Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Shkëlzen Shala

b. 1983

Kosovo Albanian entrepreneur and activist

Shlomo Riskin

b. 1940

American-Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

b. 1888

Israeli writer and Nobel laureate

Shmuly Yanklowitz

b. 1981

American rabbi, activist, and author

Shoaib Akhtar

b. 1975

Pakistani cricketer (born 1975)

Shobna Gulati

b. 1966

English actor (born 1966)

Shock G

b. 1963

American rapper (1963–2021)

Shoeless Joe Jackson

b. 1887

American baseball player (1887–1951)

Shōhei Imamura

Japanese film director (1926–2006)

Shohei Ohtani

b. 1994

Japanese baseball player (born 1994)

Shōhei Takada

b. 1962

Japanese shogi player (born 1962)

Shoichi Funaki

b. 1968

Japanese professional wrestler and commentator

Shoji Meguro

b. 1971

Japanese musician and game designer (born 1971)

Shoko Asahara

Founder of Aum Shinrikyo (1955–2018)

Shoko Nakagawa

b. 1985

Musical artist

Sholem Aleichem

Russian Jewish author and playwright (1859–1916)

Shona Ferguson

Motswana actor and film producer (1974–2021)

Shonette Azore-Bruce

b. 1982

Barbadian netball player

Shonica Wharton

b. 1996

Barbadian netball player

Shooter Jennings

b. 1979

American musician and record producer (born 1979)

Shorty Long

b. 1940

American R&B and soul singer-songwriter (1940–1969)

Shoshichi Kobayashi

Japanese mathematician

Shōsuke Tanihara

b. 1972

Japanese actor (born 1972)

Shringar Nagaraj

b. 1939

Indian film actor (1939–2013)