Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Surayud Chulanont

b. 1943

Prime Minister of Thailand from 2006 to 2008

Surendranath (cricketer)

Surendranath Banerjee

Indian nationalist leader (1848–1925)

Suresh Prabhu

b. 1953

Indian politician (born 1953)

Surya Lesmana

Indonesian footballer and manager (1944–2012)

Susan Ahn Cuddy

United States Navy officer

Susan B. Horwitz

American computer scientist, academic, educator

Susan Backlinie

American actress and stuntwoman (1946–2024)

Susan Bandecchi

b. 1998

Swiss tennis player (born 1998)

Susan Blackmore

b. 1951

British writer and academic (born 1951)

Susan Cowsill

b. 1959

American musician, singer and songwriter (born 1959)

Susan Dorothea White

b. 1941

Australian artist

Susan Faludi

b. 1959

American feminist author and journalist

Susan Flannery

b. 1939

American actress (b. 1939)

Susan George (actress)

b. 1950

English actress

Susan Graham

b. 1960

American mezzo-soprano

Susan Hayward

b. 1917

American actress (1917–1975)

Susan Howatch

b. 1940

British author (born 1940)

Susan King Borchardt

b. 1981

American basketball player (born 1981)

Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer

b. 1950

British Liberal Democrat politician

Susan La Flesche Picotte

b. 1865

Omaha Indigenous physician and reformer (1865–1915)

Susan Lynch

b. 1971

Actress from Northern Ireland

Susan Olsen

b. 1961

American actress (born 1961)

Susan Penhaligon

b. 1949

English actress and writer (born 1949)