Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Madsen Pirie

b. 1940

British researcher and author (born 1940)

Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera

Sri Lankan political leader (1942 – 2015)

Mae Boren Axton

b. 1914

American singer-songwriter (1914–1997)

Mae Busch

Australian-born American actress (1891–1946)

Mae Clarke

American actress (1910–1992)

Mae Jemison

b. 1956

American astronaut, doctor and engineer (born 1956)

Mae Marsh

b. 1894

American actress (1894–1968)

Mae Questel

b. 1908

American actress (1908–1998)

Mae West

b. 1893

American actress (1893–1980)

Mae Whitman

b. 1988

American actor (born 1988)

Maeda Toshiie

General of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period

Maedayama Eigorō

b. 1914

Japanese sumo wrestler

Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill

High King of Ireland from 980 to 1002

Maelo Ruiz

b. 1966

Musical artist

Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller

Danish shipping magnate (1913–2012)

Maeve Binchy

b. 1939

Irish novelist (1939–2012)

Maeve Sherlock

b. 1960

British politician and priest (born 1960)

Magaye Gueye

b. 1990

Senegalese-French footballer (born 1990)

Magda Apanowicz

b. 1985

Canadian actress

Magda Foy

b. 1905

American actress

Magda Gabor

b. 1915

Hungarian-American socialite and actress (1915–1997)

Magda Goebbels

Wife of Joseph Goebbels (1901–1945)

Magda Herzberger

b. 1926

Romanian-born American author, lecturer, composer and Holocaust survivor (1926–2021)

Magda Lupescu

b. 1895

Mistress of King Carol II of the Romanians (1899–1977)