Leading Figures in History

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

21509 persons found

Channing Frye

b. 1983

American basketball player (born 1983)

Channing Tatum

b. 1980

American actor (born 1980)

Chantal Goya

b. 1942

French singer and actress (born 1942)

Chantal Mouffe

b. 1943

Belgian post-Marxist political theorist (born 1943)

Chantelle Newbery

b. 1977

Australian diver

Charalambos Andreou

b. 1967

Cypriot footballer (born 1967)

Charalambos Tseroulis

Hellenic army officer (1879–1929)

Charan Singh

Prime Minister of India from 1979 to 1980

Charbel Makhlouf

b. 1828

19th-century Lebanese Maronite monk and saint (1828–1898)

Charilaos Florakis

Greek communist politician

Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick

American operatic soprano and presenter (1983–2019)

Charlene (singer)

b. 1950

American easy-listening and R&B singer

Charles "Buddy" Rogers

American actor and musician (1904–1999)

Charles (archbishop of Mainz)

Roman Catholic archbishop, Aquitain, 825/830 - 863

Charles A. Wickliffe

b. 1788

American politician (1788–1869)

Charles Albert Gobat

b. 1843

Swiss politician, lawyer and educational administrator (1843–1914)

Charles Alderton

b. 1857

American pharmacist and inventor of Dr Pepper

Charles Algernon Parsons

b. 1854

Anglo-Irish mechanical engineer and inventor (1854–1931)

Charles Aznavour

b. 1924

French singer and songwriter (1924–2018)

Charles B. Fulton

American judge

Charles B. Hanford

b. 1859

American actor

Charles Banks Wilson

American painter

Charles Barry

English architect (1795–1860)

Charles Batteux

b. 1713

French philosopher and writer (1713–1780)