Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010

Umashankar Joshi

b. 1911

Indian poet, scholar and writer (1911–1988)

Umberto Giordano

b. 1867

Italian opera composer

Umberto Guidoni

b. 1954

Italian astronaut and politician (born 1954)

Umberto I of Italy

King of Italy from 1878 to 1900

Umegatani Tōtarō I

Japanese sumo wrestler

Ümit Davala

b. 1973

Turkish footballer and coach

Una Stubbs

b. 1937

British actress, television personality, and dancer (1937–2021)

Unai Simón

b. 1997

Spanish footballer (born 1997)

Uncle Charlie Osborne

American musician

Uncle Kracker

b. 1974

American musician (born 1974)

Unita Blackwell

American civil rights activist (1933–2019)

United Airlines Flight 232

1989 aviation accident in Iowa

Unity Dow

b. 1959

Motswana politician, writer, and human rights activist (born 1959)

Uno Laht

b. 1924

Estonian writer and poet

Uno Lamm

b. 1904

Swedish electrical engineer and inventor

Unryū Kyūkichi

Japanese sumo wrestler

Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury

b. 1863

Bengali writer and illustrator

Ura Kazuki

b. 1992

Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1992)

Urania Marquard Olsen

Danish-Norwegian actress and theatre director (1856–1932)

Urbain Grandier

French Catholic priest convicted of witchcraft and burned at the stake in 1634

Urban Meyer

b. 1964

American football coach (born 1964)

Urby Emanuelson

b. 1986

Dutch footballer (born 1986)

Uri Avnery

Israeli politician, journalist and author (1923–2018)