Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

24408 persons found

Władysław IV Vasa

Ruler of Poland–Lithuania from 1632 to 1648

Władysław Reymont

b. 1867

Polish novelist (1867–1925)

Władysław Sikorski

Polish military and political leader (1881–1943)

Władysław Szpilman

Polish pianist, composer and Holocaust survivor (1911–2000)

Władysław Witwicki

b. 1878

Polish polymath

Władysław Żmuda

b. 1954

Topics referred to by the same term

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Leader of Poland from 1981 to 1989

Wojciech Leśnikowski

American architect

Wojciech Szczęsny

b. 1990

Polish footballer (born 1990)

Wolf Huber

Austro-German painter, printmaker and architect

Wolf V. Vishniac

b. 1922

American microbiologist (1922–1973)

Wolfe Tone

b. 1763

Irish revolutionary figure (1763–1798)

Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven

b. 1579

Founder of the New Netherlands colony

Wolfgang Borchert

b. 1921

German playwright and writer

Wolfgang Haken

b. 1928

German mathematician (1928–2022)

Wolfgang I of Oettingen

b. 1455

German nobleman

Wolfgang Jeschke

German author (1936–2015)

Wolfgang Leonhard

b. 1921

German political author and historian

Wolfgang Lüth

German naval officer and U-boat commander during World War II

Wolfgang Menzel

b. 1798

German poet (1798–1873)

Wolfgang Pauli

b. 1900

Austrian–Swiss physicist (1900–1958)

Wolfgang Puck

b. 1949

Austrian-American chef and restaurateur (born 1949)

Wolfgang Reitherman

German-American animator (1909–1985)

Wolfgang Schüssel

b. 1945

Chancellor of Austria from 2000 to 2007