Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Vittorio Jano

b. 1891

Italian engineer and car designer (1891–1965)

Vittorio Sella

Italian photographer and mountaineer (1859–1943)

Vittorio Storaro

b. 1940

Italian cinematographer (born 1940)

Vitus Bering

b. 1681

Danish-born Russian explorer (1681–1741)

Viv Thicknesse

Australia international rugby league player

Vivek Murthy

b. 1977

American physician and vice admiral (born 1977)

Vivek Ramaswamy

b. 1985

American entrepreneur and politician (born 1985)

Vivek Razdan

b. 1969

Indian cricketer (born 1969)

Viventiolus

Catholic saint and Archbishop of Lyon (d. 524)

Vivian Campbell

b. 1962

Irish guitarist (born 1962)

Vivian Malone Jones

b. 1942

American civil rights advocate (1942–2005)

Vivian Vance

b. 1909

American actress (1909–1979)

Vivian Woodward

b. 1879

English footballer (1879-1954)

Viviana Durante

b. 1967

Italian ballet dancer

Viviane Baladi

b. 1963

Swiss mathematician (born 1963)

Viviane Forrester

French author (1925–2013)

Vivianne Miedema

b. 1996

Dutch footballer (born 1996)

Vivica A. Fox

b. 1964

American actress and producer (born 1964)

Vivien Leigh

British actress (1913–1967)

Vivien Thomas

b. 1910

American laboratory supervisor (1910–1985)

Vivienne de Watteville

b. 1900

British travel writer and adventurer (1900–1957)

Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot

b. 1888

American poet and first wife of T. S. Eliot (1888–1947)

Vjekoslav Luburić

Croatian Ustaše official (1914–1969)

Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin

b. 1919

Soviet mathematician (1919–1984)