swap_horiz Mikhail Gorbachev Alternatives

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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill served as Britain's prime minister during much of the Second World War and returned to the office afte...

UK 20TH Century Wartime Conservative

9.50 Brilliant

2

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle was a French military officer and statesman who led Free French forces during World War II and founded...

France 20TH Century President Resistance

9.31 Excellent

3

Clement Attlee

Clement Attlee (1883-1967) led Britain's Labour government as prime minister from 1945 to 1951. His administration creat...

20TH Century Prime Minister Post Wwii Head Of Government

9.31 Excellent

4

Lee Kuan Yew

As Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew held office from 1959 to 1990 and helped shape the country's political...

Singapore 20TH Century Founding Father Prime Minister

9.15 Excellent

5

Willy Brandt

Willy Brandt served as Governing Mayor of West Berlin from 1957 to 1966 and Chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974...

20TH Century Chancellor Ostpolitik Head Of Government

9.12 Excellent

6

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was an Indian independence leader who became the country's first Deputy Prime Minister and Mini...

Executive 20TH Century Unifier India INC

9.08 Excellent

7

Konrad Adenauer

As the first Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer helped shape the new West German sta...

20TH Century Founding Father Chancellor Head Of Government

9.05 Excellent

8

Helmut Kohl

Helmut Kohl led West Germany as chancellor from 1982 to 1990 and continued as chancellor of reunified Germany until 1998...

Germany 20TH Century Chancellor Cdu

8.99 Great

9

Lester B. Pearson

Lester B. Pearson combined a diplomatic career with leadership in Canadian federal politics. A Liberal politician, he se...

20TH Century Prime Minister Nobel Peace Prize Head Of Government

8.86 Great

10

Alcide De Gasperi

Alcide De Gasperi was an Italian Christian Democratic politician who served as prime minister from 1945 to 1953, during...

20TH Century Founding Father Prime Minister Head Of Government

8.85 Great

11

Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian independence leader and the first prime minister of independent India, serving from 1947...

India 20TH Century Independence Congress

8.70 Great

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Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and statesman who led the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 19...

China 20TH Century Leader Communist

8.64 Great

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower was a prominent military leader and the 34th President of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1...

Military 20TH Century President Us

8.55 Great

14

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) served as the 33rd President of the United States from 1945 to 1953, assuming office after t...

20TH Century President Us Democrat

8.47 Great

15

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal Bahadur Shastri was India's second prime minister, serving from 1964 until his death in 1966. His government led Ind...

20TH Century Prime Minister Head Of Government India INC

8.47 Great

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Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary and political theorist who founded the Bolshevik Party and led the October Re...

20TH Century Revolutionary Leader Communist

7.80 Good

17

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who served as the dictator of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920...

20TH Century Communist General Secretary Ussr

7.38 Good

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Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev was a Soviet Communist Party leader who served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet...

Cold War 20TH Century Communist General Secretary

6.60 Fair

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Jiang Zemin

Jiang Zemin was a Chinese politician who served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002 an...

20TH Century President General Secretary Head Of State

5.88 Mediocre

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Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) led the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982, first as First Secretary and from 19...

20TH Century General Secretary Head Of State Russia Cpsu

3.11 Poor