José Félix Uriburu

male, deceased (1932)
General José Félix Benito Uriburu y Uriburu was the first de facto President of Argentina, achieved through military force, from September 6 1930 to...

Rauf Denktaş

male, 85 years old
Rauf Raif Denktaş (born January 27, 1924) is the founder of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a "de facto" state which is only recognized b...
Eduardo Lonardi

Eduardo Lonardi

male, deceased (1956)
Eduardo A. Lonardi Doucet was a former de facto president of Argentina who was in office from September 23 till November 13 of 1955. Eduardo...
Boris Godunov

Boris Godunov

male, deceased (1605)
Boris Feodorovich Godunov was "de facto" regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. The end of his...
Sultan Ismail

Sultan Ismail

male, deceased (1981)
Almarhum Sultan Sir Ismail Al-Khalidi ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Ibrahim Al-Masyhur, was the third sultan of modern Johor in Malaysia. Born Tunku...
Sonthi Boonyaratglin

Sonthi Boonyaratglin

male, 63 years old
General Sonthi Boonyaratglin (b. 2 October 1946) is Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army and head of the Council for National Security, the...
Nikos Sampson

Nikos Sampson

male, deceased (2001)
Nikos Sampson was the "de facto" dictator of Cyprus installed by the coup d'état that overthrew President Makarios in 1974. Sampson was well known a...

Gérard Jean-Juste

male, 62 years old
Fr. Gérard Jean-Juste (1947-) is the Roman Catholic rector of Saint Claire's church for the poor in Port-au-Prince, Haïti. He is also a li...
Maria Theresa Of Austria

Maria Theresa Of Austria

female, deceased (1780)
Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary, Archduchess of Austria, was (reigning) Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary...
Ashikaga Takauji

Ashikaga Takauji

male, deceased (1358)
was the founder and 1st shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan, and ended with his death...