Leading Figures in History

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

24408 persons found

Zainuddin Maidin

b. 1939

Malaysian politician (1939–2018)

Zainul Abedin

Bangladeshi painter and pioneer of the modern art movement

Zakaria Mohieddin

Prime Minister of Egypt from 1965 to 1966

Zakir Husain

President of India from 1967 to 1969

Zalman King

b. 1941

American director, writer, producer, actor (1941–2012)

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

American Rabbi, writer, and activist

Žan Tabak

b. 1970

Croatian basketball player and coach (born 1970)

Zara DuPont

American suffragist

Zara Tindall

b. 1981

British equestrian (born 1981)

Žarko Petan

Zat Knight

b. 1980

English footballer (born 1980)

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

b. 1918

President of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 to 2004

Zaza Enden

b. 1976

Turkish basketball player and wrestler (born 1976)

Zazie Beetz

b. 1991

American actress (born 1991)

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Polish-American diplomat and political scientist (1928–2017)

Zbigniew Pietrzykowski

Polish boxer (1934–2014)

Zbigniew Preisner

b. 1955

Polish film score composer

Zbigniew Seifert

b. 1946

Polish jazz violinist

Zdeněk Rotrekl

Czech Catholic poet, literary historian and writer

Zdeňka Šilhavá

b. 1954

Czech discus thrower and shot putter

Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková

b. 1868

Czech teacher and suffragist

Zdenka Ziková

Czech opera singer (1902–1990)

Zdravko Čolić

b. 1951

Bosnian singer (born 1951)

Zdzisława Donat

b. 1936

Polish soprano