Leading Figures in History

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

39104 persons found

Skylar Diggins

b. 1990

American basketball player (born 1990)

Skyler Gisondo

b. 1996

American actor (born 1996)

Slash (musician)

b. 1965

British musician (born 1965)

Slavcho Shokolarov

b. 1989

Bulgarian footballer

Sławomir Mrożek

b. 1930

Polish playwright (1930–2013)

Sławomir Petelicki

Polish general (1946–2012)

Slick Watts

b. 1951

American basketball player (1951–2025)

Slide Hampton

b. 1932

American trombonist (1932–2021)

Slim Dunlap

b. 1951

American guitarist and singer-songwriter (1951–2024)

Slim Dusty

b. 1927

Australian country music singer-songwriter (1927–2003)

Slim Pickens

b. 1919

American rodeo performer and actor (1919–1983)

Slim Whitman

American country musician (1923–2013)

Sloan Wilson

American writer (1920–2003)

Slobodan Milošević

b. 1941

Yugoslav and Serbian politician (1941–2006)

Slobodan Živojinović

b. 1963

Serbian tennis player

Sloot Digital Coding System

Alleged data encoding technique

Sly Dunbar

b. 1952

Jamaican drummer (1952–2026)

Sly Stone

American musician (1943–2025)

SM Sultan

b. 1923

Bangladeshi painter (1923–1994)

Smbat VII Bagratuni

Armenian noble

Smedley Butler

United States Marine Corps officer, author, and lecturer (1881–1940)

Smiley Lewis

b. 1913

American R&B singer and guitarist (1913–1966)

Smith Hart

American-Canadian professional wrestler (1948–2017)

Smoke Dawg

Canadian rapper (1996–2018)