Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda

Indian naval officer

Sári Barabás

Hungarian operatic soprano

Sarina Hülsenbeck

b. 1962

East German swimmer

Šárka Kašpárková

b. 1971

Czech former track and field athlete (born 1971)

Saroj Khan

Indian dancer and choreographer (1948–2020)

Sarto Fournier

Canadian politician (1908–1980)

Šarūnas Marčiulionis

b. 1964

Lithuanian basketball player (born 1964)

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

President of India from 1962 to 1967

Sasaki Kojirō

16/17th-century Japanese swordsman

Sasao Gouland

b. 1933

Micronesian politician (1933–2011)

Sascha Konietzko

b. 1961

German musician and producer (born 1961)

Sasha Chorny

Russian poet and satirist

Saskia Clark

b. 1979

British sailor (born 1979)

Saskia van Uylenburgh

b. 1612

Wife of Rembrandt van Rijn

Satchel Paige

American baseball player and coach (1906–1982)

Sathima Bea Benjamin

South African vocalist and composer (1936–2013)

Sathya Sai Baba

Indian Godman (1926–2011)

Satoru Iwata

Japanese video game executive (1959–2015)

Satoshi Hino

b. 1978

Japanese voice actor

Satoshi Kon

Japanese anime director and manga artist (1963–2010)

Satoshi Ōmura

b. 1935

Japanese biochemist, Nobel laureate in medicine (born 1935)

Satoshi Tajiri

b. 1965

Japanese video game designer (born 1965)

Satou Sabally

b. 1998

German-American basketball player (born 1998)

Saturnino Herrán

b. 1887

Mexican painter