Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

American Rabbi, writer, and activist

Žan Tabak

b. 1970

Croatian basketball player and coach (born 1970)

Zara DuPont

American suffragist

Zara Mints

b. 1927

Russian literary scientist

Zara Tindall

b. 1981

British equestrian (born 1981)

Žarko Petan

Zat Knight

b. 1980

English footballer (born 1980)

Zawe Ashton

b. 1984

British actress (born 1984)

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

b. 1918

President of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 to 2004

Zaza Enden

b. 1976

Turkish basketball player and wrestler (born 1976)

Zazie Beetz

b. 1991

American actress (born 1991)

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Polish-American diplomat and political scientist (1928–2017)

Zbigniew Herbert

Polish poet (1924–1998)

Zbigniew Pietrzykowski

Polish boxer (1934–2014)

Zbigniew Preisner

b. 1955

Polish film score composer

Zbigniew Seifert

b. 1946

Polish jazz violinist

Zdeněk Rotrekl

Czech Catholic poet, literary historian and writer

Zdeňka Šilhavá

b. 1954

Czech discus thrower and shot putter

Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková

b. 1868

Czech teacher and suffragist

Zdenka Ziková

Czech opera singer (1902–1990)

Zdravko Čolić

b. 1951

Bosnian singer (born 1951)

Zdzisław Żygulski (art historian)

b. 1921

Polish art historian

Zdzisława Donat

b. 1936

Polish soprano

Zé Eduardo (footballer, born 1991)

b. 1991

Brazilian footballer