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Hair & Eye Colour Of World Leaders (Heads of Government) (2015)

March 3, 2023 12 Comments

hair color world- leaders

The Hair Color Of Our Leaders created by @JodySieradzki For @dadaviz

The map above created by @JodySieradzki For @dadaviz shows the hair colour of world leaders. And just to be clear this means heads of government (e.g. Prime Minsters or the US President) and not Heads of State (e.g. Queen Elizabeth II or Presidents in many other countries).

A few interesting things to note:

  • While at least one former US Secretary of Defense has referred to France & Germany as Old Europe, neither have leaders with grey or even salt and peeper hair, unlike “New World” countries such as the US or Canada.
  • The only two leaders with Strawberry Blonde (aka red or ginger) hair are the Taoiseach of Ireland Enda Kenny and Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson.
  • Africa boasts the most bald leaders.
  • Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, and is the only world leader outside of Europe to have blonde hair.
  • Please note, Greenland has been lumped in with Denmark. Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt has blonde hair while Prime Minister of Greenland Kim Kielsen does not.

Here’s a second map looking at eye colour of world leaders:

eye colour world leaders

World Leader Eye colour map creatd by reddit user phillybdizzle

As you can see there’s far less variation in eye than hair colour. The vast majority of the world’s leaders have brown eyes, with the exception of most northern countries that have leaders with blue eyes.

What hair/eye colour combination does the leader of your country have? Leave a comment below:

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Comments

  1. Myself says

    May 21, 2015 at 7:22 am

    Romania president. Not so dark hair.

    http://www.b1.ro/pictures/2015/01/21/132805.jpg

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    • Calmeilles says

      June 21, 2015 at 3:20 pm

      The maps are for heads of government, not heads of state. Prime Minister of Romania, Victor Ponta, is dark haired.

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      • Matilda says

        July 28, 2015 at 7:30 pm

        Well, then the eyes are not blue, 😉

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  2. tryhp3 says

    August 18, 2016 at 11:55 am

    Sweden, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania should be blond…
    Brown color in these countries is very rare …

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    • BananaHunter1 says

      August 20, 2016 at 12:10 pm

      Well, but even in these countries, light blond hair often doesn’t stay light blond for the entire life (apart from the fact that it turns white at an old age).

      Reply
  3. BananaHunter1 says

    August 20, 2016 at 12:24 pm

    Indian PM Modi has an interesting eye colour. His irides are brown around the pupil and blue towards the edges.

    https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/modi-india.jpg?quality=75&strip=color&w=1012

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    • Matilda Kallas says

      June 12, 2018 at 5:30 pm

      Modi is not alone. Brown eyes with Blue hallow are mine.

      Reply
      • Dab says

        March 8, 2019 at 10:07 pm

        Brown and brown

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      • Dab says

        March 8, 2019 at 10:07 pm

        Brown and brown

        Reply
  4. Alex says

    May 16, 2018 at 5:30 pm

    Prime minister in 2015 in Italy was Matteo Renzi, that was not in any shape or form black haired.

    https://statics.cedscdn.it/photos/MED/97/62/69762_0140205_62515_scansione0019.jpg

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  5. Anita K. says

    September 11, 2020 at 10:57 pm

    This map is wrong. Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh clearly has blue eyes.

    Reply
  6. Anita says

    September 13, 2022 at 5:25 am

    Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh clearly has grey-blue eyes.

    Reply

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