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Cardinal Richelieu
French statesman and clergyman (1585–1642)
1.6× usual views
Sarah Palin
Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009
5.67K daily views
Harry S. Truman
President of the United States from 1945 to 1953
5.26K daily views
Mohammed bin Salman
Saudi crown prince (born 1985)
3.53K daily views
Mitch McConnell
American politician and lawyer (born 1942)
500+ searches
Benjamin Franklin
American Founding Father and polymath (1706–1790)
4.51K daily views
Augustus
Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14
4.23K daily views
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999
4.06K daily views
Muammar Gaddafi
Leader of Libya from 1969 to 2011
4.53K daily views
Charlemagne
Carolingian emperor from 800 to 814
4.16K daily views
Louis XVI
King of France from 1774 to 1792
4.27K daily views
Keir Starmer
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2024 to 2026
3.71K daily views
John Kennedy (Louisiana politician)
John Neely Kennedy is an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States senator from Louisiana since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 2000 to 2017, as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue from 1996 to 1999, and as special counsel and then cabinet member to Governor Buddy Roemer from 1988 to 1992.
2.56K daily views
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991
4.47K daily views
Maximilien Robespierre
French lawyer and statesman (1758–1794)
2.3K daily views
Henry VII of England
King of England from 1485 to 1509
4.65K daily views
Sadiq Khan
Mayor of London since 2016
200+ searches
Marcus Aurelius
Stoic philosopher, Roman emperor from 161 to 180
5.35K daily views
Gerald Ford
President of the United States from 1974 to 1977
4.34K daily views
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714
4.09K daily views
Edward VI
King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553
4.63K daily views
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
French politician (born 1951)
1.95K daily views
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetans
3.8K daily views
Ulysses S. Grant
Civil War general, U.S. president from 1869 to 1877
4.07K daily views