Newt Gingrich is an American politician and author who served as the 50th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He was instrumental in the 1994 Republican Revolution and remains active in public policy debates.
This is based on winning 3 head-to-head matchups with other famous people, but also losing 13 head-to-head matchups.
Most recently Newt Gingrich lost a matchup to Andy García (#432) voted by someone from Canada.