Famous Diplomats - List of Famous Diplomats - page 4

A person, who serves as a representative or an ambassador on behalf of the government of a particular country, may be referred to as a diplomat. A diplomat plays a crucial and significant role in maintaining healthy relations with other countries and their respective governments. Thus, a diplomat is a specifically skilled and trained person who has the skills and uses tact in dealing with sensitive and important matters that affects the political concerns of the world. Appointed by the government, a diplomat may be required to conduct and diplomatic talks with other countries and even many of the established international organizations. A diplomat is responsible for maintain peaceful and friendly relations with other countries, he may be required to represent the interests of his nation and promote his nation in a positive light to the world. They work in collaboration with the foreign ministers of a nation and play a role in the foreign policy formulation. A diplomat is thus one of the most significant representatives of a country and advocate and negotiate foreign policy related issues. Dig out more about some of most famous diplomats around the world, with their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.

The Most Famous Diplomats

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Gertrude BellJuly 14, 1868BritishGertrude Bell was an English writer and diplomat, who was highly influential in helping the British Empire exert its dominance in the Middle East
Sidney PoitierFebruary 20, 1927AmericanSidney Poitier is an actor, director and diplomat who was the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor
Niccolò MachiavelliMay 3, 1469ItalianNiccolo Machiavelli was an Italian politician, historian and philosopher who is widely known as a founder of modern political science.
Madeleine AlbrightMay 15, 1937AmericanMadeleine Albright is an American politician and a former United States Secretary of State and Ambassador to the United Nations
Nizar QabbaniMarch 21, 1923SyrianNizar Qabbani was a poet, and is one among the most honoured men in the Arab Literary world
Henry KissingerMay 27, 1923AmericanHenry Kissinger is a former American Secretary of State who played a key role in ending the Vietnam War
Allen DullesApril 7, 1893AmericanAllan Dulles was an America lawyer and diplomat who later became the head of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Stephen LewisNovember 11, 1937CanadianStephen Lewis is a Canadian politician, broadcaster, diplomat and professor
U ThantJanuary 22, 1909BurmeseU Thant was a Burmese diplomat who served as the Secretary-General of the United Nations
K. R. NarayananOctober 27, 1920IndianK.R
Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Albright is an American politician and a former United States Secretary of State and Ambassador to the United Nations

AmericanMay 15, 1937355 views

Dag Hammarskjöld

Dag Hammarskjöld was a Swedish diplomat and economist who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations

SwedishJuly 29, 1905147 views

Andrei Gromyko

Andrei Gromyko was a Russian statesman who served for many years as a diplomat of Soviet Union

RussianJuly 18, 1909142 views

Allen Dulles

Allan Dulles was an America lawyer and diplomat who later became the head of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

AmericanApril 7, 1893314 views

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier is an actor, director and diplomat who was the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor

AmericanFebruary 20, 1927500 views

Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice was the 66th Secretary of State of the U.S., and the first African American woman to hold that post

AmericanNovember 14, 1954119 views

Ziauddin Yousafzai

Ziauddin Yousafzai is a Pakistani diplomat, educator, educational activist and human rights campaigner

Pakistani1969132 views

Washington Irving

Washington Irving was America's first genuine internationally best-selling author

AmericanApril 3, 1783164 views

Robert Todd Lincoln

Robert Todd Lincoln was an American statesman, diplomat, businessman, and lawyer

AmericanAugust 1, 1843153 views

Gertrude Bell

Gertrude Bell was an English writer and diplomat, who was highly influential in helping the British Empire exert its dominance in the Middle East

BritishJuly 14, 1868722 views