Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Hilda Geiringer

b. 1893

Austrian mathematician

Hilda Hänchen

b. 1919

German physicist (1919–2013)

Hilda Hilst

b. 1930

Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright

Hilda Pérez Carvajal

b. 1945

Venezuelan biologist

Hilda Rix Nicholas

Australian artist (1884–1961)

Hilda Solis

b. 1957

American politician (born 1957)

Hilda Taba

Estonian architect and educator (1902–1967)

Hilda Terry

b. 1914

Cartoonist

Hilde Güden

b. 1917

Austrian opera singer (1917-1988)

Hilde Hildebrand

b. 1897

German actress and singer (1897–1976)

Hildegar (bishop of Cologne)

Hildegard (queen)

Queen of the Franks from 771 to 783

Hildegard Falck

b. 1949

Retired West German runner

Hildegard of Bingen

German nun and polymath (c.1098–1179)

Hildegard Trabant

East German woman killed at the Berlin Wall in 1964

Hilla Becher

b. 1934

German conceptual photographer

Hillar Kärner

b. 1935

Estonian chess player

Hillard Elkins

b. 1929

American theater and film producer (1929–2010)

Hillary Clinton

b. 1947

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

Hillel Slovak

Isreali-American musician (1962–1988)

Hilly Kristal

American club owner and musician (1931–2007)

Hilmar Hoffmann

b. 1925

German director, cultural politician and academic lecturer

Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson

b. 1958

Icelandic musician and composer

Hilo Chen

b. 1942

Taiwanese-American painter