Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

b. 1961

American actress (born 1961)

Siobhan Finneran

b. 1966

British actress (born 1966)

Siobhán McKenna

b. 1922

Irish actress (1922–1986)

Sione Lauaki

b. 1981

Rugby player

Siosaia Vave

b. 1989

Tonga international rugby league footballer

Siouxsie Sioux

b. 1957

English singer (born 1957)

Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet

British intelligence officer and sportsman

Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet

17th-century English noble, dramatist, and politician

Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet

Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet

Scottish soldier, writer and politician

Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet

b. 1740

English merchant banker (1740–1810)

Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet

British colonial administrator

Sir George Pocock, 1st Baronet

English politician

Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet

b. 1819

British mathematician and physicist (1819–1903)

Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet

b. 1838

British statesman and author (1838–1928)

Sir Hugh Speke, 1st Baronet

Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet

b. 1826

Irish politician

Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet

Scottish geologist and geophysicist

Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet

b. 1817

English civil engineer (1817–1898)

Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet

b. 1593

British landowner

Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet

b. 1926

British diplomat (1926–2019)

Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet

b. 1593

English politician (1593–1647)

Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet

b. 1758

British Member of Parliament, High Sheriff of Cornwall and Grand Master of the Freemasons

Sir Mix-a-Lot

b. 1963

American rapper (born 1963)