Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Maria Szyszkowska

b. 1937

Polish politician

Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini

b. 1720

Italian composer

Maria Teresa de Filippis

b. 1926

Italian racing driver (1926–2016)

Maria Teresa de Noronha

b. 1918

Portuguese aristocrat and fado singer

María Teresa López Boegeholz

b. 1927

Chilean oceanographer

Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain

b. 1726

Dauphine of France

María Teresa Ruiz

b. 1946

Chilean astronomer

María Teresa Torró Flor

b. 1992

Spanish tennis player (born 1992)

Maria Teschler-Nicola

b. 1950

Austrian human biologist, anthropologist and ethnologist

Maria Theresa

b. 1717

Habsburg monarch from 1740 to 1780

Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Bavaria

b. 1849

Queen of Bavaria from 1913 to 1918

Maria Theresa of Spain

Queen consort of France

Maria Theresia von Paradis

b. 1759

Austrian musician and composer (1759–1824)

Maria Ulfah Santoso

b. 1911

Indonesian politician and activist (1911–1988)

Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo

b. 1847

Queen consort of Spain from 1870 to 1873

Maria Walliser

b. 1963

Swiss alpine skier

Maria Wasiak

b. 1960

Polish businessman and politician

Maria Weston Chapman

b. 1806

American abolitionist (1806–1885)

Maria, Duchess of Viseu

b. 1521

Portuguese princess and influential patron of the arts

Mariada Pieridi

b. 1975

Greek Cypriot pop singer (born 1973)

Mariam A. Aleem

Egyptian artist (1930–2010)

Mariam Baouardy

Palestinian Melkite Carmelite nun and saint (1846–1878)

Mariam-uz-Zamani

Empress Consort of Mughal Emperor Akbar

Marian Bell (economist)

b. 1957

British economist