Leading Figures in History

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

24408 persons found

Yoann Huget

b. 1987

France international rugby union player

Yochanan Vollach

b. 1945

Israeli footballer

Yogi Adityanath

b. 1972

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh since 2017

Yogi Berra

b. 1925

American baseball player, manager, and coach (1925–2015)

Yoichiro Nambu

Japanese-American nobel-winning physicist

Yoko Kamio

b. 1966

Japanese manga artist and writer (born 1966)

Yoko Matsuoka (writer)

b. 1916

Japanese critic and translator (1916–1979)

Yolanda of Poland

Hungarian abbess

Yolanda Tortolero

Venezuelan politician (died 2021)

Yolande Donlan

b. 1920

American-British actress (1920–2014)

Yonatan Netanyahu

Israeli military officer (1946–1976)

Yonekura Shigetsugu

Japanese samurai

Yong Nyuk Lin

b. 1918

Singaporean politician

Yongle Emperor

b. 1360

Emperor of China from 1402 to 1424

Yongli Emperor

Emperor of Southern Ming from 1646 to 1662

Yoon Chae-kyung

b. 1996

South Korean actress (born 1996)

Yoon Joo-sang

b. 1949

South Korean actor (born 1949)

Yoram Kaniuk

b. 1930

Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theatre critic (1930–2013)

Yordan Alvarez

b. 1997

Cuban baseball player (born 1997)

Yordan Letchkov

b. 1967

Bulgarian footballer (born 1967)

Yordano Ventura

b. 1991

Dominican baseball player (1991–2017)

Yosef Merimovich

Football player and manager (1924–2011)

Yoshihiko Noda

b. 1957

Prime Minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012

Yoshihiro Tatsumi

b. 1935

Japanese manga artist