Leading Figures in History

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

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Mikhail Bulgakov

b. 1891

Russian and Soviet author (1891–1940)

Mikhail Gerasimov (archaeologist)

Soviet archaeologist and anthropologist (1907–1970)

Mikhail Glinka

b. 1804

Russian composer (1804–1857)

Mikhail Gorsheniov

Russian singer (1973–2013)

Mikhail II of Tver

Mikhail Kalinin

Soviet politician (1875–1946)

Mikhail Kamensky

Russian field marshal (1738–1809)

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

b. 1963

Russian businessman (born 1963)

Mikhail Kutuzov

Field Marshal of the Russian Empire (1745–1813)

Mikhail Larionov

Russian painter and costume and set designer

Mikhail Lermontov

Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)

Mikhail of Asyut

b. 1921

Coptic Metropolitan

Mikhail of Vladimir

Grand Prince of Vladimir (r. 1174; 1175–1176)

Mikhail Prokhorov

b. 1965

Russian entrepreneur and politician (born 1965)

Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

Russian author and satirist (1826–1889)

Mikhail Shcherbatov

b. 1733

Imperial historian (1733–1790)

Mikhail Sholokhov

b. 1905

Russian writer (1905–1984)

Mikhail Tal

Soviet and Latvian chess grandmaster (1936–1992)

Mikhail Tukhachevsky

Russian and Soviet military leader (1893–1937)

Mikhail Voronin

Russian gymnast

Mikhail Youzhny

b. 1982

Russian tennis player & coach (born 1982)

Mikhail Zoshchenko

Soviet writer and satirist (1894–1958)

Miki Roqué

Spanish footballer (1988–2012)

Mikiel Gonzi

b. 1885

Maltese Catholic bishop (1885–1984)