Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Margaret Colin

b. 1958

American actress (born 1958)

Margaret Court

b. 1942

Australian former tennis player (born 1942)

Margaret Craven (writer)

American author (1901-1980)

Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox

b. 1515

English noblewoman (1515–1578)

Margaret Drabble

b. 1939

English biographer, novelist and short story writer

Margaret Dumont

b. 1882

American actress (1882–1965)

Margaret E. Knight

American inventor (1838–1914)

Margaret Feilman

Australian architect, landscape designer, town planner (1921–2013)

Margaret Fell

Quaker, founder of the Religious Society of Friends (1614–1702)

Margaret Ferrier

b. 1960

Scottish politician (born 1960)

Margaret Forster

b. 1938

English novelist and biographer (1938–2016)

Margaret Fountaine

b. 1862

British entomologist, scientific illustrator and diarist

Margaret Fownes-Luttrell

British heiress (1726–1766)

Margaret Fuller

b. 1810

American writer and women's activist (1810–1850)

Margaret Hamilton (actress)

American film actress (1902–1985)

Margaret Hamilton (software engineer)

b. 1936

United States software engineer (born 1936)

Margaret Heckler

b. 1931

American politician (1931–2018)

Margaret Herrick

American librarian (1902–1976)

Margaret Hillert

American writer

Margaret Hodge

b. 1944

British politician and life peer (born 1944)

Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau

b. 1910

American chemical engineer (1910–2000)

Margaret I of Denmark

Scandinavian queen and founder of the Kalmar Union (1353–1412)

Margaret I of Flanders

Countess of Flanders from 1191 to 1194

Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut

Holy Roman Empress (1328–1347) and Countess of Hainaut (r. 1345–1356)