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First Names of Recent World Leaders

Can you guess the first names of these world leaders from the 21st century?
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Last updated: March 14, 2017
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First submittedMarch 14, 2017
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First Name
Last Name
Donald
Trump
Theresa
May
Angela
Merkel
Fidel
Castro
Raúl
Benjamin
Netanyahu
Vladimir
Putin
Justin
Trudeau
First Name
Last Name
Shinzō
Abe
Kofi
Annan
Rodrigo
Duterte
Jacob
Zuma
Hugo
Chavez
Robert
Mugabe
François
Hollande
First Name
Last Name
Barack
Obama
Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad
Dilma
Rousseff
Tony
Blair
Julia
Gillard
Muammar
Gaddafi
Silvio
Berlusconi
34 Comments
+3
Level 88
Mar 14, 2017
Probably should accept "Binyamin" for Netanyahu, that's the real first name
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Level ∞
Mar 14, 2017
Okay. The Wikipedia article doesn't mention it, but several articles it cited did.
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Level 76
Mar 14, 2017
No "Colonel" for Gaddafi? :(
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Level 59
Mar 14, 2017
That's just a title...
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Level 76
Jul 5, 2017
And that was just a joke
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Level 78
Mar 14, 2017
Yeah, he was a real hero of Libyan nation. Libya was one happy place on earth...
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Level 57
Jul 5, 2017
funny
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Level 65
Apr 3, 2023
Was
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Level 81
Mar 17, 2017
Colonel Gaddafi was my first reflex thought too.. amusing.
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Level 44
Mar 14, 2017
Great quiz! Happy to see Trump on here! Can you add some type-ins for Vladimir? I didn't know how to spell it!
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Level 74
Mar 16, 2017
like it sounds
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Level 59
Jul 5, 2017
You do know that prior to Justin, his father Pierre was the prime minister of Canada, right? He was actually the 3rd longest-serving Prime Minister in Canadian history.
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Level 65
Jul 5, 2017
...but not in the 21st century.
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Level 46
Jul 5, 2017
What about Dennis Castro?
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Level 82
Jul 5, 2017
He was ousted in the fake cigar debacle of 1997, they don't consider him to be officially recognized.
+1
Level 90
Jul 5, 2017
uhhh....Duane?
+3
Level 66
Jul 5, 2017
Where's Xi Jinping? I know some (ignorant) people are unfamiliar with Chinese naming customs but that's hardly an excuse.
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Level 67
Jul 5, 2017
Agreed. I was also looking for Emmanuel Macron given that he's president of France now, not Hollande.
+2
Level 47
Jul 5, 2017
There is no such thing as "world leaders"
+15
Level 81
Jul 5, 2017
There is no such thing as "JetPunk comments"
+2
Level 61
Jul 6, 2017
Can you accept Anthony for Tony Blair, as that's actually his first name?
+3
Level 65
Jul 6, 2017
Please accept "Muhammar Gaddafi"
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Level 39
Jul 15, 2017
I couldn't find Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi
+3
Level 71
Aug 22, 2017
Anyone wanted to type "James" after seeing "May"? ;)
+3
Level 94
Jun 22, 2018
But... this is a quiz of leaders. Captain Slow can't qualify :)
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Level 72
Sep 5, 2019
Yes! But I wasnt even aware why I was typing it haha, it was not like I had him in mind.
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Level 68
May 28, 2024
I blanked and tried "Brian" but I'm afraid that they were not asking for astrophysicists or rock stars
+4
Level 74
Feb 8, 2018
I just had to try "Honest" for Abe. I should probably go to bed now.
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Level 40
Mar 26, 2018
my first thought was 'honest' for Abe
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Level 87
Oct 28, 2018
Abraham Lincoln: truly the greatest president of the 21st century.
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Level 72
Sep 5, 2019
Anyone automatically typed James for May? Haha. I didnt even realize I hadnt typed a name of a politician, I just thought ow yea the more recent female may, and thought the other name that had come up was apparently another politician. Later it dawned on me why that name got into my head hahah
+2
Level 80
Dec 20, 2020
Suggest adding the leaders of China & France. Xi Jinping in particular must be one of the most important leaders of the 21st century. China seems to be on track to supplant USA as the world's most powerful country.
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Level 62
Jul 14, 2023
They chose a hard one for Brazil, even though Dilma is important Bolsonaro and Lula are probably much more well known around the world
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Level 84
Jun 12, 2024
Haven't had my coffee yet this morning and typed "Mocte" as an answer for "Zuma" without even stopping to think about the 8 levels of ridiculousness that answer belies.