Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

İpek Öz

b. 1999

Turkish tennis player (born 1999)

Ippolita Maria Sforza

b. 1446

Italian noblewoman

Ippolito de' Medici

Italian Catholic cardinal (1511–1535)

Ippolito II d'Este

b. 1509

Italian cardinal and statesman (1509–1572)

Ira C. Eaker

US Air Force general (1896–1987)

Ira Gershwin

American lyricist (1896–1983)

Ira Levin

b. 1929

American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (1929–2007)

Ira Louvin

b. 1924

American singer-songwriter (1924–1965)

Ira Ruskin

American politician

Iracema de Alencar

b. 1900

Brazilian actress

Iracema Trevisan

b. 1981

Brazilian musician (born 1982)

Irakli Logua

b. 1991

Russian footballer

Ireland Baldwin

b. 1995

American fashion model (born 1995)

Irena Eichlerówna

b. 1908

Polish actress (1908–1990)

Irena Iłłakowicz

b. 1906

Polish second Lieutenant of the National Armed Forces and intelligence agent (1906–1943)

Irena Kwiatkowska

b. 1912

Polish actress (1912–2011)

Irena Sendler

20th and 21st-century Polish activist and resistance fighter against the Nazis

Irena Szewińska

b. 1946

Polish sprinter (1946–2018)

Irene Dailey

American actress (1920–2008)

Irene di Spilimbergo

b. 1538

Italian painter (1538–1559)

Irene Dunne

American actress (1898–1990)

Irene Edgar

b. 1957

Scottish lawn bowler

Irene Fischer

b. 1907

Austrian-American mathematician and geodesist

Irene Gut Opdyke

b. 1922

Polish nurse who aided Jews during WWII (1918–2003)