Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Stanislava Hrozenská

b. 1982

Slovak tennis player

Stanisław Albinowski

b. 1923

Polish economist, columnist, and journalist (born 1923)

Stanisław Bareja

Polish film director (1929–1987)

Stanisław Czaykowski

b. 1899

Polish racing driver (1899–1933)

Stanisław Dziwisz

b. 1939

Polish cardinal of the Catholic Church

Stanisław Konarski

Polish pedagogue, educational reformer, political writer, poet, dramatist and priest

Stanisław Lubieniecki

Polish theologist (1623–1675)

Stanisław Nagy

Stanisław Targosz

b. 1948

Stanley A. McChrystal

b. 1954

US Army general (born 1954)

Stanley Adams (actor)

American actor and screenwriter

Stanley B. Prusiner

b. 1942

American neurologist and chemist (born 1942)

Stanley Baldwin

b. 1867

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1923–1924; 1924–1929; 1935–1937)

Stanley Baxter

b. 1926

Scottish actor and comedian (1926–2025)

Stanley Bruce

Prime Minister of Australia from 1923 to 1929

Stanley Clarke

b. 1951

American bassist (born 1951)

Stanley Elkin

American novelist, essayist, and professor

Stanley Fischer

American and Israeli economist (1943–2025)

Stanley Fish

b. 1938

American literary theorist, legal scholar, author and public intellectual (born 1938)

Stanley Gene

b. 1974

Former Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer and coach

Stanley Hawes

British-born documentary film producer and director

Stanley Jordan

b. 1959

American jazz guitarist

Stanley K. Hathaway

b. 1924

27th Governor of Wyoming and Secretary of the Interior

Stanley Knowles

Canadian politician (1908–1997)