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World Leaders by Picture

Can you identify these world leaders – past and present?
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Last updated: December 12, 2024
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First submittedJuly 27, 2011
Times taken228,074
Average score65.0%
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2009–2017
2019–2022
2000–
1969–2011
1980–2017
2017–
2012–
2002–2013
2005–2021
1994–1999
2015–
1959–2008
1979–2003
2005–2015
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1994–1995, 2001–2006, 2008–2011
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1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–
100 Recent Comments
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Level 78
Oct 2, 2019
Could "Soeharto" be accepted as a latinization?

Here's a source that uses this spelling:

https://themuslimtimes.info/2017/12/16/revisiting-dictatorship-in-indonesia-the-good-old-days/

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Level 45
Oct 2, 2019
Please update this quiz and get rid of Obama lol
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Level 36
Oct 16, 2019
Do you think Nelson Mandela is still ruling in South Africa?
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Level 80
Dec 3, 2019
Ah yes, because Suharto is still ruling Indonesia...
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Level 61
Jan 12, 2020
So many different ways to write Khadaffi..... I knew it but couldn't write. hahaha
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Level 60
Mar 19, 2020
Please include a Pakistani, most preferably Imran Khan.
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Level 57
Nov 9, 2020
Imran is not actually a world leader.
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Level 54
Dec 21, 2024
He was a world class cricketer though
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Level 27
Apr 19, 2020
17/20 I somehow managed to miss Putin!
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Level 60
Jun 9, 2020
8 of these guys are dead...
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Level 40
Jan 16, 2025
did you miss the part where it said "past and present" in the description?
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Level 44
Aug 28, 2020
Vladimir Putin, Nelson Mandela, Kim Jong il Angela Merkel Theresa May Pope Francis Fidel Castro Justin Trudeau Muhammar Gaddafi Saddam Hussein Emmanuel macron Robert Mugabe Silvio berlusconi Benjamin Netanyahu Hugo chávez narendra modi lula Da Silva king abdullah Suharto. I know them all bu5 can’t recognise them
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Level 46
Mar 18, 2022
Thanks to the answers for everybody except... oh wait what's his name... it starts with an O... (Help me in the comments!)

JK 20/20

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Level 40
Jan 16, 2025
one of these isnt even an answer that's kim jong un not kim jong il
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Level 17
Sep 4, 2020
This Quiz needs an update!

Boris johnson istead of theresa may (idk how you write her name btw)

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Level 57
Oct 27, 2020
I refreshed it and it updated.
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Level 23
Oct 27, 2020
Can you please update it to the current world leaders? Barak Obama is not a political leader of a nation anymore.
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Level 84
Oct 27, 2020
You think Gaddafi still rules Libya?
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Level 82
Oct 27, 2020
More than 1/3 of these people are dead. It's clearly not limited to just current leaders.
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Level 70
Nov 5, 2020
Who is Boris Johnson's hair stylist?
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Level 81
Nov 9, 2020
Himself. I heard he intentionally messes up his hair to look goofy and be disarming.
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Level 70
Nov 9, 2020
Enjoyed that! Just one small thing, can "Al-Saud" be accepted as an answer? Thanks!
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Level 36
Nov 9, 2020
Surprised to see that only 40% got Modi. He's the representative of the largest democracy in the world and over 1/7th of all humanity.
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Level 59
Nov 9, 2020
Has anyone figured out Obama's last name yet? I keep getting that answer wrong because I don't know his last name.
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Level 60
Nov 9, 2020
Are you actually serious?
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Level 59
Nov 9, 2020
Thought it was Obama Care, still don't know.
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Level 33
Sep 9, 2024
Obama lama ding dong
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Level 22
Jan 15, 2025
That his last name Obama his full name is Barack Obama -_-
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Level 40
Jan 16, 2025
thats the joke..?
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Level 65
Nov 9, 2020
All of their pictures together remind me of the leaders at Dr. Evil's table!
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Level 57
Nov 9, 2020
There's a father and son on this quiz.
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Level 70
Nov 9, 2020
I couldn't think of Johnson's surname for the life of me - I just kept thinking 'Bojo, Bojo, what's his actual name?'... FFS.
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Level 64
Nov 10, 2020
I couldn’t give this quiz the highest score because of how punishing it is on spelling. Many of these leaders have names that are spelled differently whether being spelled in English or their native tongue, and it leads to confusion. There is no excuse whatsoever to be so harsh on translating from one language into another.
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Level 35
Nov 10, 2020
So happy to see Lula in here. Best leader of the 21st century so far
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Level 43
Apr 2, 2021
Don’t make me laugh until die.
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Level 73
Dec 3, 2020
Please allow more type-ins for Gaddafi. I tried Khadafi Qadhafi and lot's more.
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Level 34
Jan 30, 2021
Benjamin Netan"j"ahu is the name not with "y" spelled.
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Level 46
Apr 1, 2021
What are you talking about, it's always spelled with a "y". Look it up
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Level 54
Dec 21, 2024
Considering his name is spelt in Hebrew, then it's always using the Hebrew script, not with a Y. The J or Y spelling is just depends on transliteration conventions (J used in places like Germany or Scandinavia).
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Level 28
Mar 7, 2021
15/20 got 16/20 needed *sob*
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Level 69
Jul 14, 2021
I think Soeharto should be accepted, as it is the original spelling of his name and still in use in Indonesia today.
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Level 39
Aug 28, 2021
Could You Accept Pope
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Level 78
Sep 5, 2021
That's his title. By that logic you could write president or prime minister for most of the others.
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Level 41
Oct 6, 2021
Perhaps accept Benjamin.....cos I didn't have a hope in hell of spelling Netanyahu correctly without looking it up!!
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Level 71
Dec 28, 2021
Lol
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Level 56
May 15, 2022
It is subject to debate but I agree with comments on other quizzes that if you know the answer but not the spelling looking it up is not "cheating."
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Level 71
Dec 17, 2024
"Bibi" is accepted!
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Level 71
Dec 28, 2021
Abdullah just always comes to mind, I don't actually know anything about Saudi Arabian leaders
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Level 37
Apr 29, 2022
It's 2022,why any body will remember lula di silva, he is not an important figure in History,
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Level 73
Aug 13, 2022
also berlusconi
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Level 69
Jul 19, 2022
I think it's time for an update. I could see Stoltenberg & von der Leyen added.

It's my ignorance, but I could see Suharto, da Silva, Castro, Mugabe, Mandela, Berlusconi, Maybe JongIl and Hussein, removed.

There are more modern 'bad guys' and 'good guys'.

Since this is a badge quiz, I don't think the stats reflect the general knowledge of the participants. I think a lot of people reverse image search to find the answers, and score 16/20.

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Level 69
Dec 12, 2024
It was super easy, no need for reverse image search.
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Level 31
Aug 30, 2022
Ok sorry but the names of these people, jesus christ.
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Level 50
Sep 12, 2022
maybe include "al saud" as an option for King Abdullah?
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Level 69
Oct 25, 2022
You need to update Boris Johnson to Rishi Sunak.
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Level 63
Dec 29, 2024
Meh, it's the UK; if we start updating the quiz every time they have a new Prime Minister, JetPunk will need to hire a staffer to stay on top of it. Then we get more ads, and the whole thing just goes down hill... :P
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Level 28
Jun 23, 2023
19/20 :)
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Level 26
Dec 11, 2023
This severely needs to be updated
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Level 18
Sep 23, 2024
They forgot imam Khaminaei
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Level 54
Dec 21, 2024
Why? This isn't an exhaustive list, or a list to appease your small-minded me-me-me narcissism.
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Level 60
Dec 12, 2024
Hey, what was the update? Assad or something?
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Level 62
Dec 12, 2024
Milei I guess
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Level 84
Dec 12, 2024
instead of whom?
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Level 55
Dec 17, 2024
The pope I think
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Level 91
Dec 12, 2024
putting Castro right after Trudeau... sly
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Level 86
Dec 12, 2024
Apparently someone went to the bother of constructing a timeline and the oft repeated right wing rumour regarding Trudeau's true father is not possible.
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Level 73
Dec 17, 2024
Except it is..
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Level 63
Dec 29, 2024
"Right wing" rumour is a fun description. As a Canadian who is not right wing, I'd say basically everyone I know believes Trudeau is Castro's son. He sure looks like it.
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Level 69
Dec 12, 2024
I was about to comment that that was most definitely on purpose
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Level 86
Dec 12, 2024
Didn't recognise Berlusconi -- I thought he was old and dead. He looks young and alive here. Given the destruction of the Argentine economy, perhaps the libertarian populists will have a short time here.
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Level 69
Dec 12, 2024
This feels like a quiz that should have comments disabled...
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Level 64
Dec 12, 2024
Agreed.
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Level 63
Dec 29, 2024
Yeah, it's always fun reading a bunch of comments about how comments shouldn't be allowed...
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Level 77
Dec 12, 2024
Can you accept "Arab Walter White"? 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Thx in advance!

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Level 91
Dec 12, 2024
Not a single innocent face among the lot of them
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Level 64
Dec 12, 2024
Oh, like you're any better?
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Level 63
Dec 29, 2024
Yeah, all of us are probably better than these people. Far, far better.
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Level 80
Dec 13, 2024
2011 for Castro, not 2001.
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Level ∞
Dec 13, 2024
Whoops, was supposed to be 2008.
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Level 71
Dec 13, 2024
It's fascinating to see how a neutral quiz with mere pictures of people can generate such emotion in people. QM, nor the maker, nor the site, nor the pictures attacked you or insulted you in any way, yet your knee-jerk reaction is to rant in the comments. Please get your emotions under control. They won't achieve anything
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Level 80
Dec 13, 2024
I like how he put Trudeau next to Castro, so you can see the family resemblance.
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Level 73
Dec 13, 2024
The boris johnson photo is classic
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Level 44
Dec 13, 2024
Please acce Ghaddafi.

https://af.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moeammar_al-Ghaddafi

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Level 73
Dec 17, 2024
Love seeing Trudeau and his daddy next to each other
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Level 49
Dec 17, 2024
Took me waaaay too long trying to spell Gaddafi until I just gave up and went for the straight phonetic "gadafi".
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Level 76
Dec 17, 2024
Bottom row.. second from the left. Winnie the Pooh not working.
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Level 69
Dec 17, 2024
Did you try his nickname?
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Level 65
Dec 17, 2024
Putting Trudeau next to Castro was interesting. Trudeau looks like the spitting image of Castro - if he just grew a beard and wore the hat + cigar, he would be mistaken for Castro
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Level 50
Jan 14, 2025
Trudeau's mom was pretty close to Castro...
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Level 54
Dec 17, 2024
Guessed Castro only by his cigar.
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Level 51
Dec 19, 2024
Javier Milei is terrifying
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Level 69
Dec 27, 2024
he is just a puppet
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Level 80
Feb 13, 2025
He looks like the villain he is.
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Level 72
Dec 19, 2024
Boris and Bojo should be accepted as type ins for Boris Johnson, just as Bibi is accepted for Netanyahu
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Level 58
Dec 22, 2024
When I took the quiz, Nelson Mandela's pictures wasn't there... It only showed up after I clicked submit!

This is further proof that he died in prison in my original timeline and I was transported to a different timeline after clicking submit!

I definitely didn't just glance over the image and fail to recognize him.....

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Level 67
Dec 24, 2024
Two Castro's on the list, weird.
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Level 50
Jan 14, 2025
And three black leaders!
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Level 50
Jan 14, 2025
Justin Castro has resigned, update!