Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Nicolas Vogondy

b. 1977

French cyclist

Nicolás Vuyovich

Argentine racing driver

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc

French astronomer (1580–1637)

Nicolas-Jacques Conté

b. 1755

French painter, and inventor of the modern pencil (1755–1805)

Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida

Portuguese writer (1740–1811)

Nicolaus Copernicus

Mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)

Nicolaus II Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1695–1726)

Nicolaus Otto

b. 1832

Inventor of the internal combustion engine

Nicolaus Zinzendorf

German protestant religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church

Nicole Brown Simpson

German-American murder victim (1959–1994)

Nicole den Dulk

b. 1980

Dutch Paralympic equestrian

Nicole Farhi

b. 1946

French sculptor (born 1946)

Nicole Irving

b. 1982

Australian swimmer (born 1982)

Nicole Kaczmarski

b. 1981

American basketball player

Nicole Kidman

b. 1967

Australian and American actress (born 1967)

Nicole Krauss

b. 1974

American novelist (born 1974)

Nicole Melichar-Martinez

b. 1993

American tennis player (born 1993)

Nicole Oresme

French philosopher (1325–1382)

Nicole Riner

b. 1990

Swiss tennis player

Nicole Rottmann

b. 1989

Austrian tennis player (born 1989)

Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford

b. 1920

French television producer

Nicole Scherzinger

b. 1978

American singer (born 1978)

Nicole Sunitsch

b. 1979

Austrian politician (born 1979)

Nicole Vaidišová

b. 1989

Czech tennis player (born 1989)