2nd Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989, 3rd President of Iran from 1981-1989
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)
65th president of Mexico since 2018, socialist politician aka Obrador
Andrew Johnson
17th President of the United States, absolished slavery through legislation with the 13th ammendment
Jacobo Árbenz
President of Guatemala in the Árbenz coup
1913-1971 (58)
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Bandar Bush
Diplomat, military officer, US ambassador for Saudi Arabia from 1983-2005
Barack Obama living
44th President of the United States from 2009-2017, first black president of America, documentary filmmaker at Higher Ground Productions, Marxist lecturer at Chicago University
1961- (63)
barackobama.com
Barbara Bush
First Lady of the United States from 1989-1993, socialite, wife of George Bush Sr. (George H.W. Bush)
Bashar al-Assad living
President of Syria since 2000, politician, ophthalmologist, physician, doctor
1965- (59)
Bill Barr living
US attorney general from 1991-1993 and 2019-2020, lawyer, attorney, pioneer in predictive analytics and of pre-crime programs (aka DEEP), author of One Damn Thing After Another
1950- (74)
Bill Clinton living
42nd President of the United States from 1993-2001, politician, Rhodes scholar, dictator who signed bills for NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) and Agenda 21 (now Agenda 2030 sustainable development goals, or SDGs), motivational speaker, author of My Life, Hard Choices, Rhodes scholar
1946- (78)
Boris Yeltsin
President of Russian Federation from 1991-1999, politician, Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961-1990
1931-2007 (76)
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Nayib Bukele living
Carl M. Loeb
Founder of Loeb, Rhoades & Co., president of American Metal Company
1875-1955 (80)
Christian Wulff
President of Germany from 2010-2012, Christian Democratic Union politician
Cofer Black living
Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism Center, former CIA officer, intelligence officer
1950- (74)
Cyrus Griffin
President of the Continental Congress (First American Republic), lawyer, attorney, politician
1748-1810 (62)
firstamericanrepublic.com
Dick Cheney
Secretary of Defense under George Bush Sr. and Vice President of the United States under George W Bush, CEO of Halliburton
Doug DeVos living
founder of Continuum Ventures, chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation (FDF), National Constitution Center (NCC), former president & co-CEO of Amway from 2002-2018, started by his father Rich DeVos, philanthropist at Doug & Maria DeVos Foundation
1964- (60)
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Dwight Eisenhower ("Ike")
34th President of the United States aka "Ike", statesman, military officer, known for his statement on the creeping "military industrial complex" as a final address
Emmanuel Macron
President of France since 2017, politician, co-prince of Andorra, former manager at Rothschild & Cie.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
32nd President of the United States from 1933-1945 aka Roosevelt, Democratic Party politician, pioneer of the New Deal, dictator, served as President during most of World War II era,
1882-1945 (63)
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Fernando Henrique Cardoso living
President of Brazil from 1995-2002, Brazilian Social Democracy party politician, sociologist on authoritariansim, author of The Accidental President of Brazil
1931- (93)
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Fidel Castro
Communist dictator, revolutionary leader in Cuba
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François Hollande
President of France from 2012-2017, socialist democratic politician
François Mitterrand
21st President of France from 1981-1995, politician
1916-1996 (80)
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Fred Smith living
Billionaire founder, chairman and CEO of FedEx (Federal Express)
1944- (80)
George H.W. Bush, Sr.
41st President of the United States from 1989-1993, politician aka Curious George, Rubbers Bush, served 8 years as VP of US leading up to presidency, former CIA intelligence officer
1924-2018 (94)
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George Herbert Walker
Founder of G.H. Walker & Co. in 1900, president of the W.A. Harriman & Co., helped his father's company "Ely, Walker & Company", investment banker at UBC (Union Banking Corporation), Harriman Fifteen, helped Averell Harriman aquire Hamburg-Amerika Line, financier of Remington Arms, democrat, grandfather of George Bush, Sr. and of the Bush family dynasty
1875-1953 (78)
George Payseur
Trustee who acquired shares in the Virginia Company gold mines like Gold Hill Mining Company, leasing railroads such as "Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad" or the "Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad", founder of Lancaster Manufacturing Company to produce timber for railway ties, Lincolnton Iron Company (Carnegie Steel, Pullman Standard), possibly the founder of Western Union and then AT&T in 1875, Nationsbank (Bank of Lancaster, North Carolina Bank) was merged into Bank of America
George Tenet
Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1995-1997, lobbyist, CIA intelligence officer, author of At the Center of the Storm
Gerald Ford
38th President of the United States from 1974-1977, politician, ended the Vietnam War during his term, served on the Warren Commission regarding JFK
1913-2006 (93)
Gina Haspel
Director of the CIA from 2018-2021, CIA intelligence officer
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th President of the United States from 1885-1889 and 1893-1897, politician for the National Democratic Party, worked with JP Morgan during the railway Panic of 1893
1837-1908 (71)
Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States, Democratic Party politician since 1922, gave Israel its independence
1884-1972 (88)
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Hassan Rouhani living
Herbert Hoover
31st President of the United States, mining engineer, humanitarian, philanthropist, CIA spy that stole European documents from First World War I, co-founder of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
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Hillary Clinton
Presidential nominee for the 2016 Democratic party politician, 67th US Secretary of State aka HRC, diplomat, author of Hard Choices
Hugo Chávez
President of Venezuela from 1999-2013, politician, United Socialist Party of Venezuela
-2013
Jaime Roldós
President of Ecuador, 1979-1981
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Jair Bolsonaro living
James Baker, III
Political advisor at Carlyle Group, former US Secretary of State, Office of Net Assessment
James Monroe
5th President of the United States from 1817-1825, statesman, pioneer of The Monroe Doctrine, lawyer, attorney, diplomat, one of the founding fathers of America
James K. Polk
11th President of the United States of America from 1845-1849, established the Smithsonian Institution
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
35th President of the United States, 2nd youngest president after Teddy Roosevelt, New Frontier platform based on Henry Wallace's book New Frontiers, declared that US currency will be outside the Federal Reserve, then assassinated in Dallas Texas
Jimmy Carter living
39th President of the United States from 1977-1981, nuclear engineer, brought in FEMA camps for disaster relief, Democratic Party politician, 76th governor of Georgia from 1971-1975, US senator from Georgia in 1963-1967, wrote the foreword for the Global 2000 Study
1924- (100)
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Joe Biden
46th President of the United States since 2021, politician aka Amtrak Joe, former VP to Barack Obama
John Adams
2nd President of the United States from 1797-1801, one of the founding fathers of America
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John Kerry living
Democratic Party politician, US special envoy for Climate since 2021, political activist, private jet owner, Skull and Bones with George W Bush, his gra
1943- (81)
John Agyekum Kufuor living
President of the Republic of Ghana from 2001-2009
1938- (86)
kufuorfoundation.org
Dr. John Pombe Joseph Magufuli
President of the United Republic of Tanzania, politician, died of COVID
John Quincy Adams
6th President of the United States, statesman, co-author of the Monroe doctrine, son of John Adams (the 2nd President)
John Roberts living
17th Chief Justice of the US supreme court, judge, lawyer, attorney, jurist
1955- (69)
Juan Perón
President of Argentina from 1946-1955 and again in 1973 until murdered in 1974, founder of the Justicialist Party, politician, lieutenant general, military veteran, founder of the Río Santiago Shipyard
1895-1974 (79)
Katherine Harris
Politician, former Secretary of State of Florida, her husband committed suicide in 2003
Kwame Nkrumah
President of Ghana, politician
1909-1972 (63)
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Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)
36th President of the United States, politician aka Lyndon Johnson
Leonid Kuchma living
President of Ukraine from 1994-2005, Prime Minister of Ukraine from 1992-1993
1938- (86)
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Mahmoud Abbas
PNA president since 2005, ruler aka Abu Mazen, President of the State of Palestine since 2005, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization since 2004
Martti Ahtisaari living
10th President of Finland, mediator, UN diplomat
1937- (87)
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Mary Robinson living
7th President of Ireland from 1990-1997, first woman to hold office
1944- (80)
Michael Chertoff
lawyer, attorney, co-author of the US Patriot Act, released Israeli art students (including the 5 Dancing Israelis), US Secretary of Homeland Security from 2005-2009, co-founder and chairman of The Chertoff Group
chertoffgroup.com
Moshe Katsav living
8th President of Israel from 2000-2007, Likud party politician
1945- (79)
m.knesset.gov.il
Muhammadu Buhari
President of Nigeria since 2015, army general, military veteran
Nana Akufo-Addo living
5th President of Ghana since 2017, politician, lawyer, attorney, co-founder of Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co.
1944- (80)
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Nursultan Nazarbayev living
President of Kazakhstan from 1991-2019, chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan until 2022, steelworker, engineer, joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1962
1940- (84)
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Nicholas Sarközy living
Prince of Andorra (and co-President of France) from 2007-2012
1955- (69)
Nicos Anastasiades
President of Cyprus since 2013
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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson living
President of Iceland from 1996-2016, People's Alliance politician, financier, chairman of the Arctic Circle, chairman of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
1943- (81)
Paul G. Cassell living
Judge for the US District Court for the District of Utah
1959- (65)
faculty.utah.edu
Paul Wolfowitz living
10th President of the World Bank Group, banker, politician, diplomat, deputy US Secretary of Defense, pioneer of the Wolfowitz Doctrine Defense Planning Guidance which became the philosophy of the Neocons (or Neo Conservatives)
1943- (81)
Petro Poroshenko living
5th President of Ukraine from 2014-2019, European Solidarity politician, billionaire, cocoa beans, "Chocolate king", founder of Roshen in 1995
1965- (59)
Dr. Pippa Malmgren
Economist, writer of Geopolitics for Investors, author of Signals, co-author of The Leadership Lab, The Infinite Leader, technology entrepreneur, founder and CEO of IndraNet.ai, special advisor at The Monaco Foundry, Avonhurst, British Standards Institute, economic advisor to George W Bush, her father was an advisor to Richard Nixon
pippamalmgren.co.uk
Porter Goss living
Republican politician, CIA intelligence officer from 1960-1972, CIA director from 2004-2005
1938- (86)
portergoss.com
Prescott Bush living
US senator, politician, general partner at Brown Brothers Harriman, investment banker, VP and general partner at UBC (Union Banking Corporation), financier of Georgian Manganese Mining, Tesla's patents, director at Consolidated Silesian Steel Company (CSSC)
1895- (129)
spartacus-educational.com
Reuven Rivlin living
Richard A. Clarke living
CIA intelligence officer, cybersecurity, national security advisor for counter-terrorism in 1998-2003, novelist, author of Cyber War
1950- (74)
richardaclarke.net
Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States, affinity for Iraqi oil, resigned after the Watergate scandal
Ronald Reagan
Politician, former actor, deregulation of the American government as the 40th President of the United States
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Samuel P. Bush
Businessman, chairman of the War Industries Board (WIB), industrialist, investor in Buckeye Steel Castings, Remington Arms
1863-1948 (85)
Sergio Mattarella living
Serzh Sargsyan
Republican politician, 3rd President of Armenia from 2008-2018, resigned during the Armenian revolution protests
Shimon Peres
9th President of Israel from 2007-2014, lifetime politician, 8th Prime Minister of Israel from 1984-1986 and 1995-1996
1923-2016 (93)
mfa.gov.il
Stephen Colbert
Comedian, TV host, his father and two brothers Peter and Paul were killed in a plane crash
Ted Olson
Lawyer, attorney, ruled on the count in the 2000 election for Bush vs. Gore, his wife died on 9/11
Teddy Roosevelt (T.R.)
Politician, statesman, 26th President of the United States from 1901-1909, during the Panic of 1907 preceded by the Sherman Trust Act, historian, conservationist, naturalist, African safari, world traveler, horse rider, equestrian
Thomas Jefferson
3rd President of the United States from 1801-1809, statesman, Democratic-Republican Party politician, pioneer of "natural rights", Declaration of Independence, one of the founding fathers of America, inventor of the dumbwaiter aka wine cart
1743-1826 (83)
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Ulysses S. Grant
18th President of United States from 1869-1877, politician, US army general for the Union Army, US Secretary of War, military officer during the American Civil War in 1865, pictured on the US $50 bill
1822-1885 (63)
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Vicente Fox Quesada living
62nd President of Mexico from 2000-2006, diplomat, National Action Party politician
1942- (82)
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Viktor Yanukovych living
4th President of Ukraine from 2010-2014 until the Ukrainian Revolution at Maidan Square (Nezalezhnosti / Independence Square), politician
1950- (74)
Warren Harding
29th President of the United States, died of a heart attack in 1923
1865-1923 (58)
Webster Tarpley
Biography writer, political activist, 911 whistleblower, author of The Venetian Conspiracy (Against Oligarchy)
Wilhelm Miklas
Politician, President of Austria from 1928-1938
1872-1956 (84)
William Howard Taft
27th President of United States
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William McKinley
25th president of the United States from 1897-1901, assassinated
1843-1901 (58)
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Wirt D. Walker III
Founder and chairman of Eigerhawk, investment banker, co-founder and managing director of KuwAm, chairman and CEO of Aviation General, Stratesec (Securacom) from 1999-2001
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Woodrow Wilson
28th President of the United States from 1913-1921, Democratic politician, socialist, governor of New Jersey, co-founder of Chatham House, also known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), co-founder of the US Federal Reserve Bank (the FED), author of The New Freedom
1856-1924 (68)
Khalifa Zayed Al-Nahyan
President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 1971-2004, Burj Dubai (tallest building in the world at 828m) renamed Burj Khalifa in his honor, supreme comander of the UAE Armed Forces, ruler of Abhu Dhabi from 1966-2004, chairman of Supreme Petroleum Council, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, 77% owner of the CIA linked BCCI Bank
-2004
Volodymyr Zelensky living
President of Ukraine since 2019, statesman, Servant of the People party politician, former comedian, comedy actor
1978- (46)
Zoltán Tildy
Protestant reformed minister, theologian, President of Hungary in 1946-1948, Smallholders Party politician
1889-1961 (72)
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