Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Marquis Grissom

b. 1967

American baseball player (born 1967)

Marquis James

b. 1891

American historian (1891–1955)

Marquise Hill

b. 1982

American football player (1982–2007)

Marquitos (footballer, born 1933)

b. 1933

Spanish footballer

Marreese Speights

b. 1987

American basketball player (born 1987)

Marrion Gopez

b. 1992

Filipino musician

Mars Rafikov

b. 1933

Soviet cosmonaut

Marsai Martin

b. 2004

American actress (born 2004)

Marsden Hartley

American Modernist painter (1877–1943)

Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)

b. 1917

American actress (1917–2022)

Marsha Mehran

b. 1977

Iranian novelist (1977–2014)

Marsha Norman

b. 1947

American writer

Marsha P. Johnson

American LGBTQ activist, sex worker and performer (1945–1992)

Marsha Singh

British politician (1954–2012)

Marshal Yanda

b. 1984

American football player (born 1984)

Marshall Applewhite

b. 1931

American religious leader (1931–1997)

Marshall Brickman

b. 1939

American screenwriter and director (1939–2024)

Marshall Brodien

b. 1934

American magician (1934–2019)

Marshall Crenshaw

b. 1953

American musician (born 1953)

Marshall Field

b. 1834

American businessman (1834–1906)

Marshall Holman

b. 1954

American sports broadcaster and retired professional ten-pin bowler

Marshall Manesh

b. 1950

Iranian-American actor

Marshall McLuhan

b. 1911

Canadian philosopher and communications scholar (1911–1980)

Marshall Rosenberg

b. 1934

American psychologist and mediator (1934–2015)