Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

American soldier, minister and author (1823–1911)

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford

English supporter of Charles I (1593–1641)

Thomas West, 1st Baron West

English nobleman

Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

English colonial administrator (1576–1618)

Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton

English nobleman (1495–1568)

Thomas Winning

Archbishop of Glasgow

Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton

English politician (1505–1550)

Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton

English politician

Thomas Wyatt Turner

American activist, botanist and educator (1877–1978)

Thomas Young (scientist)

English polymath (1773–1829)

Thomas-Alfred Bernier

b. 1844

Canadian politician

Thomasin McKenzie

b. 2000

New Zealand actress (born 2000)

Thompson Oliha

Nigerian footballer

Thongbanh Sengaphone

Laotian politician

Thor Heyerdahl

Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914–2002)

Thora Hird

b. 1911

British actress (1911–2003)

Thoralf Skolem

b. 1887

Norwegian mathematician

Thorbjörn Fälldin

b. 1926

Prime minister of Sweden from 1976 to 1978 and 1979 to 1982

Thorleif Lund

Norwegian actor (1880–1956)

Thorleif Schjelderup

Norwegian ski jumper

Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe

Norwegian zoologist

Thorne Smith

American writer (1892–1934)

Thornsbury Bailey Brown

Thornton Wilder

b. 1897

American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)