Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Jamil Mahuad

b. 1949

President of Ecuador between 1998 and 2000

Jamsetji Tata

Indian industrialist (1839–1904)

Jamshed Ansari

Pakistani actor

Jamshid al-Kashi

Persian astronomer and mathematician (c. 1380–1429)

Jamshid Amouzegar

b. 1923

Prime Minister of Iran from 1977 to 1978

Jamshid bin Abdullah

b. 1929

Sultan of Zanzibar from 1963 to 1964

Jamshid Sharmahd

German affiliate of Kingdom Assembly of Iran (1955–2024)

Jan A. P. Kaczmarek

Polish composer (1953–2024)

Jan Asselijn

Dutch painter (c. 1610 – c. 1652)

Jan Bens

Dutch footballer (1921–2012)

Jan Boeckhorst

German-born Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman (c. 1604–1668)

Jan Boerstoel

b. 1944

Dutch writer and poet (born 1944)

Jan Brewer

b. 1944

Governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015

Jan Brożek

b. 1585

Polish mathematician (1585–1652)

Jan Brueghel the Younger

Flemish painter (1601–1678)

Jan Brzechwa

Polish poet, author, and lawyer (1898–1966)

Jan Camiel Willems

Jan Campert

b. 1902

Dutch journalist, theater critic and writer

Jan Carew

b. 1920

Guyanese writer and professor (1920–2012)

Jan Christian Vestre

b. 1986

Norwegian politician (born 1986)

Ján Chryzostom Korec

Slovak Jesuit priest and Roman Catholic cardinal (1924–2015)

Jan Cossiers

b. 1600

Flemish painter (1600–1671)

Jan Crouch

American religious broadcaster

Jan Davis

b. 1953

American engineer and astronaut (born 1953)