Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Marie Laveau

b. 1801

American Voodoo practitioner (1801–1881)

Marie Louise Andrews

b. 1849

American short story writer, journalist, editor

Marie of Anjou

b. 1404

Queen of France from 1422 to 1461

Marie of Brabant, Queen of France

b. 1254

Queen of France from 1274 to 1285

Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans

b. 1426

Duchess of Orléans

Marie of Évreux

Duchess of Brabant (1303–1335)

Marie of France, Duchess of Bar

b. 1344

French noblewoman (1344 – 1404)

Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant

Duchess consort of Brabant

Marie of Hesse-Kassel

b. 1767

Queen of Denmark (1808–39) and Norway (1808–14)

Marie of Prussia

b. 1825

Queen of Bavaria from 1848 to 1864

Marie of Romania

Queen of Romania from 1914 to 1927

Marie of the Incarnation (Ursuline)

French Catholic nun (1599–1672)

Marie Osborne Yeats

b. 1911

American actress (1911–2010)

Marie Osmond

b. 1959

American singer and entertainer (b. 1959)

Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou

b. 1952

Greek politician

Marie Prevost

b. 1896

Canadian actress (1896–1937)

Marie Roch Louis Reybaud

French writer, political economist and politician

Marie Serneholt

b. 1983

Swedish singer and model (born 1983)

Marie Sophie Hingst

German historian, blogger and fraudster (1987–2019)

Marie Tempest

b. 1864

English singer and comic actress (1864–1942)

Marie Thérèse Geoffrin

b. 1699

French salon holder, leading female figure in the French Enlightenment

Marie Thérèse Killens

b. 1927

Canadian politician

Marie Thérèse of France

French Madame Royale (1778–1851)

Marie Trintignant

French actress (1962–2003)