Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Nicolaes Witsen

b. 1641

Dutch statesman (1641–1717)

Nicolai Abildgaard

Danish painter, sculptor and architect (1743–1809)

Nicolai Gedda

b. 1925

Swedish operatic tenor (1925–2017)

Nicolás Almagro

b. 1985

Spanish tennis player (born 1985)

Nicolas Aubé-Kubel

b. 1996

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)

Nicolas Bentley

b. 1907

British author and illustrator (1907–1978)

Nicolás Bravo

President of Mexico in 1839, from 1842 to 1843, in 1846

Nicolas Calas

b. 1907

Greek-American poet and art critic

Nicolas François de Neufchâteau

b. 1750

French statesman (1750–1828)

Nicolas Freeling

British novelist (1927–2003)

Nicolas Gigault

French organist and composer

Nicolás Guillén

b. 1902

Cuban poet, journalist and political activist (1902–1989)

Nicolas Hulot

b. 1955

French journalist and environmental activist

Nicolas Jackson

b. 2001

Footballer (born 2001)

Nicolas Kiefer

b. 1977

German tennis player (born 1977)

Nicolás Lapentti

b. 1976

Ecuadorian tennis player

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot

b. 1796

French physicist and engineer (1796–1832)

Nicolas Macrozonaris

b. 1980

Canadian sprinter

Nicolas Malebranche

b. 1638

French priest and rationalist philosopher (1638–1715)

Nicolas Marceau

b. 1964

Canadian politician

Nicolas Nabokov

b. 1903

Russian-American composer

Nicolas Oudinot

b. 1767

French Army marshal (1767–1847)

Nicolas Roeg

b. 1928

English film director and cinematographer (1928–2018)

Nicolas Slonimsky

b. 1894

Russian-American musicologist (1894–1995)