Leading Figures in History

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

21510 persons found

Curd Jürgens

German-Austrian stage and film actor (1915–1982)

Curly Lambeau

American football player, coach, and executive (1898–1965)

Curt Sachs

b. 1881

German-Ashkenazi Jewish musicologist (1881–1959)

Curt Smith

b. 1961

English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer (born 1961)

Curt Swan

American comics artist (1920–1996)

Curtis Harrington

American film director (1926–2007)

Curtis Martin

b. 1973

American football player (born 1973)

Curtis Mayfield

b. 1942

American singer-songwriter (1942–1999)

Curtis Pitts

American aircraft designer and builder (1915–2005)

Curtis Rouse

American football player (1960–2013)

Curtis Woodhouse

b. 1980

English footballer and boxer (born 1980)

Cushman K. Davis

b. 1838

American politician (1838–1900)

Custódio Castro

b. 1983

Portuguese footballer

Cy Coleman

b. 1929

American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist (1929–2004)

Cy Feuer

American musician

Cy Morgan

American baseball player (1878–1962)

Cy Twombly

b. 1928

American painter, sculptor and photographer (1928–2011)

Cybele Andrianou

Greek actress (1888–1978)

Cyclone Taylor

Canadian ice hockey player and civil servant (1884–1979)

Cyd Charisse

American dancer and actress (1922–2008)

Cyndi Lauper

b. 1953

American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1953)

Cyneweard of Glastonbury

10th-century Bishop of Wells

Cynthia McFadden

b. 1956

American television journalist (born 1956)

Cynthia Ozick

b. 1928

American writer (born 1928)