Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Noemí Gerstein

Argentine artist, sculptor (1910–1996)

Nokie Edwards

b. 1935

American musician (1935–2018)

Nolan Arenado

b. 1991

American baseball player (born 1991)

Nolan Gerard Funk

b. 1986

Canadian actor, singer and model

Noli de Castro

b. 1949

Vice President of the Philippines from 2004 to 2010

Nomar Garciaparra

b. 1973

American baseball player (born 1973)

Nona Gaprindashvili

b. 1941

Georgian chess grandmaster (born 1941)

Noor Hassanali

b. 1918

President of Trinidad and Tobago from 1987 to 1997

Nora Aunor

Filipino actress and singer (1953–2025)

Nora Dunn

b. 1952

American actress and comedian (born 1952)

Nora Ephron

b. 1941

American writer, journalist and filmmaker (1941–2012)

Nora Kovach

b. 1931

Hungarian ballerina (1931–2009)

Nóra Köves

b. 1971

Hungarian tennis player

Norah Lofts

b. 1904

British writer (1904–1983)

Norah Vincent

American writer (1968–2022)

Norbert Blüm

b. 1935

German politician (1935–2020)

Norbert Brunner (bishop)

b. 1942

Swiss Catholic prelate

Norbert Elias

b. 1897

German British sociologist

Norbert Michelisz

b. 1984

Hungarian racing driver (born 1984)

Norbert of Xanten

German Catholic bishop, founder of the Premonstratensian order

Norbert Provencher

Canadian clergyman and missionary (1787–1853)

Norbert Röttgen

b. 1965

German politician (born 1965)

Norbert Tiemann

American politician (1924–2012)

Norifumi Suzuki

Japanese film director