Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Marie Tussaud

French wax museum founder (1761–1850)

Marie Under

Estonian poet (1883–1980)

Marie Vassilieff

Russian painter (1884–1957)

Marie Vieux-Chauvet

Haitian writer (1916–1973)

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

b. 1830

Austrian writer (1830–1916)

Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková

Czech botanist and zoologist (1877-1937)

Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

b. 1894

Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1912 to 1919

Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas

b. 1843

Palestinian Christian nun (1843–1927)

Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc

b. 1686

Feral child (d 1775)

Marie-Anne Desmarest

b. 1904

French writer (1904–1973)

Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault

b. 1695

French singer and composer

Marie-Antoinette de Geuser

b. 1889

French nun (1889–1918)

Marie-Claire Alain

b. 1926

French organist (1926–2013)

Marie-Claire Blais

b. 1939

Canadian writer (1939–2021)

Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité

Haitian empress

Marie-Claire Kirkland

b. 1924

Canadian politician

Marie-Eugénie de Jésus

b. 1817

French Roman Catholic saint (1817–1898)

Marie-Ève Pelletier

b. 1982

Canadian tennis player

Marie-France Dubreuil

b. 1974

Canadian ice dancing coach (born 1974)

Marie-France Pisier

b. 1944

French actress, screenwriter and director (1944–2011)

Marie-Georges Pascal

French actress (1946–1985)

Marie-José Pérec

b. 1968

French sprinter (born 1968)

Marie-Josephte Corriveau

Woman from New France who murdered her second husband (1733–1763)

Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin

b. 1905

French mathematician (1905–1972)