Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Hjalmar Dahl

b. 1891

Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist, translator and author (born 1891)

Hjalmar Kiærskou

b. 1835

Danish botanist (1835–1900)

Hjalmar Mellin

b. 1854

Finnish mathematician (1854–1933)

Hjalmar Schacht

German politician, banker, and economist (1877–1970)

Hjördis Petterson

Swedish actress

Ho Chi Minh

b. 1890

Leader of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969

Hoàng Xuân Vinh

b. 1974

Vietnamese sport shooter (born 1974)

Hōchū Ōtsuka

b. 1954

Japanese voice actor and narrator

Hoda Kotb

b. 1964

American journalist and author (born 1964)

Hōjō Masako

Japanese female samurai and politician

Hōjō Tokimune

Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan

Hōjō Yoshitoki

2nd Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate

Hokusai

Japanese artist (1760–1849)

Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi

b. 1963

Japanese sumo wrestler

Holger Gehrke

b. 1960

German football player and manager (born 1960)

Holger Osieck

b. 1948

German football manager (born 1948)

Holger Pedersen (linguist)

Danish linguist (1867–1953)

Holger Stanislawski

b. 1969

German football manager (born 1969)

Holland Roden

b. 1986

American actress (born 1986)

Holland Smith

b. 1882

United States Marine Corps general

Hollie Arnold

b. 1994

British athlete (born 1994)

Holling C. Holling

b. 1900

American author and illustrator

Holly Dunn

b. 1957

American singer-songwriter (1957–2016)

Holly Earl

b. 1992

English actress (born 1992)