Leading Figures in History

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

39106 persons found

Queenie Watts

b. 1923

British actress (1923–1980)

Quentin Coryatt

b. 1970

American football player (born 1970)

Quentin Davies

b. 1944

British politician (1944–2025)

Quentin Roosevelt

Son of Theodore Roosevelt (1897–1918)

Quentin Willson

b. 1957

British television presenter (1957–2025)

Quett Masire

President of Botswana from 1980 to 1998

Quincy Lewis

b. 1977

American basketball player (born 1977)

Quincy Timberlake

b. 1980

Kenyan politician (born 1980)

Quincy Watts

b. 1970

American athlete (born 1970)

Quinlan Terry

b. 1937

British architect (born 1937)

Quinn Buckner

b. 1954

American basketball player and coach (born 1954)

Quinn Cummings

b. 1967

American writer, inventor and former child actress (born 1967)

Quinn Martin

b. 1922

American television producer (1922–1987)

Quino

b. 1932

Argentine cartoonist (1932–2020)

Quintin Demps

b. 1985

American football player (born 1985)

Quintin McMillan

b. 1904

Quinton Fortune

b. 1977

South African soccer player

Qusay Hussein

b. 1966

Iraqi politician (1966–2003)

Quvenzhané Wallis

b. 2003

American actress (born 2003)

R. B. Bennett

Prime Minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935

R. Carlos Nakai

b. 1946

American flutist (born 1946)

R. Carlyle Buley

b. 1893

American historian

R. D. Burman

b. 1939

Indian musician (1939–1994)

R. D. Laing

Unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist (1927–1989)