Leading Figures in History

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

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Mehbooba Mufti

b. 1959

Former Chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir

Mehcad Brooks

b. 1980

American actor and model (born 1980)

Mehdi Hassan

Pakistani ghazal singer (1927–2012)

Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha

Ottoman statesman and Grand Vizier (1815–1871)

Mehmed I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1413 to 1421

Mehmed II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1444–1446, 1451–1481)

Mehmed III

b. 1566

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 to 1603

Mehmed Sabahaddin

Ottoman sociologist and intellectual (1879–1948)

Mehmed V

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 to 1918

Mehmed VI

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1918 to 1922

Mehmet Ali Aybar

Turkish politician

Mehmet Aslantuğ

b. 1961

Turkish actor (born 1961)

Mehmet Emin Yurdakul

b. 1869

Turkish politician

Mehmet Esat Bülkat

b. 1862

Ottoman Army officer (1862–1952)

Mehmet Fuat Köprülü

Turkish scientist, politician and historian (1890–1966)

Mehmet Haberal

b. 1944

Turkish politician

Mehmet Okur

b. 1979

Turkish basketball player (born 1979)

Mehmet Oz

b. 1960

American TV host and government official (born 1960)

Mehmet Scholl

b. 1970

German footballer (born 1970)

Mehmood (actor)

Indian film actor (1932–2004)

Mehriban Aliyeva

b. 1964

First Vice President of Azerbaijan since 2017

Mei Lanfang

b. 1894

20th-century Peking opera artist (1894–1961)

Mei Zhi

b. 1914

Chinese writer

Meindert De Jong

American writer (1906–1991)