Leading Figures in History

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

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Anastasios Charalambis

b. 1862

Greek Lieutenant General (1862–1949)

Anastasios Gousis

b. 1979

Greek sprinter (born 1979)

Anastasios Katsabis

b. 1973

Greek footballer

Anastasios Kyriakos

b. 1978

Greek footballer

Anastasios Papoulas

Greek general

Anastasius I Dicorus

Roman emperor from 491 to 518

Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart

b. 1991

Estonian motorcycle racer (born 1991)

Anatole Broyard

b. 1920

American writer (1920–1990)

Anatole France

b. 1844

French author and journalist (1844–1924)

Anatole Litvak

b. 1902

Russian-American film director (1902–1974)

Anatole Mallet

b. 1837

Anatole von Hügel

Austrian anthropologist (1854–1928)

Anatoli Kozhemyakin

Soviet footballer

Anatolius of Constantinople

Patriarch of Constantinople from 449 to 458

Anatoliy Bondarchuk

b. 1940

Ukrainian hammer thrower (1940–2025)

Anatoliy Kinakh

b. 1954

Ukrainian politician

Anatoliy Solomin

b. 1952

Soviet race walker (born 1952)

Anatoliy Zayayev

b. 1931

Ukrainian football coach (1931–2012)

Anatoly Albul

b. 1936

Soviet wrestler (1936–2013)

Anatoly Berezovoy

Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2014)

Anatoly Karpov

b. 1951

Russian chess grandmaster (born 1951)

Anatoly Kartashov (cosmonaut)

b. 1932

Soviet astronaut (1932–2005)

Anatoly Kornukov

Russian general (1942–2014)

Anatoly Larkin

Russian physicist (1932–2005)