Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Nico Assumpção

b. 1954

Brazilian musician (1954–2001)

Nico Hoerner

b. 1997

American baseball player (born 1997)

Nico Hülkenberg

b. 1987

German racing driver (born 1987)

Nico M. M. Nibbering

Dutch chemist and mass spectrometrist (1938–2014)

Nico Mattan

b. 1971

Belgian cyclist (born 1971)

Nico Rosberg

b. 1985

German and Finnish racing driver (born 1985)

Nico Williams

b. 2002

Spanish footballer (born 2002)

Nicodemus the Hagiorite

Greek Orthodox ascetic

Nicol David

b. 1983

Malaysian squash player (born 1983)

Nicola Benedetti

b. 1987

Scottish violinist (born 1987)

Nicola Docherty

b. 1992

Scottish footballer (born 1992)

Nicola Francesco Haym

b. 1678

Italian composer

Nicola Porpora

b. 1686

Italian composer (1686–1768)

Nicola Pozzi

b. 1986

Italian footballer

Nicola Romeo

b. 1876

Italian engineer

Nicola Sirkis

b. 1959

Musical artist

Nicola Slater

b. 1984

British tennis player

Nicola Sturgeon

b. 1970

First Minister of Scotland from 2014 to 2023

Nicola Zaccaria

Greek operatic bass (1923–2007)

Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn

b. 1918

Dutch mathematician (1918–2012)

Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder

b. 1620

17th century Dutch scholar and poet (1620–1681)

Nicolaas Zannekin

14th-century Flemish peasant and leader of a 1323-28 revolt in Flanders

Nicolae Dobrin

b. 1947

Romanian footballer (1947–2007)

Nicolae Saramandu

b. 1941

Romanian linguist and philologist