Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Léolia Jeanjean

b. 1995

French tennis player (born 1995)

Leoline Jenkins

Welsh Politician

Leon Ames

American actor (1902–1993)

Leon Andreasen

b. 1983

Danish footballer (born 1983)

Leon Ashley

b. 1936

American country music singer (1936–2013)

Leon Askin

b. 1907

Austrian actor (1907–2005)

Leon Battista Alberti

Italian architect and author (1404-1472)

Leon Best

b. 1986

Footballer (born 1986)

Leon Bibb (musician)

American folk singer (1922–2015)

Léon Bloy

b. 1846

French poet, essayist and satirist (1846–1917)

Léon Boëllmann

b. 1862

French composer and organist (1862–1897)

Leon Botha

b. 1985

South African artist (1985-2011)

Leon Bott

b. 1981

Australian rugby league & union footballer

Léon Bourgeois

b. 1851

French statesman (1851–1925)

Leon Bridges

b. 1989

American singer-songwriter (born 1989)

Leon Brittan

b. 1939

British politician (1939–2015)

Leon Camier

b. 1986

British motorcycle racer (born 1986)

Léon Charles Thévenin

French telegraph engineer (1857–1926)

Leon Chwistek

b. 1884

Polish philosopher and mathematician

Leon Coates

b. 1937

English composer (1937–2023)

Leon Czolgosz

b. 1873

Assassin of William McKinley (1873–1901)

Leon Day

b. 1916

American baseball player (1916–1995)

León de Greiff

Colombian poet (1895–1976)

Léon Degrelle

b. 1906

Belgian politician (1906–1994)