Leading Figures in History

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

39107 persons found

Norman St John-Stevas

b. 1929

English politician (1929–2012)

Norman Steenrod

b. 1910

American mathematician (1910–1971)

Norman Tebbit

British politician (1931–2025)

Norman Thagard

b. 1943

American astronaut, scientist, and Marine Corps officer (born 1943)

Norman Vincent Peale

b. 1898

American minister, author, and positive thinking proponent

Norman Von Nida

Australian professional golfer

Norman Wexler

b. 1926

American screenwriter, script doctor and playwright

Norman Whiteside

b. 1965

Northern Irish footballer (born 1965)

Norman Whitfield

b. 1940

American musical artist and producer (1940–2008)

Normani

b. 1996

American singer (born 1996)

Norrie May-Welby

b. 1961

First legally genderless person

Norrie Paramor

b. 1914

English record producer (1914–1979)

Norris Bradbury

American physicist (1909–1997)

Norris McWhirter

English writer

Northrop Frye

b. 1912

Canadian literary critic (1912–1991)

Norton Juster

b. 1929

American academic, architect, writer (1929–2021)

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

b. 1976

Nostradamus

French apothecary, astrologer and seer (1503–1566)

Nour El-Sherif

b. 1946

Egyptian actor

Nouri al-Maliki

b. 1950

Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014

Novak Djokovic

b. 1987

Serbian tennis player (born 1987)

Novalis

b. 1772

German poet and writer (1772–1801)

Novera Ahmed

Bangladeshi artist (1939 – 2015)

Novlene Williams-Mills

b. 1982

Jamaican sprinter (born 1982)