Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Ian Tyson

b. 1933

Canadian singer-songwriter (1933–2022)

Ian Wallace (bass-baritone)

b. 1919

English operatic singer and actor (1919–2009)

Ian Watkins

b. 1977

Welsh musician and child sex offender (1977–2025)

Ian Wells

b. 1964

English footballer

Ian Whitcomb

English singer-songwriter (1941–2020)

Ian White (ice hockey)

b. 1984

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1984)

Ian Wilmut

b. 1944

British embryologist (1944–2023)

Ian Wright

b. 1963

English footballer and pundit (born 1963)

Iancu Țucărman

b. 1922

Romanian Jewish Holocaust and Iași pogrom survivor

Iannis Xenakis

b. 1922

Greek-French composer, architect and engineer (1922–2001)

Ib Melchior

b. 1917

Danish-American writer and filmmaker (1917–2015)

Iban Mayo

b. 1977

Spanish cyclist

Ibas of Edessa

Syrian bishop (fl. c. 435 – 457)

Ibn al-Qutiyya

Andalusian historian and Philologist at Al-Hakam II's court

Ibn Arabi

b. 1165

Sufi scholar and Sunni philosopher (1165–1240)

Ibn Baz

Saudi Islamic scholar (1912–1999)

Ibn Hazm

b. 994

Andalusian Muslim polymath (994–1064)

Ibn Hisham

Muslim scholar and historian (died 833)

Ibn Jubayr

b. 1145

Andalusian Arab traveller and poet (1145–1217)

Ibn Khaldun

b. 1332

Arab Islamic scholar, historian and philosopher (1332–1406)

Ibn Khallikan

b. 1211

Muslim historian (1211–1282)

Ibn Nubata

14th-century Egyptian poet

Ibn Saud

King of Saudi Arabia from 1932 to 1953

Ibn Taymiyya

Islamic scholar and jurist (1263–1328)