Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Wade Belak

b. 1976

Canadian ice hockey player (1976–2011)

Wade Boggs

b. 1958

American baseball player (born 1958)

Wade Phillips

b. 1947

American football coach (born 1947)

Wade Redden

b. 1977

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1977)

Wael Gomaa

b. 1975

Egyptian footballer (born 1975)

Wah Chang

b. 1917

American sculptor and animator (1917–2003)

Wahab Akbar

b. 1960

Filipino politician (1960–2007)

Wahoo McDaniel

b. 1938

American football player and professional wrestler (1938–2002)

Waite Hoyt

American baseball player (1899–1984)

Wajed Ali Khan Panni

Bengali zamindar and politician (1871–1936)

Waka Flocka Flame

b. 1986

American rapper (born 1986)

Wakako Yamauchi

Japanese American playwright and writer (1924–2018)

Walafrid Strabo

Alemannic Benedictine monk and theological writer

Walasse Ting

American painter

Walcher

11th-century Bishop of Durham

Waldemar Hammenhög

b. 1902

Swedish writer

Waldemar Hoven

Nazi German physician and war criminal (1903–1948)

Waldemar Milewicz

Polish journalist and war correspondent

Waldo Semon

American inventor (1898-1999)

Waldo Williams

Welsh poet and pacifist (1904–1971)

Waleed Aly

b. 1978

Australian television presenter

Walenty Kłyszejko

Estonian-Polish basketball player and coach

Walenty Wańkowicz

Polish painter (1799–1842)

Wali-ur-Rehman

Taliban spokesman