* 1909 – Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat ( d. 1944 )

* 1486 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian ( d. 1566 )

* 1756 – Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat ( d. 1821 )

* 1711 – Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat ( d. 1794 )

* 1873 – Konstantin von Neurath, German diplomat and statesman ( d. 1956 )

A German diplomat, Truetzschler von Falkenstein, complained after the war that " Ribbentrop, having had contact with only a small group in England – representatives of the so-called two hundred families – did not know the great mass of the English people.

One German diplomat, Herbert Richter, called Ribbentrop " lazy and worthless " while another, Manfred von Schröder, was quoted as saying Ribbentrop was " vain and ambitious ".

Ribbentrop's first move as Foreign Minister was to sack Mackensen ( who, as Neurath's son-in-law, was totally unacceptable to him ) as State Secretary and replace him with Baron Ernst von Weizsäcker, a former naval officer turned career diplomat who joined the Foreign Office in 1920.

So, that day, German diplomat Hans von Herwarth, whose grandmother was Jewish, informed Guido Relli, an Italian diplomat, and American chargé d ' affaires Charles Bohlen on the secret protocol regarding vital interests in the countries ' allotted " spheres of influence ", without revealing the annexation rights for " territorial and political rearrangement ".

Also in 1872, a protracted quarrel began to fester between Bismarck and Count Harry von Arnim, a career diplomat and the imperial ambassador to France.

On the following day, 31 July 1944, in view of the likely invasion by German forces, the state sent three letters of protest: one to Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, one to Adolf Hitler and one to Benito Mussolini, the latter delivered by a delegation to Serafino Mazzolini, a high-ranking diplomat in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

* Heinrich von Siebold, ( 1852-1908 ), German diplomat and anthropologist

Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt ( 22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835 ) was a Prussian philosopher, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the University of Berlin, which was named after him ( and his brother, naturalist Alexander von Humboldt ) in 1949.

* June 11 – Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian diplomat ( b. 1773 )

** Konstantin von Neurath, Nazi German diplomat and foreign minister ( b. 1873 )

** Ludwig Maximilian Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, diplomat and revolutionary ( b. 1884 )

* March 28 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat ( b. 1486 )

* October 29 – Franz von Papen, German Chancellor and diplomat ( d. 1969 )

* March 18 – Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat ( b. 1769 )

* February 2 – Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat ( d. 1794 )

* April 3 – Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat ( d. 1835 )

* August 23 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian ( d. 1566 )

Hans von Bodeck ( 1582 – 1658 ) was a German diplomat and chancellor of the Hohenzollern Prince-electors of Brandenburg-Prussia.

Count Christian Gunther von Bernstorff ( April 3, 1769 – March 18, 1835 ) was a Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat, son of Count Andreas Peter von Bernstorff.

It was, therefore, as a Prussian diplomat that Bernstorff attended the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle ( October 1818 ), at the close of which he returned to Berlin as minister of state and head of the department for foreign affairs.

* Albrecht von Bernstorff ( 1809 – 1873 ) diplomat, Prussian Foreign Minister ( 1861 – 1862 )

* Albrecht von Bernstorff ( 1890-1945 ), German diplomat and resistance fighter

* Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff ( 1862 – 1939 ), German diplomat

At the declaration of war between Britain and Germany on August 14, 1914, Sir Roger Casement and John Devoy arranged a meeting in New York between the Western Hemisphere ’ s top-ranking German diplomat, Count von Bernstorff, and a delegation of Clan-na-Gael men.

engineer and diplomat, he corresponded with the philosophers Aristotle and Xenocrates, and actively supported

On the Chinese mainland Chang Chih-tung ( 張之洞 ), the powerful governor-general of Liangkiang, tacitly supported the Formosan resistance movement, and the Republicans also appointed Ch ' en Chi-t ' ung ( 陳季同 ), a disgraced Chinese diplomat who understood European ways of thinking, as the Republic's foreign minister.

Like other moderate Zionists, including the distinguished diplomat and later Israeli Minister Abba Eban, Stone also supported a bi-national state in which Palestinian Jews and Palestinian Arabs could live together.

In 1850, the Moldavian scholar Ion Ionescu de la Brad proposed yet another project, supported by Ion Ghica and by the Scottish diplomat David Urquhart, the secretary of the United Kingdom's Embassy in the Ottoman Empire.

This was bitterly resisted, culminating in a short-lived yet successful revolt in 1925 known as the Tule Revolution, led by Iguaibilikinya Nele Kantule of Ustupu and supported by American adventurer and part-time diplomat Richard Marsh-and a treaty in which the Panamanians agreed to give the Kuna some degree of cultural autonomy.

The characters of Ed Malone and Lord John Roxton were modeled, respectively, on the journalist E. D. Morel and the diplomat Roger Casement, leaders of the Congo Free State reform campaign ( the Congo Reform Association ), which Conan Doyle supported.

He supported, with reservations, General Franco, and was a friend of a leading pro-Franco diplomat, the 17th Duke of Alba.

Urged by Paul Count Wolff Metternich zur Gracht, the senior diplomat serving in his entourage, the Kaiser neglected to see Chamberlain during his fortnight in England, but did speak about the prospect of a future Anglo-German alliance at Marlborough House on the eve of his departure.

He is probably best known as a diplomat who shaped America's foreign policy in accordance with his ardently nationalist views, and is widely considered by historians to have been one of the greatest diplomats in American history.

Lorenzo was considered the brightest of the five children of Piero and Lucrezia, tutored by a diplomat, Gentile Becchi.

Pitt and Henry Fox were considered the two favourites for the position, but Newcastle instead rejected them both and turned to the less well-known figure of Sir Thomas Robinson, a career diplomat, to fill the post.

A diplomat, educator, statesman and writer, Blyden was considered one of the early fathers of Pan Africanism along with W. E. B.

Some political analysts theorized that Uribe considered that Pastrana would be a useful diplomat in Washington, because he would help to renegotiate Plan Colombia and in general to maintain U. S. aid to Colombia, which has contributed to the successes of the Uribe administration.

José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Jr., Baron of Rio Branco ( April 20, 1845 – February 10, 1912 ) was a Brazilian diplomat, geographer, historian, monarchist, politician and professor, considered to be the " father of Brazilian diplomacy ".

This policy was considered to have been largely developed by American diplomat and Soviet expert George F. Kennan.

George Perkins Marsh ( March 15, 1801 – July 23, 1882 ), an American diplomat and philologist, is considered by some to be America's first environmentalist ,< ref >

During 2005 Vanstone became involved in some major controversies, one of them involving a defecting Chinese diplomat, Chen Yonglin, whilst others involved the deportation of Australian citizens and permanent residents who her department considered undesirable – the Cornelia Rau, Vivian Alvarez Solon, Stefan Nystrom and Robert Jovicic cases.

Though he was not disposed to undervalue himself, neither were others ; Talleyrand considered him the ablest British diplomat of the age and certainly his achievement at the Hague was to sustain such a judgement ".

Both the King and the Crown Prince had considered the possibility of remaining in Norway, but had been persuaded by the British diplomat Cecil Dormer to instead follow the government into exile.

On July 1, 1536, he was designated by King of Poland, Sigismund I, who considered him a very valuable diplomat, as Bishop of Culm, which was later confirmed by the Pope.

The Provid members were: Generals Kurmanovych and Kapustiansky ( both generals from the times of Ukraine's revolution in 1918-1920 ); Yaroslav Baranovsky, a law student ; Dmytro Andriievsky, a politically moderate former diplomat of the revolutionary government from eastern Ukraine ; Richard Yary, a former officer of the Austrian and Galician militaries who served as a liaison with the German Abwehr ; colonel Roman Sushko, another former Austrian and Galician officer ; Mykola Stsyborsky, the son of a tsarist military officer from Zhytomir, who served as the OUN's official theorist ; and Omelian Senyk, a party organizer and veteran of the Austrian and Galician armies who by the 1940s was considered too moderate and too conservative by the youngest generation of Galician youths.

However, his promising military and diplomatic career faltered in 1936, when he was put on the temporary inactive list because his early membership in the Nazi Party was considered undesirable for an Austrian officer and diplomat.

The nunciature to the United States is considered a highly important post and therefore is normally filled by a very experienced Vatican diplomat, historically nuncios to the United States have often been elevated to the rank of Cardinal in consistory shortly after their service, and been given senior posts within the Vatican itself.

He reached the highlight of his career by subsequently signing peace treaties with Russia on 3 March and Romania on 14 April and was considered the leading diplomat of the Central Powers.

Afterwards he worked in media and considered becoming a diplomat.

Patrick John Haseldine ( born 11 July 1942 ) is a former British diplomat who was dismissed in August 1989 by the then Foreign Secretary, John Major, for writing a letter to The Guardian newspaper, which was considered to constitute " various disciplinary offences constituting breaches of the Diplomatic Service Regulations ".

A military officer turned diplomat, Riad was considered an expert on Arab affairs.