Leading Figures in History

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

18354 persons found

Agostino Roscelli

Italian priest

Agostino Vallini

b. 1940

Italian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1940)

Agrippa d'Aubigné

French poet (1552–1630)

Ah Young

b. 1991

South Korean singer and actress (born 1991)

Aharon Lichtenstein

b. 1933

Rabbi and rosh yeshiva

Ahilyabai Holkar

b. 1725

Maharani of Indore from 1767 to 1795

Ahmad Elrich

b. 1981

Australian soccer player (born 1981)

Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah

Maliki scholar of Islamic law (d. 1511)

Ahmad Sanjar

Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1118 to 1157

Ahmad Zahir

Singer, songwriter and composer

Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi

b. 1958

Former President of the Comoros

Ahmed Arif

b. 1927

Turkish poet

Ahmed Cevdet Pasha

Ottoman statesman (1822–1895)

Ahmed Fouad Negm

b. 1929

Egyptian poet

Ahmed I

b. 1590

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1617

Ahmet Ağaoğlu

Turkish politician (1869–1939)

Ahmet Haşim

Turkish symbolist poet and writer, WWI veteran (1884-1933)

Ahmet Piriştina

Turkish politician (1952–2004)

Ahmet Zappa

b. 1974

American musician and writer (b. 1974)

Ai Miyazato

b. 1985

Japanese professional golfer

Aída Bortnik

Argentine screenwriter

Aidan Gillen

b. 1968

Irish actor (born 1968)

Aidan Turner

b. 1983

Irish actor (born 1983)

Aidy Bryant

b. 1987

American actress and comedian (born 1987)