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Abraham Lincoln    was the    U.S. President 1861

Adolf Hitler    was the    German Chancellor Name means 'noble wolf'

Adolfo Suárez González    was the    Spanish Prime Minister 5 July - 25 February 1981

Alfred Deakin    was the    Australian Prime Minister 24 September 1903 – 27 April 1904; 5 July 1905 – 13 November 1908; 29 June 1909 – 29 April 1910. Protectionist / Fusion Party

Andrew Bonar Law    was the    U.K. Prime Minister October 1922 - May 1923

Andrew Fisher    was the    Australian Prime Minister 13 November 1908 – 2 June 1909; 29 April 1910 – 24 June 1913; 17 September 1914 – 27 October 1915

Andrew Jackson    was the    U.S. President 1829

Andrew Johnson    was the    U.S. President 1865

Ariel Sharon    was the    Israeli Prime Minister 2001-06

Arthur Balfour    was the    U.K. Prime Minister July 1902 - December 1905

Arthur Fadden    was the    Australian Prime Minister 29 August 1941 – 7 October 1941. Country Party.

Ben Chifley    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1945-49. Labor Party.

Benjamin Harrison    was the    U.S. President 1889

Bill Clinton    was the    U.S. President Impeached by Congress for obstruction of justice in sex scandal, found not guilty.

Boris Yeltsin    was the    Russian President 1991-99

Brian Mulrony    was the    Canadian Prime Minister 1984-93

Calvin Coolidge    was the    U.S. President 1923

Charles De Gaulle    was the    French President 1958-1969. Fifth Republic

Chester Alan Arthur    was the    U.S. President 1881

Clement Attlee    was the    U.K. Prime Minister July 1945 - October 1951

Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser    was the    Egypt President 1956-70

Dame Ivy Dumont    was the    Bahamas Governor General 2001-05

David Ben-Gurion    was the    Israeli Prime Minister 1948-54 and 1955-63. First Prime Minister

David Lange    was the    New Zealand Prime Minister 1984 - 1989. Labour party. Introduced New Zealand's nuclear-free policy which banned nuclear-armed ships from New Zealand waters.

David Lloyd George    was the    U.K. Prime Minister December 1916 - October 1922

Dwight D. Eisenhower    was the    U.S. President 1953

Earle Page    was the    Australian Prime Minister 7 April 1939 – 26 April 1939. Country Party. Held office 3 weeks.

Edmund Barton    was the    Australian Prime Minister First Prime Minister of Australia. 1 January 1901 – 24 September 1903. Protectionist party.

Eduard Benes    was the    Czechoslovakian President

Edward Heath    was the    U.K. Prime Minister June 1970 - March 1974

Felipe González Marquez    was the    Spanish Prime Minister 2 December 1982 -- 5 May 1996

Fidel Castro    was the    Cuban President 2 December 1976 to 31 July 2006. Transferred to his brother Raúl Castro

Field Marshal Anwar Sadat    was the    Egypt President 1970-1981

Francis Forde    was the    Australian Prime Minister 6 July 1945 – 13 July 1945. Labor Party.

Franklin D. Roosevelt    was the    U.S. President 1933

Franklin Pierce    was the    U.S. President 1853

François Mitterrand    was the    French President 1981-1995. Fifth Republic

General Francisco Franco Y Bahamonde    was the    Spanish Head of State 31 March 1939 – 8 June 1973

George H. W. Bush    was the    U.S. President 1989

George Reid    was the    Australian Prime Minister 18 August 1904 – 5 July 1905. Free Trade Party.

Georges Pompidou    was the    French President 1969-1974. Fifth Republic

George Washington    was the    U.S. President 1789

George W. Bush    was the    U.S. President 2001 to 2009

Gerald R. Ford, Jr.    was the    U.S. President 1974

Gerhard Schröder    was the    German Chancellor 1998-2005. SPD

Giscard D’Estaing    was the    French President 1974-1981. Fifth Republic

Golda Meir    was the    Israeli Prime Minister 1969-74

Gough Whitlam    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1972-75. Labor Party.

Grover Cleveland    was the    U.S. President 1885

Harold Holt    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1966-67. Liberal Party

Harold Macmillan    was the    U.K. Prime Minister January 1957 - October 1963

Harold Wilson    was the    U.K. Prime Minister March 1974 - April 1976; October 1964 - June 1970

Harry S. Truman    was the    U.S. President 1945

Helmut Kohl    was the    German Chancellor 1982-98. CDU

Helmut Schmidt    was the    German Chancellor 1974-82. SPD

Herbert Hoover    was the    U.S. President 1929

H. H. Asquith    was the    U.K. Prime Minister April 1908 - December 1916

Idi Amin    was the    Ugandan Dictator

Indira Gandhi    was the    Indian Prime Minister 1966-77 and 1980-84

Ian Smith    was the    Rhodesian Prime Minister

Jacques Chirac    was the    French President 1995-2007. Fifth Republic

James Buchanan    was the    U.S. President 1857

James Callaghan    was the    U.K. Prime Minister April 1976 - May 1979

James Garfield    was the    U.S. President 1881

James K. Polk    was the    U.S. President 1845

James Madison    was the    U.S. President 1809

James Monroe    was the    U.S. President 1817

James Scullin    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1929-32. Labor Party

Jawaharlal Nehru    was the    Indian Prime Minister 15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964. First Prime Minister of Independent India.

Jean Chretien    was the    Canadian Prime Minister 1993-2003

Jimmy Carter    was the    U.S. President 1977

John Adams    was the    U.S. President 1797

John Christian Watson    was the    Australian Prime Minister 27 April 1904 – 18 August 1904. Labor Party.

John Curtain    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1941-45. Labor Party

John Diefenbaker    was the    Canadian Prime Minister 1957-1963

John F. Kennedy    was the    U.S. President While in the Navy, "Jack" was Commanding Oficer of USS PT-109, an 80-foot ELCO type motor torpedo boat. On 2 August, 1943, it was rammed by a Japanese destroyer and sank, leaving 11 survivors. Lt. Kennedy received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his courage and leadership and the Purple Heart for injuries sustained.

John Gorton    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1968-71. Liberal Party

John Howard    was the    Australian Prime Minister 11 March 1996 - 24 November 2007. Liberal Party.

John Major    was the    U.K. Prime Minister November 1990 - May 1997

John McEwan    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1967-68. Country Party.

John Quincy Adams    was the    U.S. President 1825

John Tyler    was the    U.S. President 1841

Jomo Kenyatta    was the    Kenyan President

Jose María Aznar    was the    Spanish Prime Minister 5 May 1996 -17 April 2004

Joseph Cook    was the    Australian Prime Minister 24 June 1913 – 17 September 1914

Joseph Lyons    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1932-39. United Party

Joseph Stalin    was the    USSR Communist Party Leader 1922-53

Josip Broz Tito    was the    S.F.R. of Yugoslavia President 1953- 1980

Kamal Attaturk    was the    Turkish President

Kjell Magne Bondevik    was the    Norwegian Prime Minister 2001-05

Koizumi Junichiro    was the    Japanese Prime Minister 2001-03, 2003-05 and 2005-06. Liberal Democratic

Konrad Adenauer    was the    German Chancellor 1949-63. CDU

Lech Walesa    was the    Polish President

Leonid Brezhnev    was the    USSR Communist Party Leader 1964-82

Lester (Mike) Pearson    was the    Canadian Prime Minister 1963-68

Louis Botha    was the    South African President

Louis St Laurent    was the    Canadian Prime Minister 1948-57

Lt. Jerry Rawlings    was the    President of Ghana He returned Ghana to democratic rule in 1992 when he became president.

Lyndon B. Johnson    was the    U.S. President 1963

Malcolm Fraser    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1975-83. Liberal Party

Margaret Thatcher    was the    U.K. Prime Minister May 1979 - November 1990

Martin Van Buren    was the    U.S. President 1837

Menachem Begin    was the    Israeli Prime Minister 1977-83

Mikhail Gorbachev    was the    Soviet Union President Head of State of the USSR from March 15, 1990 to December 25, 1991. Mikhail Gorbachev was the first and only person to occupy the office.

Millard Fillmore    was the    U.S. President 1850

Milton Obote    was the    Ugandan President

Neville Chamberlain    was the    U.K. Prime Minister May 1937 - May 1940

Nikita Khrushchev    was the    USSR Communist Party Leader 1953-64

Olof Palme    was the    Swedish Prime Minister 1969-76 and 1982-86. Killed February 1986

Paul Keating    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1991-96 . Labor Party.

Paul Martin    was the    Canadian Prime Minister 2003-06

Pierre Trudeau    was the    Canadian Prime Minister 1968-79 and 1980-84

Ramos Horta    was the    President of East Timor May 9, 2007 - Current

Ramsay MacDonald    was the    U.K. Prime Minister January 1924 - November 1924; June 1929 - June 1935

Richard Nixon    was the    U.S. President 1969

Richard Seddon    was the    New Zealand Prime Minister Aka 'King Dick', was the longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand 27 April 1893 – 10 June 1906. He is regarded by some as one of New Zealand's greatest political leaders. Under his leadership New Zealand became the first country in the world to give the vote to women though Seddon initially opposed this.

Robert Hawke    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1983-91. Labor Party. Holds record for the fastest consumption of a yard of ale at University of Western Australia.

Robert Menzies    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1939-41. United Party. 1949-66. Liberal Party.

Robert Mugabe    was the    President of Zimbabwe

Ronald Reagan    was the    U.S. President 1981

Rutherford B. Hayes    was the    U.S. President 1877

Saddam Hussein    was the    President of Iraq His name in Arabic means 'One who confronts'.

Shimon Peres    was the    Israeli Prime Minister 1984-86 and 1995-96

Sir Alec Douglas-Home    was the    U.K. Prime Minister October 1963 - October 1964

Sir Anthony Eden    was the    U.K. Prime Minister April 1955 - January 1957

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman    was the    U.K. Prime Minister February 1906 - April 1908

Sir William McMahon    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1971-72. Liberal Party.

Stanley Baldwin    was the    U.K. Prime Minister June 1935 - May 1937; May 1923 - January 1924; November 1924 - June 1929

Stanley Bruce    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1923-29. Nationalist

Theodore Roosevelt    was the    U.S. President 1901

Thomas Jefferson    was the    U.S. President 1801

Tony Blair    was the    U.K. Prime Minister May 1997 - 2007

Ulysses S. Grant    was the    U.S. President 1869

Vicente Fox Quesada    was the    Mexican President 2000-2006. PAN

Vigdis Finnbogadóttir    was the    President of Iceland 1980-96

Vladimir Ilich Lenin    was the    USSR Communist Party Leader 1917-22

Warren G. Harding    was the    U.S. President 1921

William Henry Harrison    was the    U.S. President 1841

William Howard Taft    was the    U.S. President 1909

William Hughes    was the    Australian Prime Minister 1915-17. Labor. 1917-23 Nationalist

William Lyon Mackenzie King    was the    Canadian Prime Minister 1935-48

William McKinley    was the    U.S. President 1897

Willy Brandt    was the    German Chancellor 1969-74. SPD

Winston Churchill    was the    U.K. Prime Minister May 1940 - July 1945; October 1951 - April 1955. Knighted in 1953 half way through his second term as P.M.

Woodrow Wilson    was the    U.S. President 1913

Xanana Gusmão    was the    President of East Timor

Xanana Gusmão    was the    Prime Minister of East Timor August 6, 2007 - Current

Yitzhak Rabin    was the    Israeli Prime Minister 1974-77 and 1992-95

Zachary Taylor    was the    U.S. President 1849

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