Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

John Spinks (musician)

British musician (1953–2014)

John St. Clair

b. 1977

American football player (born 1977)

John Stafford (bishop)

English archbishop and statesman (died 1452)

John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

English nobleman

John Stamos

b. 1963

American actor and musician (born 1963)

John Stampe

Danish footballer and coach (1957-2012)

John Standing

b. 1934

English actor (born 1934)

John Stanley (cartoonist)

American cartoonist (1914–1993)

John Stanley (composer)

English composer and organist (1712–1786)

John Stark

American general (1728–1822)

John Starks

b. 1965

American basketball player (born 1965)

John Stehr

b. 1958

American journalist

John Steptoe

American writer and illustrator (1950–1989)

John Steuart Curry

American painter (1897–1946)

John Stevens (drummer)

b. 1940

English drummer(1940

John Stevens Henslow

British botanist, geologist, and priest (1796–1861)

John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

b. 1942

British police officer (born 1942)

John Stewart (musician)

b. 1939

American singer-songwriter (1939–2008)

John Stewart, Earl of Buchan

14/15th-century Scottish army officer

John Stith Pemberton

b. 1831

American pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola (1831–1888)

John Stocker (voice actor)

b. 1947

Canadian voice actor

John Stokesley

English prelate, Bishop of London (1475–1539)

John Stollmeyer

b. 1962

American soccer player and coach

John Stones

b. 1994

English footballer (born 1994)